Talk about the mysterious world of Death, and the Discworld novels Death stars in: Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music, Hogfather... Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:27:38 +0000 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:27:38 +0000 Terry Pratchett Books Forum http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/forums/the-death-books.10/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 15:44:49 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/clarecraft-dw24-death-on-binky-for-sale.2794/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/clarecraft-dw24-death-on-binky-for-sale.2794/ invalid@example.com (Steve Golding) Steve Golding
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224782164355?mkevt=1&mkcid=16&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

It has been in the family since just before Clarecraft ceased production and I think it's now time to say goodbye.
To have one in this condition is very rare as the arm is very fragile and so many have been broken off.

Let me know if you are interested, thanks for your time.]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:07:18 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/who-could-play-death-in-a-movie.79/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/who-could-play-death-in-a-movie.79/ invalid@example.com (ArthurDent) ArthurDent 61 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:38 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/the-dark-morris.2101/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/the-dark-morris.2101/ invalid@example.com (Rewr) Rewr
Tis something I would like to see, as I did a turn at morris dancing when I was younger (a lot younger). ]]> 11 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:27:19 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/picture-to-share.1715/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/picture-to-share.1715/ invalid@example.com (grizzly_choppers) grizzly_choppers
I gave my artist some of the standard Death of Rats artwork and told him to do his own adaptation (I also gifted him a copy of Reaper Man). I think it came out pretty well:

...

Picture to share]]> 11 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:52:36 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/sal-lifton.2203/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/sal-lifton.2203/ invalid@example.com (pfft) pfft
Any help...

Sal Lifton?]]> 4 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:45:41 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/reaper-man-is-or-was-a-film-seen-this-on-a-website.1212/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/reaper-man-is-or-was-a-film-seen-this-on-a-website.1212/ invalid@example.com (coke_and_chocolate) coke_and_chocolate http://www.deviantart.com/deviation...mp;qh=boost:popular+age_sigma:24h+age_scale:5

This picture, the artist said that he had made it for a film of Reaper Man.

Could the MODs or Pratchett or the publishers or someone 'official' comment on this?

Thank You.]]> 5 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-the-book-surprisingly-dark-minor-spoilers.756/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-the-book-surprisingly-dark-minor-spoilers.756/ invalid@example.com (Darth_Bemblebee) Darth_Bemblebee liked it of course, it was witty, entertaining and insightful as are all Pterry's books, but I wasn't particularly enamoured of it.

Re-reading it, it suddenly seemed to make sense. Taken in context,...

Hogfather the Book: Surprisingly Dark (...Minor spoilers)]]> 21 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:38:31 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/mort-the-musical.1964/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/mort-the-musical.1964/ invalid@example.com (MortTheMusical) MortTheMusical
Terry Pratchett's MORT (the musical)
20-23 August 2008
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford, Surrey

More info (and a sample song from the show) can be found here: Jenifer Toksvig - Musical...

Mort the Musical!]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:02:55 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/reaper-man.1832/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/reaper-man.1832/ invalid@example.com (Rewr) Rewr
I'd forgotten how much I like this book!

I just love Deaths life experience, and dread the thought that after death, for us mortals that there is nothing... as...

Reaper Man]]> 11 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:50:39 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/soul-music-question.661/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/soul-music-question.661/ invalid@example.com (somethingclever) somethingclever ***Possible Spoilers!!***
I hope you all dont mind me starting a new topic in here. I did a search thru the archives to see if I could find the answer, but I came up short.

What is it that makes the Librarian build Death's motorcycle?

At first I thought it was the music that was keeping Buddy alive, but that doesnt make any sense. Death is the one that "kills"* the music in the end, so you wouldnt think it wouldn't help along its own demise by providing the...

Soul Music Question]]> 11 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:44:29 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-cast-news-teatime-and-susan.711/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-cast-news-teatime-and-susan.711/ invalid@example.com (The_Red_Avenger) The_Red_Avenger

So I've been lurking a few months now and was going to join when I had the time.

Well!!!! That was until I found this little nugget of news and that was when I decided to join because you should always join a messageboard with a flourish I would say.

I know who's playing Teatime (maybe some of you already know) and Susan, but I've been looking for cast news for weeks now and so far zip.

So to my delight I stumbled on this little link at...

Hogfather cast news!!!! Teatime and Susan]]> 6 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:43:32 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-on-us-tv-tonight-11-25-07.1803/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-on-us-tv-tonight-11-25-07.1803/ invalid@example.com (Donald) Donald
Donald]]> 11 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:21:04 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/teatime-and-the-assassins-guild.1770/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/teatime-and-the-assassins-guild.1770/ invalid@example.com (JAK) JAK
Mr Teatime’s first name is recorded as Jonathan in The Hogfather and in the Companion. In the Assassin’s Guild Yearbook for 2000 it talks about the late Noel Teatime, a young Assassin who had plans for the inhumation of the Hogfather, Soul Cake Duck etc. just as Jonathan did. As Hogfather was published in 1996, Jonathan was a fully-fledged character...

Teatime and the Assassin's Guild]]> 4 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:53:42 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/pratchett-in-oz.1686/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/pratchett-in-oz.1686/ invalid@example.com (midagop) midagop 2 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:16:30 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-what-did-you-think-mild-spoilers-of-film.1238/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-what-did-you-think-mild-spoilers-of-film.1238/ invalid@example.com (Angua_rox) Angua_rox
What are peoples impressions?
I thought it was good. Not perfect, but good.

I liked Susan, although I thought she came across a little whiny, I didn't envisage her like that. . . but it's a valid viewpoint.

Death was suprisingly accurate I thought.

The Rat Death was disappointingly computery looking, but copable with.]]> 30 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:40:51 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/discworld-logic.1201/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/discworld-logic.1201/ invalid@example.com (warning_i_have_a_blanket) warning_i_have_a_blanket
does anyone else think the whole bogyman thing is pure genius?! i love the child-like logic of "it doesn't exist if i can't see it" is then turned around on the bogyman. it follows the way the whole dicworld logic flows. the bogyman exists because the children believe in it. they stop believing in it if they can't see it so if the bogyman's head is under the blanket it can't see anything so it's not sure if it exists or not in it's own head.

i...

Discworld logic]]> 14 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:14:21 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/death-and-the-kitten.1284/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/death-and-the-kitten.1284/ invalid@example.com (Hsing) Hsing really, that I have it bookmarked), but this so fits the DW imaginary...
Death of Kittens...

Weebls Stuff - Death Kitty And The Fat Man]]> 8 Mon, 21 May 2007 17:16:59 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-official-site.1043/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/hogfather-official-site.1043/ invalid@example.com (The_Red_Avenger) The_Red_Avenger 179 of them to be exact.

http://www.rhifilms.com/property.php?propertyId=Hogfather

Ignore the Synopsis, it looks like a five year old has written it.
...
RA]]> 24 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:30:25 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/just-dont-care-for-hogwatch-film-no-more.1219/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/just-dont-care-for-hogwatch-film-no-more.1219/ invalid@example.com (coke_and_chocolate) coke_and_chocolate
THIS SUCKS, man I am pissed. What is so f'n 'tall, dark, and grave' and 'deep as the grave' 'operatic' whatever in this Sir Ian whoever guy??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Now I don't care if I do see the film or not.

:evil: ...

Just don't care for hogwatch film no more]]> 15 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:52:41 +0000 http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/full-cast-for-hogfather-some-great-surprises.826/ http://www.terrypratchettbooks.co.uk/discworld/threads/full-cast-for-hogfather-some-great-surprises.826/ invalid@example.com (The_Red_Avenger) The_Red_Avenger www.paulkidby.com)

Sir David Jason ‘Albert’
Joss Ackland ‘Mustrum Ridcully’
Marc Waren ‘Teatime’
David Warner ‘Lord Downey’
Ian Richardson ‘Voice of Death’
Michelle Dockery ‘Susan’
Nigel Planer ‘Mr. Sideney’
Tony Robinson ‘Vernon Crumley’
Rhodri Meilir ‘Bilious’
Peter Guinness ‘Medium Dave’
Neil Pearson ‘The Raven’
Sinead Matthews ‘Violet’
Stephen Marcus ‘Banjo’
Craig Conway ‘Chickenwire’
Roger Frost ‘Bursar’
Ed...

Full Cast for Hogfather - some great surprises.]]> 11