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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... never like this when I was alive. But I'm not dead. Not alive and not dead. Sort of non-alive. Or un-dead. Oh dear ... He swung himself upright. Muscles that hadn't worked properly for seventy or eighty years jerked into overdrive. For ...
... never know what the hell it's actually for. It's like when you're lying in bed of a night and you hear your stomach or something go pripple-ipple-goinnng. It's just a gurgle to you, but who knows what marvelously complex chemical ...
... never actually died, he just used to put green paint on his face and push the lid off the coffin and shout, 'Surprise, surprise—' ” “We've never had a zombie here.” “He's a zombie?” “I think so—” “Does that mean he'll be playing kettle ...
... never, ever, changed his mind about anything. The other was that it took him several minutes to understand any new idea put to him, and this is a very valuable trait in a leader, because anything anyone is still trying to explain to you ...
... never expected this, he thought. I don't deserve this. There's been a mistake somewhere. He felt a cool breeze on his face and realized he'd tottered out into the open air. Ahead of him were the University's gates, locked shut. Suddenly ...
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