Reaper Man

Discworld, Book 11

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Sian Clifford, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy

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The audiobook of Reaper Man is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'Inside every living person is a dead person waiting to get out.'

Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality for the heinous crime of developing...a personality. Sent to live like everyone else, Death takes a new name and begins working as a farmhand. He's got the scythe already, after all.

And for humanity, Death is just...gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn't come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime?

You can't have the undead wandering about like lost souls-there's no telling what might happen. Particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living...

The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order, but Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series.

The first book in the Discworld series-The Colour of Magic-was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

©1991 Dunmanifestin Ltd (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Stunning and so heartwarming

As always Terry pratchett is funny, whimsical, thoughtful, and philosophical all at once. I just thought this was one of Is best endings. I’m so grateful that audible added a rich audio production

Reaper Man Review

How one bounces back from getting sacked from your job tells you a lot about yourself. For Death, he was shocked, maybe a bit sad. He has never done anything wrong, but still, he got fired. But then, he realized, he got the time of his life.

This is a beautiful story of growth and acceptance. Death becomes a new person, and so does Windle Poons, literally. Death becomes Bill Door, a sharecropper of sorts, and Windle Poons accidentally becomes a zombie. They both meet interesting and wonderful new people, and they help out those they can. They lost something, but they both gained new friendships. Maybe, it’s one of the best examples of how he can bounce back from a loss. The grieving time is needed, but once we have, oh, the wonderful things we can experience.

Quite uplifting

The story is unique for me. I loved the presentation of people's beliefs and the anathropomorphism of all things mankind thinks of. Especially when the person is young and innocent. It's a fun gift people have, sometimes burdensome. However, isn’t it a necessary component that empathy may spring from?

There are, though, the reversal of this where mankind is at it's most evil, especially the powerful. Those who lust for that which is not theirs, seeking to transform the concept of others existence in preparation to stealing the true lives of others. This is a case of pure evil, the evil power of governments, ruling classes and driven groups using propaganda as an antipromorphic. Governments do this to justify murder and torture and depravity.

In the face of such erasure, anthropomorphism can seem almost virtuous. We should see ourselves in all manner of others!

Lovely storytelling!

Well done on characterizations and keeping with the intent, the humor is wonderfully dry and well delivered.

Almost as good

As the Nigel Planer. Had to give it a try, and it was a nice change of pace, but… planer just had the perfect voice for it.