Product Description

An illustrated version of one of Terry Pratchett's comic science-fiction novels. Mort has been chosen as Death's apprentice. He gets board and lodging, free use of company horse, and doesn't even need time off for his grandmother's funeral. Looking like a skeleton is not compulsory, either.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #190939 in Books
• Published on: 1994-09-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is a publishing phenomenon. He was knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours; previously he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature in 1998. He has been awarded six honorary doctorates, and has won the Carnegie Medal and the Michael Prinz Award. He lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire.

Customer Reviews

Pretty Good Stuff
I love the artwork, but it can be quite confusing, especially if you haven't read the book - but since there's really no reason to buy this unless you're a pratchett fan (if you're not already, dive in - good books to start with are Wyrd Sisters and Guards! Guards!) there's a pretty slim chance of you not having read the book.

Did anyone else hear about the proposed film version? The american film company wrote back to Pratchett asking if they could remove Death, because "The american public aren't ready for a kind sympathetic character in the Grim Reaper". This got a reply of "have you actually read the book?". Bear in mind that this was less than 2 years before the 2nd Bill&Ted Movie

classic funny and greaaat
this is one of the best books i have ever read and i would gladley read it again as usual pratchett is brilliantly funny cunningly sarcastic and fabulosley truthful a absolute classic...

I hate to say it but... Terry should stick to the novels...
I've had a bit of a hard time getting hold of a copy of this but I've finally managed it. And it was worth every penny just to have it in my collection. But as far as the comic actually goes, it's fairly mediocre.
I'm very, very, very sorry to have to say this but... Terry Pratchett's adaption just isn't up to standard.
You see, I've been a Discworld fan for about 13 years now. I've read every Discworld book (novel and otherwise) at least twice. But I'm also an avid reader of graphic novels so I have quite a wide and varied experience in reading this medium.
The illustrations are wonderful and the whole reading experience was very enjoyable, but without prior knowledge of the novel this comic would have left me behind on more than one occasion. I fully realise that most of the people reading this comic book are going to be Discworld fans who are bound to have already read the novel, but that's entirely beside the point. A graphic novel should be a story told through appropriate illustrations and clear concise dialogue that keeps the story clearly out there for the reader to see. And this just didn't have that. (Well it had the right pictures, but without the right wording it's not enough). I hate to criticize my favourite author, and I certainly couldn't have done a better job myself, but when it comes to the Discworld comic book adaptions I've always found them wanting.