Reaper Man
by Terry Pratchett | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0061020621 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0061020621 Global Overview for this book
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Book description: "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)."
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)."
Journal Entry 2 by travelina at OsloS-OBCZ in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (6/13/2012 UTC) at OsloS-OBCZ in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Passed on to Sota48 at the bookcrossing meetup at La Baguette today.
I brought this book home from the BC meeting this afternoon because I am reading Discworld from book one and onwards, so I'm gathering books whenever I get hold of one. However, when I got home I saw that I have this one in my Pratchett shelf already. Will release this book later.
Released 11 yrs ago (6/24/2012 UTC) at OsloS-OBCZ in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I'm taking the book with me to the BC-meeting tomorrow afternoon. I will leave it on the shelf.
I'm planning on reading more Pratchett books, so I grabbed this at the meetup today. No idea when I'll get around to read it, but I'm sure it'll be a good laugh.