Despite both time travel and antisenescence, a Patrolman hurries to complete his work because he wants it done and because the Old Man catches up with everyone. Both Everard and Flandry think of death as the Old Man whereas Neil Gaiman fans know Death as a young (looking) woman. Gaiman has several parallels with Anderson but here they differ.
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Kaor, Paul!
I can see some kind of antisenescence as being possible but not the antithanatic seen in WORLD WITHOUT STARS.
And Death is often pictured as a presumably male skeleton wielding a scythe and wearing a hooded black robe. So, I'm more inclined to do as Flandry and Everard did, calling Death the "Old Man."
Sean
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