They say there are only two things you can count on …But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch. Now DEATH is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use.But like … whole new use.
But like every cutback in an important public service, DEATH’s demise soon leads to chaos and unrest — literally, for those whose time was supposed to be up, like Windle Poons. The oldest geezer in the entire faculty of Unseen University — home of magic, wizardry, and big dinners — Windle was looking forward to a wonderful afterlife, not this boring been-there-done-that routine. To get the fresh start he deserves, Windle and the rest of Ankh-Morpork’s undead and underemployed set off to find DEATH and save the world for the living (and everybody else, of course).
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You can’t go wrong with Pratchett (except for his last book, alas).
Terry Pratchett wrote a set of great books based on his imaginary disc world. Reaper man was one of my favorites.
One of my favorite Pratchett books
I think this might be my favorite Discworld novel so far. The book has so many great one-liners that made me snort, as well as some outright laugh-out-loud scenes.
Terry Pratchett was a master storyteller. I always looked forward to new trips to the Discworld.
I love anything from Discworld.
This is the first book by Pratchett I’ve read.
I decided it was time to deviate from my usual hard science fiction. Walked into barnes and noble and asked what is a good fantasay novel.
“Do you like humor?” they asked.
He said he wanted to ask his co worker who was an expert on the genre. In a few minutes this book was placed in my hand.
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Can you imagine working the same job for eternity? Constrained to a set of behaviours created by the belief of billions? Can you imagine getting “dead” tired of it?
Anything that Sir Pratchett has written is wonderful