Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Reaper Man

This is the eleventh book in the Discworld series. Yes, I'm skipping around; don't judge me :D. This book follows Death and Windle Poons (wizard) through a very interesting time for Ankh-Morpork. The Auditors force Death to retire, which throws reality into chaos because whatever you believe will happen to you when you die is what will happen. Thus, things and people are dying, but no one is moving on; causing Ankh's life-force to start building up and causing strange things to materialize. In the meantime, Death's become Bill Door- a farmer.

Again, the books that follow Death are always wonderful. This one's no exception. Especially since, as a farmer, Bill Door has to kill things...something Death hates. Because Death doesn't kill things, he takes them away after they've been killed.

Favorite Quote: "It is true that the undead cannot cross running water. However, the naturally turbid river Ankh, already heavy with the mud of the plains, does not, after passing through the city (pop. 1,000,000) necessarily qualify under the term "running" or, for that matter, "water".

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