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 NERFINISHED
centralTheme free will versus destiny
metaphysical bureaucracy
morality and ethics
personification of abstract concepts
the nature of good and evil
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresConcept Death as an office
Evil as an office
Fate as an office
Good as an office
Nature as an office NERFINISHED
Night as an office
Time as an office
War as an office
featuresOffice Death NERFINISHED
Evil NERFINISHED
Fate
Good
Nature NERFINISHED
Night
Time NERFINISHED
War
firstPublicationYear 1983
genre fantasy
hasBook And Eternity NERFINISHED
Bearing an Hourglass NERFINISHED
Being a Green Mother NERFINISHED
For Love of Evil NERFINISHED
On a Pale Horse NERFINISHED
Under a Velvet Cloak NERFINISHED
Wielding a Red Sword NERFINISHED
With a Tangled Skein NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
setting alternate version of Earth
subgenre contemporary fantasy
philosophical fantasy
targetAudience adult readers

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