Incarnations of Immortality series

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The Incarnations of Immortality series is a fantasy novel sequence by Piers Anthony that personifies abstract concepts like Death, Time, and Fate as officeholders in a metaphysical bureaucracy.

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instanceOf book series
fantasy novel series
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author Piers Anthony
centralTheme free will versus destiny
metaphysical bureaucracy
morality and ethics
personification of abstract concepts
the nature of good and evil
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresConcept Death as an office
Evil as an office
Fate as an office
Good as an office
Nature as an office
Night as an office
Time as an office
War as an office
featuresOffice Death
Evil
Fate
Good
Nature
Night
Time
War
firstPublicationYear 1983
genre fantasy
hasBook And Eternity
Bearing an Hourglass
Being a Green Mother
For Love of Evil
On a Pale Horse
Under a Velvet Cloak
Wielding a Red Sword
With a Tangled Skein
language English
narrativeStructure each book focuses on a different Incarnation
notableFor mixing fantasy with theological and philosophical questions
numberOfBooks 8
positionInSeries 1
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publisher Del Rey Books
setting alternate version of Earth
subgenre contemporary fantasy
philosophical fantasy
targetAudience adult readers

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Piers Anthony notableWork Incarnations of Immortality series
Piers Anthony hasSeries Incarnations of Immortality
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Piers Anthony notableSeries Incarnations of Immortality
subject linked to: Jacob
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