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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... There's an ox roast afterward, and it's generally considered a nice day out for all the family. But that isn't the secret. The secret is the other dance. And that won't happen for a while yet. There is a ticking, such as might be made ...
... There is a personality. Personalities come to an end. Only forces endure. It said this with a certain satisfaction. One said, Besides ... there have been irregularities. Where you get personality, you get irregularities. Well-known fact ...
... there,” said the youngest. “Oh? Why?” “'Cos no one ever wants to come back.” Whereas the oldest things on the ... there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in ...
... there? What ho?” There was a distant, forlorn soughing, as of wind at the end of a tunnel. “Come out, come out, wherever you are,” said Windle, his voice trembling with mad cheerfulness. “Don't worry. I'm quite looking forward to it, to ...
... there, they know they're there for a purpose, they'd probably agree that they have a place in a well-organized universe, but they wouldn't see the point of believing, of going around saying, “O great table, without whom we are as naught ...
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