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After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...]]> 386372 47 1857065 book 1987 Mort (Discworld, #4) total:7428|5:2293|4:3120|3:1768|2:224|1:23| 7428 29720 9085 283 1654 4.00 227430 11037 57537649 321503 828352 0552131067 9780552131063 31 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/828352.Mort 3.92 423
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...]]> 1987 4 2 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...]]> 57615367 178754 828352 0552131067 9780552131063 31 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/828352.Mort 4.00 7428
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...]]> 1987 3 1 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...]]> 68869294 44921 1141248 0451451139 9780451451132 2 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209850518m/1141248.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209850518s/1141248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1141248.Mort 4.00 21
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...]]> 1987 5 1 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...]]> 20032049 56479 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 6645 dead 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.]]> 1987 2 1 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...]]> 10191711 667008 828352 0552131067 9780552131063 31 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/828352.Mort 4.00 7428
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...]]> 1987 3 1 false Sun Dec 09 17:20:54 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 17:31:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3907918 229794 828352 0552131067 9780552131063 31 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/828352.Mort 4.00 7428
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...]]> 1987 4 1 false Wed Aug 01 09:40:52 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:12:44 -0800 2009
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...]]> 38185420 21861 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 3 0 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...]]> 81471710 974188 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 4 0 false Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 06:30:02 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 06:36:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41129406 1836077 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 4 0 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...]]> 30384460 148474 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 4 1 false Sun Aug 17 12:10:56 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 12:12:29 -0700 2008 29641622 1111337 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 5 1 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 44335610 1955370 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 5 1 false Sun Jan 25 17:18:01 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:19:54 -0800 2009 54449553 2166338 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 5 0 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...]]> 40151680 1749331 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 5 0 false Mon Dec 15 10:18:34 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 10:22:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 51127206 336445 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 4 0 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...]]> 58219913 1569537 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 5 0 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...]]> 39872271 1776940 1502825 3453170601 9783453170605 1 <![CDATA[Gevatter Tod (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184367202m/1502825.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184367202s/1502825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1502825.Gevatter_Tod 5.00 1 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.

In this Discworld installment, Death comes to Mort with an offer he can't refuse -- especially since being, well, dead 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.

]]> 1987 5 0 false Fri Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Dec 11 10:10:20 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 13 02:54:17 -0800 2009 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...]]> 33945693 1567012 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 4 0 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...]]> 31378478 848585 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 5 0 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...]]> 28966781 1385106 386372 0061020680 9780061020681 234 <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843m/386372.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355843s/386372.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386372.Mort 4.00 7428 dead 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.]]> 1987 4 0 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...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=828352