On a Pale Horse

Piers Anthony

Feb 2008 · Recorded Books · Narrated by George Guidall

About this audiobook

No science fiction collection is complete without On a Pale Horse. In this, the first novel of the best-selling Incarnations of Immortality series, Piers Anthony combines a deeply moving examination of the meaning of life and death with a gripping story of romance and loyalty all set in a world of magic and technical wizardry.

Ratings and reviews

Excellent Book, Overpriced Recording. The author and his work are phenomenal. Everyone should have the opportunity to read this book. The reader speaks clearly for the most part. He is one of the better readers that I've heard. There are some background noises on a few of the tracks that bug me though, however subtle. The price does not seem appropriate to me though; the price suggests the reader is getting twice as much as the author just for reading aloud.

my mom had suggested reading this when I was 10 cuz I was always bugging her about the books she was reading. I picked it up n got lost in a fantastical realm of magic n chaos. I have been a Piers Anthony fan since.

This series is one of the best out there for combining science fiction and fantasy together. I'm not much of a religious person, but his drastically unique depictions of many grand figures is creative and amazing, to say the least. On A Pale Horse is a great first read into the series.

About the author

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob was born in August, 1934, in Oxford, England. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen while serving in the United States Army in 1958. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957-1959. In 1977, he received a British Fantasy Award for A Spell for a Chameleon. Anthony's family emigrated to the United States from Britain when he was six. Highly popular because of his science fiction and fantasy works, Anthony is also known for the Jason Striker series and martial arts novels co-written with Roberto Fuentes. A highly prolific author, Anthony's other works include Bio of a Space Tyrant, Cluster, and the Omnivore series. Anthony makes his home in Tampa, Florida. He also writes under the pseudonym Robert Piers. George Guidall is one of the most prolific narrators of audiobooks in the world. He has recorded nearly 650 unabridged novels, everything from "Crime and Punishment" and "The Iliad" to "Snow Falling on Cedars." He began his career as an actor, appearing on Broadway and touring Europe with Helen Hayes in the "Glass Menagerie," " Miracle Worker" and "The Skin of Our Teeth." He received an Obie Award for Best Performance Off-Broadway, and has continued his performances in theater for over 40 years. Guidall has also appeared on television, with roles on the soap "One Life to Live" and "Law and Order," and in movies such as "Malcolm X" and "Tales from the Darkside." His first job reading audiobooks was for the Library of Congress' American Foundation for the Blinds' Talking Books. Since then he has won the most prestigious Audiobook Award, the Audie Award, for Best Unabridged Narration of a novel for his recording of John Irving's "A Widow for One Year." He won the Audie again in 2000 for Wally Lamb's "I Know This Much is True."