Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped) books. What better way to snap out of a reading fugue than to take a mini-vacation into the past? Logo designed by the wonderful KMont Today, Ana continues her ongoing love story with Terry Pratchett by reading Reaper Man Title: Reaper Man Author: Terry Pratchett Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Corgi Publication date: First published in 1991 Paperback: 288 pages ‘Death has to happen. That’s what being alive is all about. You’re alive, and then you’re dead. It can’t just stop happening.’ But it can. And it has. So what happens after death is now less of a philosophical question than a question of actual reality. On the disc, as here, they need Death. 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… Standalone or series: It’s Discworld […]