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Reaper Man
by Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man is my favourite Discworld book, and in my opinion the best Discworld book by some distance. The basic plot is very simple: Death has been fired. The Auditors that control reality have given him the boot because he started taking on human habits and developing a personality, and becoming a "he" instead of an "it". Until a replacement is found, things will get a bit weird.
Reaper Man is vintage Discworld and offers a veritable bounty of Terry Pratchett's sharp wit, brilliant satire and hilarious comedy, but it's also a touching and poignant meditation on what it means to be alive, what it means to be human. Through Death's adventures as a mortal and his interactions with people Pratchett offers some pretty deep thoughts on the nature of humanity and what makes life worth living, and indeed life.
Of course the thoughts might not be that groundbreaking or new for the most part, but it's still good to get a reminder occasionally that life is a pretty miraculous thing, and we tend to take it for granted quite often, especially when that reminder is delivered in such an entertaining form. A thoroughly fantastic book I've read and re-read numerous times ever since randomly happening to pick it up in a library 26 years ago and discovering the world of Discworld.
“What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?”
Reaper Man is vintage Discworld and offers a veritable bounty of Terry Pratchett's sharp wit, brilliant satire and hilarious comedy, but it's also a touching and poignant meditation on what it means to be alive, what it means to be human. Through Death's adventures as a mortal and his interactions with people Pratchett offers some pretty deep thoughts on the nature of humanity and what makes life worth living, and indeed life.
Of course the thoughts might not be that groundbreaking or new for the most part, but it's still good to get a reminder occasionally that life is a pretty miraculous thing, and we tend to take it for granted quite often, especially when that reminder is delivered in such an entertaining form. A thoroughly fantastic book I've read and re-read numerous times ever since randomly happening to pick it up in a library 26 years ago and discovering the world of Discworld.
“What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?”