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Help? Sci Fi from the 1980s...
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chuephödli
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Great. I have read that - but I'll be damned if I can remember who wrote it. And now I just HAVE to find out. So much for that quiet week-end.
Zelazny? Bester? Wolfe? Don't think so. Drag.
Zelazny? Bester? Wolfe? Don't think so. Drag.
Piers Anthony?
Hi,
I think you want Piers Anthony's "On a Pale Horse" (1983) in the Incarnations of Immortality series. From wikipedia:
When a magic gem merchant cheats Zane out of an opportunity for romance, Zane decides to take his own life. As he starts to pull the trigger, he sees the spectre of Death (Thanatos) advancing on him. Startled, he pulls the gun from his own head and shoots Death right between the eyes. He is then visited by a woman who introduces herself as the incarnation of Fate, who insists that Zane must now assume the position of the man he has killed, since whoever kills Death must become the new Death.
He takes over the job and goes to live in purgatory. Is this the one?
Hi,
I think you want Piers Anthony's "On a Pale Horse" (1983) in the Incarnations of Immortality series. From wikipedia:
When a magic gem merchant cheats Zane out of an opportunity for romance, Zane decides to take his own life. As he starts to pull the trigger, he sees the spectre of Death (Thanatos) advancing on him. Startled, he pulls the gun from his own head and shoots Death right between the eyes. He is then visited by a woman who introduces herself as the incarnation of Fate, who insists that Zane must now assume the position of the man he has killed, since whoever kills Death must become the new Death.
He takes over the job and goes to live in purgatory. Is this the one?
chuephödli
Member
The name unfortunately does not ring a belļ but then, it's a long time ago and the story sounds both familiar and really intriguing - thanks!