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Book Review By Nick Nichols
Bearing an Hourglass - Incarnations of Immortality 2 by Piers Anthony

Imagine having a job where you are literally time itself. With your hourglass, you can change the color of the sand and move freely into the past, present and future. There's one drawback. You live backwards while others live forwards.


Plot & Themes
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Time Travel: - largely forwards/future - largely backwards/past
Explore:
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - - two lovers coping with tough mission - - -
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - deposing an evil leader - unraveling a conspiracy - - finding a spy/saboteur
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - saving govt/kingdom from external overthrow
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Training/Apprent. Yes
Kind of series -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
If magical mental powers: - can see into the future - can fly - Invisibility - is very quick

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - can talk to animals - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - telekinesis - can fly - teleportation - can cast all sorts of spells - is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - 20th century - 19th century - 18th century - 17th century - general past - dinosaur times - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only -
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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