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When her dear old Granddad -- the Grim Reaper himself -- goes missing, Susan takes over the family business. The progeny of Death's adopted daughter and his apprentice, she shows real talent for the trade. That is until a little string in her heart goes "twang." With a head full of dreams and... read more
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- DEATH: In this book, DEATH tries to forget.
- Susan Sto Helit: Susan considered herself a normal girl (FAIRLY normal, at least) until the Death of Rats showed up one day, trying to tell her something.
- Cliff: Add a description of this character.
- Ridcully
- Buddy
- Albert
- Glod
- Mr. Dibbler
- Mr. Clete
- Nobby
- Mrs. Whitlow
- Quirm
- Glocl
- Lord Vetinari: The leader of Ankh-Morpork
- Crash
- Satchelmouth
- Noddy
- Ole Ron
- Skazz
- Gloria
- Mort
- Sarge
- Dean
- Mr. Stibbons
- Master
- Cumbling Michael
- Stibbons
- Mr. Hong
Quotes edit
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“Bee There Orr Bee A Rectangular Thyng”
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“Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.”
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It is said that whosoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whosoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand the equivalent of a stick with a fizzing fuse and Acme Dynamite Company written on the side. It’s more interesting, and doesn’t take so long.
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But if it is true that the act of observing changes the thing which is observed,1 it’s even more true that it changes the observer.
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She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.
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‘He can’t stop us. We’re on a mission from Glod.’
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Klatch was now incipiently at war with Hersheba and the D’regs, Hersheba was at war with the D’regs and Klatch, and the D’regs were at war with everyone, including one another, and having considerable fun because the D’reg word for ‘stranger’ was the same as for ‘target’.
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Certain things have to happen before other things. Gods play games with the fates of men. But first they have to get all the pieces on the board, and look all over the place for the dice.
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They’d assumed that insulating her from the fluffy edges of the world was the safest thing to do. In the circumstances, this was like not telling people about self-defence so that no one would ever attack them.
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Si non confectus, non reficiat. That was the motto of the Vetinaris. Everything worked if you just let it happen.
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Deafness doesn’t prevent composers hearing the music. It prevents them hearing the distractions.
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There was always a logical explanation for everything, even if you had to make it up.
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First Sentence edit
This is a story about memory.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 16 of 53 in Discworld. (standard series)
Preceded by Men at Arms, and followed by Interesting Times.
This is book 3 of 5 in Death of the Discworld. (standard series)
Preceded by Reaper Man, and followed by Hogfather.
This is book 151 of 196 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Skeleton Key, and followed by Thief of Time.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Terry Pratchett (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1994
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Page Count: 378
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Page Count: 378
Awards edit
- BBC's Big Read (April 2003, #151)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6066.R34 S66 1995
- Dewey: 813
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