  reaper man is a discworld novel by terry pratchett. published in 1991,fantastic fiction reaper man (discworld, book 11) terry pratchett retrieved 2009-05-9 it is the 11th discworld novel and the second to focus on death. the title is a reference to alex cox's cult movie repo man.the l-space web the annotated pratchett file v9.0 - reaper man retrieved 2009-05-9 ==plot== the auditors of reality are beings who watch the discworld to ensure everything obeys the rules. as death starts developing a personality the auditors feel that he does not perform his duty in the right way. they send him to live like everyone else. assuming the name "bill door", he works as a farm hand for the elderly miss flitworth. while every other species creates a new death for themselves, humans need more time for their death to be completed. as a result, the life force of dead humans starts to build up; this results in poltergeist activity, ghosts, and other paranormal phenomena. most notable is the return of the recently deceased wizard windle poons, who was really looking forward to reincarnation. after several misadventures, including being accosted by his oldest friends, he finds himself attending the fresh start club, an undead-rights group led by reg shoe. the fresh start club and the wizards of unseen university discover that the city of ankh-morpork is being invaded by a parasitic lifeform that feeds on cities and hatches from eggs that resemble snow globes. tracking its middle form, shopping carts, the fresh start club and the wizards invade and destroy the third form, a shopping mall. when humankind finally thinks of a new death, one with a crown and without any humanity or human face, it goes to take bill door. death/door, having planned fo
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