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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... give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone. This is probably fine from the species' point of view, but from the perspective of the actual individuals involved it can be a real pig, or at least a small pink root-eating ...
... give it all up and start again as a stand-up comedian on the scampi-in-a-casket circuit. It swings with a faint whum-whum noise, gently slicing thin rashers of interval from the bacon of eternity. Death stalked past the clock and into ...
... GIVE YOU MONEY . “But if I go back—” YES . YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD SERVANT, ALBERT , said Death. YOU WILL DIE. In the warm, horsey gloom of the stable, Death's pale horse looked up from its oats and gave a little whinny of greeting. The ...
... give me terrible gas all night,” said Windle. He considered this for a moment, and then took five. “Er,” shouted the ... gives you the rest of the evening, er, free.” Windle rummaged in the dreadful recesses of his wheelchair, a ...
... never liked dancing much when he was alive—” “Anyway, you can't trust those voodoo gods. Never trust a god who grins all the time and wears a top hat, that's my motto.” “—I'm damned if I'm going to give up my bedroom P 34 TERRY RATCHETT.
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