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Title: For Love of Evil : Book Six of Incarnations of Immortality (Incarnations of Immortality (Paperback)) by Piers Anthony, Piers A. Jacob ISBN: 0-380-75285-9 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 February, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Piers Anthony Enlists In Satan To Write Yet Another A+ Story
Comment: I'll be straight-forward with you: this book was without a doubt the best book in the series, in my opinion. I was anxious to see how Anthony would pull off a story about Satan without seeming like a Satanist. Of course, he did a perfect job! I was very impressed with this book. He perfectly captured the atmosphere surrounding hell and the legend of the devil. He piqued my curiosity in each of the previous books by having Satan make his "cameos." He fully explains not only why Satan is evil, but why his role is important in the whole scheme of things. Very touching at times, and refreshingly brash at others, this book is one of the best you'll ever read, if you read it with an open mind.
Rating: 4
Summary: One of Anthony's finest
Comment: This is one of the most thought provoking books I have ever read. Anthony leaves behind the traditional notion that the devil is pure evil and instead attempts to portray Satan as a sort of governor of hell, who is trying to make it better for its denizens. Parry, the character who takes over as the devil is a nice guy who basically starts acting evil once he becomes Satan. Even as Satan however, Parry retains some of his good side. As in all of the books in the Incarnations of Immortality series, this book has superb character development and an enthralling plot. This book was very enjoyable to read and I would recommend it to all.
Rating: 5
Summary: Satanic Office
Comment: Of the seven books from Piers Anthony's Incarnation of Immortality series, For Love of Evil is better than all in the series with the exception of On a Pale Horse. Not to say that it is worse than On a Pale Horse but it is as least as good. For Love of Evil is a thought provoking and finely written piece of work for this genre. I do feel that some area of the book was left sketchy jumping years in advance leaving it up to the reader's imagination to fill the left out parts. But considering that Piers Anthony compacted 800 years into 383 pages it is understandable why some descriptive lead-ins were omitted. Piers Anthony was in top form when writing this installment. He is also an atheist, by his own admission, but has still used a very original view of how the age old deities conduct business.
Piers Anthony's synopsis of Satan, AKA Parry, in For Love of Evil, is not necessarily evil, only evil by the accepted norms of the current society when the office is taken. Parry believes there is much evil in humanity that is none of his doing, and that the persons doing these atrocities slip though the bureaucratic cracks and end up in heaven. By the same turn people are going to hell for reasons that he does not believe to be sound. Because of these beliefs he creates a heaven in hell for these people, and sets out to try and work out a new set of rules with his counterpart who apparently is not paying attention.
For Love of Evil has a storyline that could be read as a stand alone book and the reader would not loose any of the storyline not having read the other six books in the Incarnation of Immortality series. Sadly number seven, An Eternity, was a let down for a series of books that gave us an interesting idea, what if the immortals are just everyday Joe's.
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Title: On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) by Piers Anthony ISBN: 0345338588 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Juxtaposition (Apprentice Adept (Paperback)) by Piers Anthony ISBN: 0345349342 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blue Adept (Apprentice Adept (Paperback)) by Piers Anthony ISBN: 0345352459 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Split Infinity (Apprentice Adept (Paperback)) by PIERS ANTHONY ISBN: 0345354915 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 October, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth Novels (Paperback)) by Piers Anthony ISBN: 0345347536 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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