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They send him to live like everyone else.

As Death starts developing a personality the Auditors feel that he does not perform his Duty in the right way. The Auditors of Reality are beings who watch the Discworld to ensure everything obeys The Rules. Pratchett said that the title is a reference to Alex Cox's 1984 cult movie Repo Man which was itself is a pun on 'reaper man', a very ancient name for Death. Published in 1991, it is the 11th Discworld novel and the second to focus on Death. “It must be really good there,” said the youngest.Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. “Flowing with water,” it finished lamely. “They say that when the Great Trout comes for you, you go to a land flowing with…flowing with….” Mayflies don’t eat. The younger ones are confused, and another mayfly picks up the story:

Suddenly, the two older ones aren’t there, flying close to the surface - or anywhere, for that matter. “ - yes, and taking heed of your elders and betters, then eventually the Great Trout - ” “ - taking heed of your elders and betters - ” Well, you see, if you’ve been a good mayfly, zigzagging up and down properly - ” It goes on like that for a while as the two clueless (aren’t we all clueless?) older mayflies bemoan that the fields look different in this hour, and the cow that used to be here isn’t, and, finally, one of the hatchlings gets them back to what they were doing earlier - telling the youngsters about the Great Trout. “You don’t get the kind of sun now that you used to get,” said one of them.

Two of the oldest zigzagged aimlessly over the waters of a trout stream, discussing history with some younger members of the evening hatching. The shortest-lived creatures on the Disc were mayflies, which barely make it through twenty-four hours. To put it bluntly, they set it up so that Death himself will die.Įarly on, right after Death has gotten this news, Pratchett Man, Death, the character, is front and center, and the story revolvesĪround the effort of some higher-ups (even Death has bosses) to, well, not exactly