false 386372 47 <P>Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, where they have catapulted him into the highest echelons of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.</P><P>In this Discworld installment, Death comes to Mort with an offer he can't refuse -- especially since being, well, <I>dead</I> isn't compulsory.As Death's apprentice, he'll have free board and lodging, use of the company horse, and he won't need time off for family funerals. The position is everything Mort thought he'd ever wanted, until he discovers that this perfect job can be a killer on his love life. </P> 1857065 book 1987 Mort (Discworld, #4) total:7043|5:2181|4:2951|3:1680|2:209|1:22| 7043 28189 8581 273 4 2 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 15:24:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 14:13:40 -0700 2009 1 The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith - and I was eager to try others. With those books, I found the humor hilarious and the worldbuilding excellent, but Tiffany a little obnoxious, mostly because she seemed t...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 09:11:52 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 03:06:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 15:11:42 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 05:58:20 -0700 2009
Mort includes plent of Pratchett's signature hum...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 18:38:35 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 18:40:41 -0700 2008
This is an early book, and it shows. There's a particular problem with the resolution of Mort's fatal mistake -- Death takes care of it all, offstage, so one minute you're in deadly peril and the next minute you're at a...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Dec 09 17:20:54 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 17:31:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 09:40:52 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 09:42:20 -0700 2007
1) It's not in first person, so I'm not directly confronted with the annoying protagonist (as in Rye)
2) Pratchett is a very intelligent writ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 18:57:54 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 19:00:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 28 17:47:44 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:49:32 -0800 2008
But these weren’t quite the books I was expecting. They were funny, of cou...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 17 12:10:56 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 12:12:29 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 14:57:26 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 14:58:46 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Jan 25 17:18:01 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:19:54 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 23:36:52 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 23:38:40 -0700 2009 Mort is a short, silly book, and I can appreciate that these days. Mort is a distracted farm boy who is hired to be death's apprentice. The question is whether he'll take over the Master's business... and marry his daughter. Aside from Mort, there are only a handful of other characters: Death hims...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 15 10:18:34 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 10:22:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 05:56:25 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 06:16:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:05:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 22:55:07 -0700 2009 color of magic. but, this one was quite enjoyable. i do so enjoy death. and i could appreaciate prachett's humor much more in this one. sometimes his stuff is a little too over the top and tongue in cheek for me. i'm just a ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Dec 11 10:10:20 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:10:20 -0800 2008 Mort - der Lehrling des Todes

Gevatter Tod ist der vierte Roman aus dem Scheibenweltzyklus von Terry Pratchett. Für mich allerdings, war es der erste Pratchett meines Lebens und ich fand meine Erwartungen im Wesentlichen erfüllt. Bisher hatte ich literarische Bekanntschaft mit Douglas ...more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 21:12:55 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 21:40:05 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 17:38:52 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 13:52:52 -0700 2008 2
Part of the rea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 06:52:34 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 06:52:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Tue Jul 22 14:50:18 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 14:50:18 -0700 2008 more...]]>