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 wanted it. Lots of wizards wanted to be Archchancellor, for example, or the head of one of the eight orders of magic, but practically no wizards wanted to spend lots of time in an officeshuffling bits of paper and doing sums. All ...
... wizard of a higher grade was a recognized way of getting advancement in the orders. However, the only person likely to ... wizards in leaving a glass of wine and a cake and a rather suspect chicken vol-au-vent and a paper party hat for ...
... wizards laughed dutifully, and then tried to work out the joke. The Bursar looked surreptitiously at his watch. It was now twenty minutes past nine. Windle Poons made a speech. It was long and rambling and disjointed and went on about ...
... Wizards can see Death. And when a wizard dies, Death arrives in person to usher him into the Beyond. The Bursar wondered why this was considered a plus— “Don't know what you're all looking at,” said Windle, cheerfully. The Bursar opened ...
... wizards, as one man, faced the door. The hatch under the 12 snapped up again. “Bingbing bong bing,” said the demon. “Bingelybingely bong bing bing.” “What?” said the Bursar, jolted. “Half past nine,” said the demon. The wizards turned ...
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