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Mort
Sign in to saveMort is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth Discworld novel and the first to focus on the character Death, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels. The title is the name of its main character, and is also a play on words: in French, mort means "death" or "dead"; the French-language edition is titled Mortimer.
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- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 1987
- Editions
- 61
- Subjects
- Death, Discworld (Imaginary place), Fantasy, Fiction, satire, humor, anthropomorphic., Discworld (imaginary place), fiction
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Mort
- Book.image
- Mort-cover.jpg
- Book.caption
- First edition
- Book.author
- Terry Pratchett
- Book.cover_artist
- Josh Kirby
- Book.language
- English
- Book.genre
- Fantasy
- Book.publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd in association with Colin Smythe
- Book.pub_date
- November 12, 1987
- Book.pages
- 304
- Book.isbn
- 0-575-04171-4
- Book.oclc
- 16685210
- Book.awards
- Came 65th in the Big Read
- Book.preceded_by
- Equal Rites
- Book.followed_by
- Sourcery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Award
- The Big Read
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Main subject
- anthropomorphism
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- first line
- This is the bright candlelit room where the lifetimers are stored - shelf upon shelf of them, squat hourglasses, one for every living person, pouring their fine sand from the future into the past.
- last line
- THE END
- publication date
- 1987-00-00
- title
- Mort
- language of work or name
- English language
- different from
- Mort
- set in environment
- fictional planet
- takes place in fictional universe
- Discworld
- form of creative work
- novel
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Plot summary
- Characters
- Adaptations
- Cancelled animated adaptation
- Reception
- Reviews
- References
- External links
Mort is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth Discworld novel and the first to focus on the character Death, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels. The title is the name of its main character, and is also a play on words: in French, mort means "death" or "dead"; the French-language edition is titled Mortimer.
In 2004, Pratchett stated that Mort was the first Discworld novel with which he was "pleased", stating that in previous books, the plot had existed to support the jokes, but that in Mort, the plot was integral.
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