I’m looking for a book series – one about a person as the figure of death, one about a person as the figure of time.. Maybe they were from a sci fi author?
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I’m looking for a book series – one about a person as the figure of death, one about a person as the figure of time.. Maybe they were from a sci fi author?
Series by Piers Anthony
On a Pale Horse (1983)
Bearing an Hourglass (1984)
With a Tangled Skein (1985)
Wielding a Red Sword (1986)
Being a Green Mother (1987)
For Love of Evil (1988)
And Eternity (1990)
Under a Velvet Cloak (2007)
You might be thinking of Terry Pratchett; some of the novels in his Discworld series feature Death prominently:
Mort (1987)
Reaper Man (1991)
Hogfather (1996)
Thief of Time (2001)
He crops up in others from time to time, but in these he’s the star of the show.
Ditto to above. The name of the series itself is the “Incarnations of Immortality.” Death and Time are volumes 1 and 2.
Neil Gaiman – Sandman
I would have to second the Incantations of Immortality series. I have read all the others listed as well, but this is the only one that does it as a series.
I’ll ‘third’ it. Piers Anthony, who wrote a huge number of series, but the one you want is the Incarnations of Immortality’. Amazon carries the books individually rather than in a set, and I have no idea why at least one seller (not Amazon) is asking over $400.00 for his/her/its book. Don’t fall for it, get the individual books which are reasonably priced, and take a look at the ‘available from these sellers’ for second hand books at even more reasonable prices.