Reaper Man: A Discworld Novel"Engaging, surreal satire. . . nothing short of magical." —Chicago Tribune The eleventh installment in the Discworld fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett — in which Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality, and Ankh-Morpork's undead and underemployed set off to find him. 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 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). The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series. The Death collection includes:
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... felt by deepsea beings who have never seen the sun and urban humans whose only connection with the cycles of nature is that their Volvo once ran over a sheep. It is danced innocently by raggedy-bearded young mathematicians to an ...
... felt it was up to him to make polite conversation. He surveyed possible topics. They all presented problems. Windle Poons helped him out. “I'm thinking of coming back as a woman,” he said conversationally. The Bursar opened and shuthis ...
... felt different about it. After one hundred and thirty years, death probably had a certain attraction. You probably became quite interested in finding out what happened next. The Archchancellor's convoluted anecdote wound jerkily to its ...
... felt better,” said Windle. “Is there anymore of that, mm, rum left?” The assembled wizards watched him pour agenerous measure into his beaker. “You want to go easy on that stuff,” said the Dean nervously. “Good health!” said Windle ...
... felt clearer than it had ever done. And control seemed to be getting easier, too. He hardly had to bother about the whole respiratory thing, the spleen seemed to be working after a fashion, the senses were operating at full speed. The ...
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