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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.


== Blurb ==
== 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 ==
== Podcast episodes ==
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! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
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| 2015-09-15 || {{RMP}} || "[[Death is a Family Business]]" || [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/32/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]
| 2004-07-04 || ''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s5sf Bookclub]'' || “Terry Pratchett”<ref>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.</ref> || [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fc3w5 bbc.co.uk]
|-
| 2015-09-15 || {{RMP}} || “Death is a Family Business” || [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/32/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]
|-
| 2017-01-23 || {{DB}} || “Mort, by Terry Pratchett” || [https://www.dragonbabiespodcast.com/blog/episode-8-mort-by-terry-pratchett dragonbabiespodcast.com]
|-
| 2017-12-08 || {{PC}} || “Murdering a Curry” || [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2017/12/08/episode-2-murdering-a-curry/ pratchatpodcast.com]
|-
| 2019-02-15 || {{DOP}} || “Mort” || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.p_DFu_6FAoNWEs aalgar.com]
|-
| 2019-04-28 || {{WSP}} || “Mort” || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wyrd-sisters-mort/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
|-
| 2020-03-09 || {{MYF}} || “Schrödinger’s Canapé” (1/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/03/09/e14-schrodingers-canape-2/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
| 2020-03-16 || {{MYF}} || “State Of Mind: Eggs” (2/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/03/16/e15-state-of-mind-eggs-3/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
|-
| 2017-12-08 || {{PC}} || "[[Murdering a Curry]]" || [https://pratchatpodcast.com/2017/12/08/episode-2-murdering-a-curry/ pratchatpodcast.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]
|-
|-
| 2019-02-15 || {{DOP}} || [[DOP 04]] || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.p_DFu_6FAoNWEs aalgar.com]
| 2020-03-24 || {{TCD}} || “Mort” || [https://compleatdiscography.page/episode/150d3c9c/mort compleatdiscography.page]
|-
|-
| 2019-04-28 || {{WSP}} || [[WSP 04]] || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wyrd-sisters-mort/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
| 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]
|-
|-
| 2020-03-09 || {{MYF}} || "[[Schrödinger’s Canapé]]" (1/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/03/09/e14-schrodingers-canape-2/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2020-07-29 || {{WWTW}} || “Discworld the Anime vs Historical Predestination” (2/2) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/0c7a4dd7f25c4afb/discworld-the-anime-vs-historical-predestination-mort-pt-2-/ who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co]
|-
|-
| 2020-03-16 || {{MYF}} || "[[State Of Mind: Eggs]]" (2/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/03/16/e15-state-of-mind-eggs-3/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2020-08-02 || {{DID}} || “Tiernan Douieb and Mort” || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/3-1-tiernan-douieb-and-mort/ desertislanddiscworld.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]
| 2021-01-06 || {{TDC}} || “Callout Post for Death” (1/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-13-callout-post-for-death shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-03-24 || {{TCD}} || [[TCD 05]] || [https://www.compleatdiscography.page/episodes/mort compleatdiscography.page]
| 2021-01-20 || {{TDC}} || “Erotic Biographies” (2/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-14-erotic-biographies shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 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]
| 2021-02-03 || {{TDC}} || “Commotion Lotion” (3/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-15-commotion-lotion shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-07-29 || {{WWTW}} || "[[Discworld the Anime vs Historical Predestination]]" (2/2) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/0c7a4dd7f25c4afb/discworld-the-anime-vs-historical-predestination-mort-pt-2-/ who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co]
| 2021-02-17 || {{TDC}} || “Disctale” (4/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-16-disctale shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-08-02 || {{DID}} || [[Tiernan Douieb and Mort]] || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/3-1-tiernan-douieb-and-mort/ desertislanddiscworld.com]
| 2021-02-15 || {{SOA}} || “Discworld Book Four” || [https://stuckonarrakis.buzzsprout.com/209222/8204424-discworld-book-four-mort-by-terry-pratchett buzzsprout.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-01-06 || {{TDC}} || "[[Callout Post for Death]]" (1/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-13-callout-post-for-death shows.acast.com]
| 2021-03-29 || {{DCP}} || “Mort” || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/04-Mort-eto3b4 anchor.fm]
|-
|-
| 2021-01-20 || {{TDC}} || "[[Erotic Biographies]]" (2/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-14-erotic-biographies shows.acast.com]
| 2021-09-29 || {{NOBC}} || “Mort” || [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/1 fireside.fm]
|-
|-
| 2021-02-03 || {{TDC}} || "[[Commotion Lotion]]" (3/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-15-commotion-lotion shows.acast.com]
| 2022-05-07 || {{UAP}} || “Mort” || [https://anchor.fm/unseenacademicals/episodes/8--Mort-e1sutp4 anchor.fm]
|-
|-
| 2021-02-17 || {{TDC}} || "[[Disctale]]" (4/4) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-16-disctale shows.acast.com]
| 2022-12-17 || {{NRD}} || “Book 4. Mort” || [https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld/episodes/Book-4--MORT-e1sc99v anchor.fm]
|-
|-
| 2021-02-15 || {{SOA}} || "Discworld Book Four" || [https://stuckonarrakis.buzzsprout.com/209222/8204424-discworld-book-four-mort-by-terry-pratchett buzzsprout.com]
| 2023-05-11 || {{JDRB}} || “Mort” || [https://redcircle.com/shows/c9a89ab2-0f6c-4812-892b-86feb0b24759/ep/53b4c324-6320-4f83-b86e-f858b547bda4 redcircle.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-03-29 || {{DCP}} || [[DCP 04]] || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/04-Mort-eto3b4 anchor.fm]
| 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]
|-
|-
| 2021-09-29 || {{NOBC}} || [[NOBC 01]] || [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/1 fireside.fm]
| 2024-02-19 || {{DTD}} || {{M|ep}} || [https://diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-table-discworld-mort/ podbean.com]
|}
|}


''More episodes to be added.''
=== Other appearances ===
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.


=== Other appearances ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but its not the focus of the episode.
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
|-
| 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>
|-
| 2012-09-05 || {{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"/>
|-
| 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]
|}


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 18:37, 23 March 2024

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.

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” fireside.fm
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

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]
2021-05-26 Fiction Fans “A Master of Djinn & Mort” fictionfanspodcast.com
2024-02-25 Fable FellaZ “Mr. Samson Cat”[4] acast.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. ↑ Also discusses Tamsyn Muir’s Harrow the Ninth.
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