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| author            = Terry Pratchett
| author            = Terry Pratchett
| audio_read_by    = Tony Robinson (abridged);<br/>Nigel Planer (Isis)<br/>TBC (new)
| audio_read_by    = [[Tony Robinson]] (Corgi);<br/>[[Nigel Planer]] (Isis)<br/>[[Sian Clifford]] (Penguin)
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{{M}} is the fourth Discworld novel, and the first to feature [[Death]] as a main character. It is often cited as a good book for new readers to start with, as the first to capture the tone of the majority of the series.


== Blurb ==
== Blurb ==
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| 2020-03-23 || {{MYF}} || “Horse In My Zen Garden” (3/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/03/23/e16-horse-in-my-zen-garden/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2020-03-23 || {{MYF}} || “Horse In My Zen Garden” (3/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/03/23/e16-horse-in-my-zen-garden/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
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| 2020-03-24 || {{TCD}} || “Mort” || [https://www.compleatdiscography.page/episodes/mort compleatdiscography.page]
| 2020-03-24 || {{TCD}} || “Mort” || [https://compleatdiscography.page/episode/150d3c9c/mort compleatdiscography.page]
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| 2020-07-22 || {{WWTW}} || “Deathy Seinfeld” (1/2) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/482b08b69a804ebd/deathy-seinfeld-mort-pt-1-/ who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co]
| 2020-07-22 || {{WWTW}} || “Deathy Seinfeld” (1/2) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/482b08b69a804ebd/deathy-seinfeld-mort-pt-1-/ who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co]
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| 2021-03-29 || {{DCP}} || “Mort” || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/04-Mort-eto3b4 anchor.fm]
| 2021-03-29 || {{DCP}} || “Mort” || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/04-Mort-eto3b4 anchor.fm]
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| 2021-09-29 || {{NOBC}} || “Mort” || [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/1 fireside.fm]
| 2021-09-29 || {{NOBC}} || “Mort” || [https://sites.libsyn.com/529447/episode-1-mort libsyn.com]
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| 2022-05-07 || {{UAP}} || “Mort” || [https://anchor.fm/unseenacademicals/episodes/8--Mort-e1sutp4 anchor.fm]
| 2022-05-07 || {{UAP}} || “Mort” || [https://anchor.fm/unseenacademicals/episodes/8--Mort-e1sutp4 anchor.fm]
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| 2023-06-21 || {{BWB}} || “Unhinged Bonus Episode 2 MORT” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookswbitches/episodes/Unhinged-Bonus-Episode-2-MORT-e2614mu spotify.com]
| 2023-06-21 || {{BWB}} || “Unhinged Bonus Episode 2 MORT” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookswbitches/episodes/Unhinged-Bonus-Episode-2-MORT-e2614mu spotify.com]
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| 2024-02-19 || {{DTD}} || {{M|ep}} || [https://diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-table-discworld-mort/ podbean.com]
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| 2024-06-12 || {{SI}} || {{M|ep}} || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/derek-w-bown/episodes/Mort---Terry-Pratchett-e2kqc13 spotify.com]
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| 2024-04-29 || ''[https://sumthing-good.simplecast.com/ SUMthing Good]'' || “EP. 4 Mort” || [https://sumthing-good.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-4-mort-dtBY1at_ simplecast.com]
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| 2024-08-09 || ''[https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/bros-before-prose Bros Before Prose]'' || “"Mort" (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett” || [https://brosbeforeprose.substack.com/p/mort substack.com]
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| 2024-09-01 || {{DWO}} || “E03 - Mort” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discworld-order/episodes/E03---Mort-e2ns4uj spotify.com]
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| 2025-02-09 || {{FTL}} || “Discworld Deep Dive Episode Three - Mort” || [https://fantasytalkslive.podbean.com/e/discworld-deep-dive-episode-three-mort/ podbean.com]
|-
| 2025-10-13 || {{OKT}} || “Gevatter Tod” (1/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/68ebabd41a16230b5fb5fb98 acast.com]
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| 2025-10-20 || {{OKT}} || “Erste Schritte” (2/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/68f53a06b5743a0a564280e1 acast.com]
|-
| 2025-10-27 || {{OKT}} || “Der erste Tag im Job” (3/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/68fe6e600ab449ff103432ef acast.com]
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| 2025-11-17 || {{OKT}} || “Ein freier Nachmittag” (4/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/691a554a2e9210d8a300762b acast.com]
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| 2025-11-24 || {{OKT}} || “Der erste Auftrag” (5/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/69239dfe9274ead23cb7dc99 acast.com]
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| 2025-12-01 || {{OKT}} || “Der Tod eilt zur Rettung” (6/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/692cb520b7087a11102e7225 acast.com]
|-
| 2025-12-08 || {{OKT}} || “Keri's Unleben” (7/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/6935fc9f6f0842bcde10f0f8 acast.com]
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| 2025-12-15 || {{OKT}} || “Im Garten von Tod” (8/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/693f469af817d7dbe81def24 acast.com]
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| 2025-12-22 || {{OKT}} || “Kneipentour als Tod” (9/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/6945f3f9e13e237fded859e6 acast.com]
|-
| 2025-12-29 || {{OKT}} || “Lasst uns die Prinzessin retten” (10/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/6945f413184761c021ff9425 acast.com]
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| 2026-01-05 || {{OKT}} || “Mensch sein erlernen” (11/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/6945f42ef756711739e409d2 acast.com]
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| 2026-01-12 || {{OKT}} || “Midlife Crisis” (12/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/6964266979fe7d5545f77efe acast.com]
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| 2026-01-19 || {{OKT}} || “Tod auf Jobsuche” (13/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/696d6693f0f57e95a0bfdb46 acast.com]
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| 2026-01-26 || {{OKT}} || “Glück in der Lohnarbeit” (14/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/69768bd28ebd49e511220a5c acast.com]
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| 2026-02-02 || {{OKT}} || “Das Schicksal des Universums” (15/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/697fe69f56431a2c0f448891 acast.com]
|-
| 2026-02-09 || {{OKT}} || “Zwei Minijobs und ein wütender Zauberer” (16/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/oktarin/episodes/69864dece4c954d6d9277b9a acast.com]
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| 2012-08-05 || {{TPP}} || “The Pratchett Podcast Episode 10” || [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/the-pratchett-podcast-episode-10/ thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com]<ref name="earlyTPP">Post with info only; audio no longer available.</ref>
| 2012-08-05 || {{TPP}} || “The Pratchett Podcast Episode 10” || [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/the-pratchett-podcast-episode-10/ thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com]<ref name="earlyTPP">Post with info only; audio no longer available.</ref>
|-
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| 2012-09-05 || {{TPP}} || “The Pratchett Podcast episode 11”<ref>This episode includes co-host Rhys giving his thoughts on the book, having missed the deadline to read it for the previous episode.</ref> || [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/the-pratchett-podcast-episode-11/ thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com]<ref name="earlyTPP"/>
| 2012-09-05 || {{TPP}} || “The Pratchett Podcast episode 11”<ref>This episode includes co-host Rhys giving his thoughts on the book, having missed the deadline to read it for the previous episode.</ref> || [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/the-pratchett-podcast-episode-11/ thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com]<ref name="earlyTPP" />
|-
| 2020-09-08 || ''[http://www.myhilltodieon.com My Hill to Die On]''<ref>Have also done episodes containing discussions of {{ER}}, {{WS}}, {{G!G!}} and {{RM}}.</ref> || “Are We Having Fun?” || [https://myhilltodieon.com/episodes/55 myhilltodieon.com]
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| 2021-05-26 || {{FF}} || “A Master of Djinn & Mort” || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/4b97304f/a-master-of-djinn-and-mort fictionfanspodcast.com]
| 2021-05-26 || {{FF}} || “A Master of Djinn & Mort” || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/4b97304f/a-master-of-djinn-and-mort fictionfanspodcast.com]
|-
| 2024-02-25 || ''[https://shows.acast.com/fable-fellaz Fable FellaZ]'' || “Mr. Samson Cat”<ref>Also discusses [[Tamsyn Muir]]’s ''Harrow the Ninth''.</ref> || [https://shows.acast.com/fable-fellaz/episodes/33-mr-samson-cat acast.com]
|-
| 2024-12-26 || {{MMM}} || “Zeměplošské království SMRTĚ – Sekáč, Mort a vše, co jste chtěli vědět o tomto sympaťákovi”<ref>In Czech; discusses both Mort and {{RM}}.</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mece-myty-magie/episodes/28--Zemplosk-krlovstv-SMRT--Sek--Mort-a-ve--co-jste-chtli-vdt-o-tomto-sympakovi-e2sn1jl spotify.com]
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Latest revision as of 04:02, 10 February 2026

Mort
2012 paperback cover; art by Josh Kirby
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Audio read byTony Robinson (Corgi);
Nigel Planer (Isis)
Sian Clifford (Penguin)
Cover artistJosh Kirby
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDiscworld
Release number
4
Sub-seriesDeath
GenreFantasy
PublisherGollancz/Corgi
Publication date
1987-11-12
Preceded byEqual Rites 
Followed bySourcery 

Mort is the fourth Discworld novel, and the first to feature Death as a main character. It is often cited as a good book for new readers to start with, as the first to capture the tone of the majority of the series.

Blurb

Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.

Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton carrying a scythe who must collect a minimum number of souls in order to keep the momentum of dying, well...alive.

He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer...but to do that, he'll need to hire some help.

It's an offer Mort can't refuse. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn't compulsory. It's a dream job - until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life...

(From the 2012 paperback edition.)

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date Show Episode External link
2004-07-04 Bookclub “Terry Pratchett”[1] bbc.co.uk
2015-09-15 Radio Morpork “Death is a Family Business” radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2017-01-23 Dragon Babies “Mort, by Terry Pratchett” dragonbabiespodcast.com
2017-12-08 Pratchat “Murdering a Curry” pratchatpodcast.com
2019-02-15 The Death of Podcasts “Mort” aalgar.com
2019-04-28 Wyrd Sisters “Mort” wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2020-03-09 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Schrödinger’s Canapé” (1/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-03-16 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “State Of Mind: Eggs” (2/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-03-23 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Horse In My Zen Garden” (3/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-03-24 The Compleat Discography “Mort” compleatdiscography.page
2020-07-22 Who Watches the Watch “Deathy Seinfeld” (1/2) who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2020-07-29 Who Watches the Watch “Discworld the Anime vs Historical Predestination” (2/2) who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2020-08-02 Desert Island Discworld “Tiernan Douieb and Mort” desertislanddiscworld.com
2021-01-06 The Disc-Course “Callout Post for Death” (1/4) shows.acast.com
2021-01-20 The Disc-Course “Erotic Biographies” (2/4) shows.acast.com
2021-02-03 The Disc-Course “Commotion Lotion” (3/4) shows.acast.com
2021-02-17 The Disc-Course “Disctale” (4/4) shows.acast.com
2021-02-15 Stuck on Arrakis “Discworld Book Four” buzzsprout.com
2021-03-29 Disc Coverers “Mort” anchor.fm
2021-09-29 Nanny Ogg's Book Club “Mort” libsyn.com
2022-05-07 Unseen Academicals “Mort” anchor.fm
2022-12-17 I’ve Never Read Discworld “Book 4. Mort” anchor.fm
2023-05-11 Just Dads Reading Books “Mort” redcircle.com
2023-06-21 Books w/ Bitches “Unhinged Bonus Episode 2 MORT” spotify.com
2024-02-19 Dining Table Discworld “Mort” podbean.com
2024-06-12 Spilled Inklings “Mort” spotify.com
2024-04-29 SUMthing Good “EP. 4 Mort” simplecast.com
2024-08-09 Bros Before Prose “"Mort" (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett” substack.com
2024-09-01 Discworld Order “E03 - Mort” spotify.com
2025-02-09 Fantasy Talks Live “Discworld Deep Dive Episode Three - Mort” podbean.com
2025-10-13 Oktarin “Gevatter Tod” (1/?) acast.com
2025-10-20 Oktarin “Erste Schritte” (2/?) acast.com
2025-10-27 Oktarin “Der erste Tag im Job” (3/?) acast.com
2025-11-17 Oktarin “Ein freier Nachmittag” (4/?) acast.com
2025-11-24 Oktarin “Der erste Auftrag” (5/?) acast.com
2025-12-01 Oktarin “Der Tod eilt zur Rettung” (6/?) acast.com
2025-12-08 Oktarin “Keri's Unleben” (7/?) acast.com
2025-12-15 Oktarin “Im Garten von Tod” (8/?) acast.com
2025-12-22 Oktarin “Kneipentour als Tod” (9/?) acast.com
2025-12-29 Oktarin “Lasst uns die Prinzessin retten” (10/?) acast.com
2026-01-05 Oktarin “Mensch sein erlernen” (11/?) acast.com
2026-01-12 Oktarin “Midlife Crisis” (12/?) acast.com
2026-01-19 Oktarin “Tod auf Jobsuche” (13/?) acast.com
2026-01-26 Oktarin “Glück in der Lohnarbeit” (14/?) acast.com
2026-02-02 Oktarin “Das Schicksal des Universums” (15/?) acast.com
2026-02-09 Oktarin “Zwei Minijobs und ein wütender Zauberer” (16/?) acast.com

Other appearances

Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

Date Show Episode External link
2012-08-05 The Pratchett Podcast “The Pratchett Podcast Episode 10” thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com[2]
2012-09-05 The Pratchett Podcast “The Pratchett Podcast episode 11”[3] thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com[2]
2020-09-08 My Hill to Die On[4] “Are We Having Fun?” myhilltodieon.com
2021-05-26 Fiction Fans “A Master of Djinn & Mort” fictionfanspodcast.com
2024-02-25 Fable FellaZ “Mr. Samson Cat”[5] acast.com
2024-12-26 Meče • Mýty • Magie “Zeměplošské království SMRTĚ – Sekáč, Mort a vše, co jste chtěli vědět o tomto sympaťákovi”[6] spotify.com

External links

  • Mort at the L-Space Wiki
  • Mort on Wikipedia

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This is a BBC Radio program later released as a podcast, or at least made available as via BBC Sounds. Features Terry Pratchett talking about the book with fans.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Post with info only; audio no longer available.
  3. ↑ This episode includes co-host Rhys giving his thoughts on the book, having missed the deadline to read it for the previous episode.
  4. ↑ Have also done episodes containing discussions of Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards! and Reaper Man.
  5. ↑ Also discusses Tamsyn Muir’s Harrow the Ninth.
  6. ↑ In Czech; discusses both Mort and Reaper Man.
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