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Discworld #10.5
Death and What Comes Next
Death and What Comes Next is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to argue death is not a certainty.
1 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2002
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Terry Pratchett
466 books43.8k followersSir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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April 15, 2021
Death and What Comes Next (Discworld, #10.5; Death, #1.5), Terry Pratchett
Death and What Comes Next, is a fantasy short story by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his Discworld series. This short story darkly funny as all of Pratchett's Death tales are.
It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to argue that death is not a certainty.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز دوازدهم ماه فوریه سال 2021میلادی
عنوان: دیسک ورلد (جهان صفحه) کتاب ده و نیم: مرگ و بعدش چه پیش میاد؛ نویسنده تری پرچت؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیایی - سده 20م
دیسک ورلد (جهان صفحه)، یک سری از کتابهای فانتزی هستند، که روانشاد «تری پرچت»، نویسنده ی «انگلیسی»، نگاشته اند؛ داستانهای این سری در جهانی با نام «دیسک ورلد (جهان صفحه)» می‌گذرند؛ که صفحه ای تخت است، و بر شانه های چهار فیل، با هیکلهای بزرگ، قرار دارد؛ این فیل‌ها نیز، به نوبه ی خود، بر روی پشت یک لاک‌پشت غول‌آسا، با نام «آتوئین بزرگ» قرار دارند؛ در این سری از کتابها، بارها از سوژه های کتابهای نویسندگانی همچون «جی.آر.آر تالکین»، «رابرت هاوارد»، «اچ پی لاوکرافت» و «ویلیام شکسپیر» به گونه ای خنده دار، استفاده شده است؛
از سری «دیسک ورلد» بیشتر از هشتاد میلیون نسخه، در سی و هفت زبان، به فروش رفته است؛ این سری در برگیرنده ی بیش از چهل رمان (تاکنون چهل و یک رمان)، یازده داستان کوتاه، چهار کتاب علمی، و چندین کتاب مرجع، و مکمل است؛ از این سری، چندین رمان تصویری، بازی کامپیوتری، نمایش تئاتر، سریالهای تلویزیونی اقتباس شده است؛ روزنامه ی «ساندی تایمز» چاپ «انگلستان» از این سری به عنوان یکی از پرفروش‌ترین سری کتابها نام برده، و «تری پرچت» را، به عنوان پرفروش‌ترین نویسنده ی «انگلستان»، در دهه ی نود میلادی دانسته است؛
رمان‌های «دیسک‌ورلد» جوایز بسیاری از جمله جایزه «پرومتئوس»، و مدال ادبی «کارنگی» را، از آن خود کرده اند؛ در نظرسنجی «بیگ رید»، که «بی‌بی‌سی» در سال 2003میلادی، در «انگلستان» انجام داد، چهار رمان سری «دیسک‌ورلد»؛ در فهرست یکصد کتاب برتر قرار گرفتند؛ همچنین مردمان «انگلیس»، در این نظرسنجی، چهارده رمان «دیسک‌ورلد» را، در شمار دویست کتاب برتر، دانستند؛ تا کنون، از این سری، چهل و یک رمان، به چاپ رسیده است؛ «تری پرچت» که پیش از درگذشتش؛ در ابتدای سال 2015میلادی، از بیماری «آلزایمر» رنج می‌بردند، اعلام کردند که خوشحال می‌شوند که دخترشان، «ریانا پرچت»، به جای ایشان، به ادامه ی این سری بپردازند؛ تا جلد بیست و ششم رمان این سری، رمان «دزد زمان (2001میلادی)» به دست «جاش کربی»، به تصویر کشیده شده اند، اما نسخه های «آمریکایی»، که انتشارات «هارپرکالینز» آن‌ها را، منتشر کرده، دارای تصاویر روی جلد متفاوتی هستند؛ پس از درگذشت «جاش کربی»، در سال 2001میلادی، نقاشی‌های روی جلد کتابهای بعدی این سری، بدست «پائول کربی» کشیده شدند
کتابهای اول و دوم: «رنگ جادو»؛ کتاب سوم: «زنان جادوگر»؛ کتاب چهارم: «مرگ»؛ کتاب پنجم: «سورسری (برگردان فارسی جادوی مرجع)»؛ کتاب ششم: «خواهران ویرد»؛ کتاب هفتم: «هرم ها»؛ کتاب هشتم: «نگهبانان! نگهبانان»؛ کتاب نهم: «اریک»؛ کتاب دهم: «تصاویر متحرک»؛ کتاب یازدهم: «مرد دروگر»؛ کتاب دوازدهم: «جادوگران خارج»؛ کتاب سیزدهم: «ایزدان خرد (خدایان کوچک)»؛ کتاب چهاردهم: «لردها و بانوان»؛ کتاب پانزدهم: «مردان مسلح»؛ کتاب شانزده��: «موسی��ی روح»؛ کتاب هفدهم: «اوقات جالب»؛ کتاب هجدهم: «ماسکراد»؛ کتاب نوزدهم: «پاهای خشت (فیت آو کلی)»؛ کتاب بیستم: «هاگفادر»؛ کتاب بیست و یکم: «جینگو»؛ کتاب بیست و دوم: «آخرین قاره»؛ کتاب بیست و سوم: «کارپه جوگلوم»؛ کتاب بیست و چهارم: «فیل پنجم»؛ کتاب بیست و پنجم: «حقیقت»؛ کتاب بیست و ششم: «دزد زمان»؛ کتاب بیست و هفتم: «آخرین قهرمان»؛ کتاب بیست و هشتم: «ماوریس شگفت‌انگیز و موش‌های آموزش‌دیده‌اش»؛ کتاب بیست و نهم: «ساعت شب»؛ کتاب سی ام: «مردان آزاد وی»؛ کتاب سی و یکم: «هنگ بزرگ»؛ کتاب سی و دوم: «کلاهی پُر از آسمان»؛ کتاب سی و سوم: «گوینگ پوستال»؛ کتاب سی و چهارم: «تود!»؛ کتاب سی و پنجم: «وینتراسمیت»؛ کتاب سی و ششم: «بدست آوردن پول»؛ کتاب سی و هفتم: «دانشگاهی‌های نادیدنی»؛ کتاب سی و هشتم: «نیمه‌شب بایست بپوشم»؛ کتاب سی و نهم: «اسنوف»؛ کتاب چهلم: «بالا آمدن مه»؛ کتاب چهل و یکم: «تاج چوپان»؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 25/01/1400هجری خورشیدی
Death and What Comes Next, is a fantasy short story by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his Discworld series. This short story darkly funny as all of Pratchett's Death tales are.
It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to argue that death is not a certainty.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز دوازدهم ماه فوریه سال 2021میلادی
عنوان: دیسک ورلد (جهان صفحه) کتاب ده و نیم: مرگ و بعدش چه پیش میاد؛ نویسنده تری پرچت؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیایی - سده 20م
دیسک ورلد (جهان صفحه)، یک سری از کتابهای فانتزی هستند، که روانشاد «تری پرچت»، نویسنده ی «انگلیسی»، نگاشته اند؛ داستانهای این سری در جهانی با نام «دیسک ورلد (جهان صفحه)» می‌گذرند؛ که صفحه ای تخت است، و بر شانه های چهار فیل، با هیکلهای بزرگ، قرار دارد؛ این فیل‌ها نیز، به نوبه ی خود، بر روی پشت یک لاک‌پشت غول‌آسا، با نام «آتوئین بزرگ» قرار دارند؛ در این سری از کتابها، بارها از سوژه های کتابهای نویسندگانی همچون «جی.آر.آر تالکین»، «رابرت هاوارد»، «اچ پی لاوکرافت» و «ویلیام شکسپیر» به گونه ای خنده دار، استفاده شده است؛
از سری «دیسک ورلد» بیشتر از هشتاد میلیون نسخه، در سی و هفت زبان، به فروش رفته است؛ این سری در برگیرنده ی بیش از چهل رمان (تاکنون چهل و یک رمان)، یازده داستان کوتاه، چهار کتاب علمی، و چندین کتاب مرجع، و مکمل است؛ از این سری، چندین رمان تصویری، بازی کامپیوتری، نمایش تئاتر، سریالهای تلویزیونی اقتباس شده است؛ روزنامه ی «ساندی تایمز» چاپ «انگلستان» از این سری به عنوان یکی از پرفروش‌ترین سری کتابها نام برده، و «تری پرچت» را، به عنوان پرفروش‌ترین نویسنده ی «انگلستان»، در دهه ی نود میلادی دانسته است؛
رمان‌های «دیسک‌ورلد» جوایز بسیاری از جمله جایزه «پرومتئوس»، و مدال ادبی «کارنگی» را، از آن خود کرده اند؛ در نظرسنجی «بیگ رید»، که «بی‌بی‌سی» در سال 2003میلادی، در «انگلستان» انجام داد، چهار رمان سری «دیسک‌ورلد»؛ در فهرست یکصد کتاب برتر قرار گرفتند؛ همچنین مردمان «انگلیس»، در این نظرسنجی، چهارده رمان «دیسک‌ورلد» را، در شمار دویست کتاب برتر، دانستند؛ تا کنون، از این سری، چهل و یک رمان، به چاپ رسیده است؛ «تری پرچت» که پیش از درگذشتش؛ در ابتدای سال 2015میلادی، از بیماری «آلزایمر» رنج می‌بردند، اعلام کردند که خوشحال می‌شوند که دخترشان، «ریانا پرچت»، به جای ایشان، به ادامه ی این سری بپردازند؛ تا جلد بیست و ششم رمان این سری، رمان «دزد زمان (2001میلادی)» به دست «جاش کربی»، به تصویر کشیده شده اند، اما نسخه های «آمریکایی»، که انتشارات «هارپرکالینز» آن‌ها را، منتشر کرده، دارای تصاویر روی جلد متفاوتی هستند؛ پس از درگذشت «جاش کربی»، در سال 2001میلادی، نقاشی‌های روی جلد کتابهای بعدی این سری، بدست «پائول کربی» کشیده شدند
کتابهای اول و دوم: «رنگ جادو»؛ کتاب سوم: «زنان جادوگر»؛ کتاب چهارم: «مرگ»؛ کتاب پنجم: «سورسری (برگردان فارسی جادوی مرجع)»؛ کتاب ششم: «خواهران ویرد»؛ کتاب هفتم: «هرم ها»؛ کتاب هشتم: «نگهبانان! نگهبانان»؛ کتاب نهم: «اریک»؛ کتاب دهم: «تصاویر متحرک»؛ کتاب یازدهم: «مرد دروگر»؛ کتاب دوازدهم: «جادوگران خارج»؛ کتاب سیزدهم: «ایزدان خرد (خدایان کوچک)»؛ کتاب چهاردهم: «لردها و بانوان»؛ کتاب پانزدهم: «مردان مسلح»؛ کتاب شانزده��: «موسی��ی روح»؛ کتاب هفدهم: «اوقات جالب»؛ کتاب هجدهم: «ماسکراد»؛ کتاب نوزدهم: «پاهای خشت (فیت آو کلی)»؛ کتاب بیستم: «هاگفادر»؛ کتاب بیست و یکم: «جینگو»؛ کتاب بیست و دوم: «آخرین قاره»؛ کتاب بیست و سوم: «کارپه جوگلوم»؛ کتاب بیست و چهارم: «فیل پنجم»؛ کتاب بیست و پنجم: «حقیقت»؛ کتاب بیست و ششم: «دزد زمان»؛ کتاب بیست و هفتم: «آخرین قهرمان»؛ کتاب بیست و هشتم: «ماوریس شگفت‌انگیز و موش‌های آموزش‌دیده‌اش»؛ کتاب بیست و نهم: «ساعت شب»؛ کتاب سی ام: «مردان آزاد وی»؛ کتاب سی و یکم: «هنگ بزرگ»؛ کتاب سی و دوم: «کلاهی پُر از آسمان»؛ کتاب سی و سوم: «گوینگ پوستال»؛ کتاب سی و چهارم: «تود!»؛ کتاب سی و پنجم: «وینتراسمیت»؛ کتاب سی و ششم: «بدست آوردن پول»؛ کتاب سی و هفتم: «دانشگاهی‌های نادیدنی»؛ کتاب سی و هشتم: «نیمه‌شب بایست بپوشم»؛ کتاب سی و نهم: «اسنوف»؛ کتاب چهلم: «بالا آمدن مه»؛ کتاب چهل و یکم: «تاج چوپان»؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 25/01/1400هجری خورشیدی
December 13, 2017
A dying philosopher attempts to smugly outsmart Death with the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics before being coolly checkmated by the Reaper Man. I SEE YOU…
I just discovered this obscure Discworld short story and I’m so glad I stumbled across it as it’s great! Apparently Terry Pratchett originally wrote Death and What Comes Next for an online puzzle game called Timehunt (never heard of it!) back in 2002. As a lifelong fan of the author, Discworld and the Death books in particular, it’s a delightful reminder of everything I love about arguably Pratchett’s best character.
The story is filled with the kind of sharp and witty dialogue that won Pratchett the huge audience he continues to have. In addition to succinctly explaining a complex aspect of quantum mechanics in a clear and accessible way (while also working in an understanding of the famous Schrodinger’s Cat thought experiment), he gives Death an effortlessly clever response delivered in the calm, beguiling and convincing way only an entity as absolute and powerful as Death could possess. I especially loved Death’s withering assessment of humanity:
LET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF CREATION VIA A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED IN ORDER TO TELL ONE ANOTHER WHERE THE RIPE FRUIT WAS? UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU HAVE ACHIEVED A GREAT DEAL.
Awesome – and what a brilliant ending too! Death and What Comes Next is a wonderfully entertaining Discworld episode featuring some first-class Death material any fan will get a kick out of - I definitely enjoyed this great short story a lot. If you’re interested, you can read it for free online here.
I just discovered this obscure Discworld short story and I’m so glad I stumbled across it as it’s great! Apparently Terry Pratchett originally wrote Death and What Comes Next for an online puzzle game called Timehunt (never heard of it!) back in 2002. As a lifelong fan of the author, Discworld and the Death books in particular, it’s a delightful reminder of everything I love about arguably Pratchett’s best character.
The story is filled with the kind of sharp and witty dialogue that won Pratchett the huge audience he continues to have. In addition to succinctly explaining a complex aspect of quantum mechanics in a clear and accessible way (while also working in an understanding of the famous Schrodinger’s Cat thought experiment), he gives Death an effortlessly clever response delivered in the calm, beguiling and convincing way only an entity as absolute and powerful as Death could possess. I especially loved Death’s withering assessment of humanity:
LET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF CREATION VIA A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED IN ORDER TO TELL ONE ANOTHER WHERE THE RIPE FRUIT WAS? UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU HAVE ACHIEVED A GREAT DEAL.
Awesome – and what a brilliant ending too! Death and What Comes Next is a wonderfully entertaining Discworld episode featuring some first-class Death material any fan will get a kick out of - I definitely enjoyed this great short story a lot. If you’re interested, you can read it for free online here.
December 14, 2017
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*clears throat*
I hadn't known about Terry Pratchett having written short stories (and published them one way or another) like this one but I'm certainly happy my attention was drawn to them. This particular one is about one of my favourite Discworld characters, Death. He is so important, he speaks in capital letters.
Here, he wants to collect a philosopher and - as usual with that bunch - he's trying to wiggle out of it by trying to trick Death. However, the old cat-loving scythe-wielder is not that easily fooled and his come-back is hilarious.
This is Terry Pratchett at his best. As the German saying goes: in der Kürze liegt die Würze ("brevity is the soul of wit").
For anyone interested, the story can be read for free here: http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
*clears throat*
I hadn't known about Terry Pratchett having written short stories (and published them one way or another) like this one but I'm certainly happy my attention was drawn to them. This particular one is about one of my favourite Discworld characters, Death. He is so important, he speaks in capital letters.
Here, he wants to collect a philosopher and - as usual with that bunch - he's trying to wiggle out of it by trying to trick Death. However, the old cat-loving scythe-wielder is not that easily fooled and his come-back is hilarious.
This is Terry Pratchett at his best. As the German saying goes: in der Kürze liegt die Würze ("brevity is the soul of wit").
For anyone interested, the story can be read for free here: http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
March 15, 2015
Poignant reading under the circumstances, but as darkly funny as all of Pratchett's Death tales are.
Thank you for using the time you spent here to make the world a happier place, Sir Terry.
Thank you for using the time you spent here to make the world a happier place, Sir Terry.
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August 18, 2023
[First read: 26th June, 2015. 3 Stars.
Second read: 11th August, 2023. 4 Stars.]
Featured in the book A Blink of the Screen.
This Discworld short story concerns one of the Disc's best-loved characters, Death. Here he is, going about his "normal" everyday business when a philosopher tries to wile his way out of his end by being all philosophy and smart. Death sees straight through it, as you may expect. A charming short story with the usual wit and wisdom found elsewhere on Discworld
Second read: 11th August, 2023. 4 Stars.]
Featured in the book A Blink of the Screen.
This Discworld short story concerns one of the Disc's best-loved characters, Death. Here he is, going about his "normal" everyday business when a philosopher tries to wile his way out of his end by being all philosophy and smart. Death sees straight through it, as you may expect. A charming short story with the usual wit and wisdom found elsewhere on Discworld
July 18, 2017
"There was a sigh from Death. Oh dear, one of those, he thought. This is going to be about
quantum again. He hated dealing with philosophers. They always tried to wriggle out of it."
Death goes out on a "collection" and the collectee happens to be a philosopher who tries to reason his way out of the appointment.
As any fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld will know, Death is one of his most compelling characters and he demonstrates his unique ability at ultimate one-ups-manship in this very short work.
quantum again. He hated dealing with philosophers. They always tried to wriggle out of it."
Death goes out on a "collection" and the collectee happens to be a philosopher who tries to reason his way out of the appointment.
As any fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld will know, Death is one of his most compelling characters and he demonstrates his unique ability at ultimate one-ups-manship in this very short work.
August 18, 2024
A short, brilliant essence of Pratchett's wit and wisdom. The character of Death (one of my favourites in all literature) at his best.
PS You can find it on YouTube or here.
PS You can find it on YouTube or here.
November 16, 2022
A philosopher tries to debate with Death about whether he’s actually dead or not. This is just really short. Still, a pretty fun read.
July 7, 2017
Death shoots down a philosopher's argument that an infinite number of universes come into being through choice.
Quick fun read, but not necessary for understanding the Death Arc of Discworld.
Quick fun read, but not necessary for understanding the Death Arc of Discworld.
February 20, 2012
A beautiful, thought-provoking tiny novella. It had some small ideas about physics that I hadn't brought that far myself.
I read it here (found it via StumbleUpon): http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
I read it here (found it via StumbleUpon): http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
January 23, 2021
What happens when a philosopher (or a physicist) dies?
Well, they die, but maybe they also get to meet DEATH for a second there, as the last grains of sand in their hourglass are falling.
And people generally don't get along nicely with changes. Well, being dead is a BIG change. So what do they do? They try to chat with DEATH to make HIM admit that in some other quantum realm of reality - they are still alive. That seems to happen often, because apparently DEATH knows how to answer such stupid questions for us,
This is a short 5 pages read for Discworld fans. Thank you my secret santa for gifting me this (among others) - I really wanted to read it!!
Well, they die, but maybe they also get to meet DEATH for a second there, as the last grains of sand in their hourglass are falling.
And people generally don't get along nicely with changes. Well, being dead is a BIG change. So what do they do? They try to chat with DEATH to make HIM admit that in some other quantum realm of reality - they are still alive. That seems to happen often, because apparently DEATH knows how to answer such stupid questions for us,
the lucky species of ape that are trying to understand the complexities of creation via language that evolved in order to tell one another where the ripe fruit was...
This is a short 5 pages read for Discworld fans. Thank you my secret santa for gifting me this (among others) - I really wanted to read it!!
October 5, 2014
DEATH is one of my favourite Discworld characters. He has an unpleasant task of picking up a philosopher who is trying really hard to persuade him that he is not 'such a certainty'.
Some days it's better not to go to work, but everyone knows whose is the last word.
Some days it's better not to go to work, but everyone knows whose is the last word.
July 2, 2016
This isn’t really a book. It’s a short story. Or, more like a short couple of pages. It’s a cute little debate between a dying philosopher and Death over the concept of infinite universes.
It can be found for free here: http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
It can be found for free here: http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
November 10, 2019
Philosophies as much as you like……..death will get you in the end.
A one-page interaction between Death and a Philosopher.
A one-page interaction between Death and a Philosopher.
October 3, 2023
I had forgotten about this very short bit of Discworld fiction.
The story was a fun read. Death Said: "I see you."
The story was a fun read. Death Said: "I see you."
March 27, 2019
"I love Death" is certainly not a sentence I thought I would catch myself thinking, but in this Terry Pratchett's version, I love the silly old bugger. Hats off, trumpets up, you have stolen the quantam theory. Everybody can just get home now. 🤣
March 26, 2022
Death, the ultimate certainty.
Goddamn.
Goddamn.
June 15, 2022
Oh yes... Short stories in L-space that I didn't know about.
February 9, 2019
Сборник с кратки творби на уникалния Тери Пратчет! Съдържание, което е идеално както за дългогодишните почитатели на един от най-големите майстори на фантастичното перо, така за хора, които винаги са искали да се запознаят с творчеството му, но изправени пред десетките романи от Света на Диска, не са знаели от къде да започнат. Това е „Примигване на екрана”! Прекрасна колекция от разкази, обхващащи различни периоди от творчеството на Пратчет – както ранните години, така и по-уверените, в които маестрото вече е напипал разпознаваемия си стил и продължава да се гъбарка, както с всичко на света, за което можете да се сетите, така и със... самия себе си. Изданието идва с логото на „Сиела”, в първокласен превод от Светлана Комогорова-Комата. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле": https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/201...
February 19, 2019
This is a short story by Terry Pratchett involving Death and a philosopher. You know the kind that tries to argue you into their way by referring to metaphysics, mixing in the quantum state of being. The one you want to drown if he wasn't dead already or if you as the philosopher he is not dead and should continue existing. Death and What Comes Next is kudos for those bargain stories where humans deal with Death or the Devil to get what they want and in this case to keep on living.
You can find the story on LSpace. It is a quick read and funny as well. I kind of feel for Death. To hear the same lines and attempts again and again and to see the other one thinking how novel they are being. It was the same I had with my work when people came up with the same jokes, and I wish I could have argued back as Death did. Not that my job was anything exciting, but I am sure you know what I mean and have had several similar experiences.
Thank you for reading!
You can find the story on LSpace. It is a quick read and funny as well. I kind of feel for Death. To hear the same lines and attempts again and again and to see the other one thinking how novel they are being. It was the same I had with my work when people came up with the same jokes, and I wish I could have argued back as Death did. Not that my job was anything exciting, but I am sure you know what I mean and have had several similar experiences.
Thank you for reading!
March 12, 2020
Pequeño relato, pero como siempre la MUERTE hace de cualquier dialogo algo sumamente entretenido.
August 30, 2016
There was a sigh from Death. Space, he thought. That was the trouble. It was never like this on worlds with everlastingly cloudy skies. But once humans saw all that space, their brains expanded to try and fill it up.
A cute, short little exercise in philosophical musings between Discworld's Death and a dying philosopher. Read it here: http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
September 4, 2017
Not really a book at all, just a short little story of Death and a philosopher. Even when you know the end is coming, however, it's still quite touching - and even more so, when you read it knowing that Death has come for the philosopher, and he found a bit of meaning in that regardless.
August 17, 2019
A tiny little (5 pages maybe) Death short story about the conversation had when a philosopher dies....covering theories from Schrödinger’s Cat to the multiverse... but of course no matter what your religion or philosophy only two things are certain in this life and one of those is Death 💀.
October 26, 2020
"YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF CREATION VIA A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED IN ORDER TO TELL ONE ANOTHER WHERE THE RIPE FRUIT WAS?"
Good. Simply, Death.
Good. Simply, Death.
March 7, 2016
It's about Death. The best of the Discworld characters. What's not to like?
May 14, 2017
"There was a sigh from Death. Oh dear, one of those, he thought."
To be found here, very short read: http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
To be found here, very short read: http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
June 7, 2018
A DEATH short story that can be read in just a couple of minutes? And free? http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/daw...
And enjoyable? This may have only been a few pages long, but it fully encapsulates the best of DEATH.
CHARACTER: 5*
UNIVERSE: 5*
PLOT: 5*
Not too much to say about this one (especially at midnight), but I greatly enjoyed the dry humor that DEATH embodies in this story.
And enjoyable? This may have only been a few pages long, but it fully encapsulates the best of DEATH.
CHARACTER: 5*
UNIVERSE: 5*
PLOT: 5*
Not too much to say about this one (especially at midnight), but I greatly enjoyed the dry humor that DEATH embodies in this story.
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October 19, 2021We could all use some Death in our lives.
July 11, 2020
“ACTUALLY, NO. I AM IMPRESSED AND INTRIGUED, said Death. THE CONCEPT YOU PUT BEFORE ME PROVES THE EXISTENCE OF TWO HITHERTO MYTHICAL PLACES. SOMEWHERE, THERE IS A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE, THE MORAL CHOICE, THE CHOICE THAT MAXIMISED THE HAPPINESS OF THEIR FELLOW CREATURES, OF COURSE, THAT ALSO MEANS THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE IS THE SMOKING REMNANT OF THE WORLD WHERE THEY DID NOT...”
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