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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... wizard in the entire faculty of Unseen University— —home of magic, wizardry and big dinners— —was also going to die. He knew it, in a frail and shaky sort of way. Of course, he mused, as he wheeled his wheelchair over the flagstones ...
... wizards really knew. Notif death involved violence or murder, of course, but if the cause of death was simply a case of running out of life then . . . well, you knew. You generally got the premonition in time to return your library ...
... wizard to do, and Windle had got into the habit of arriving at the dining-table up to two hours before each meal ... wizards you could look up to. Then suddenly they'd all gone off somewhere and Windle was being patronized by these ...
... wizards chatted with the forced jolliness of people who see one another all day and are now seeing one another all evening. In the middle of it all Windle Poons sat with a huge glass of rum and a funny hat on his head. He was almost in ...
... wizards, a funny paper hat had been added as well. They all had an expectant look. The Bursar took out his watch and flicked open the lid. It was one of the new-fangled pocket watches, with hands. They pointed to a quarter past nine. He ...
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