Rollende Steine. Ein Roman von der bizarren Scheibenwelt.

Paperback, 378 pages

Published Oct. 1, 1996 by Goldmann.

ISBN:
978-3-442-41589-2
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OCLC Number:
75823013

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4 stars (3 reviews)

Death goes walk-about and tries everything, including joining the French Foreign Legion, to forget a tragic carriage accident at dead man's curve. His independent-minded teen granddaughter has to surreptitiously take over the reaping biz. Three guys invent music with rocks in it or did the magick in this music invent them? Is time changing or - déjà vu all over again- is it rushing to a new tragedy on Dead Man's Curve?

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Death has another middeath crisis and Susan, as the only unnatural heir, gets the scythe and part of the powers that come with the job. But she does not want cute guys to die, specially when they are introducing the new "music with rocks in" era to the Disc - not even the librarian is immune to the new rhythm!

I love the Death character and it gets more and more amusing as humanity keeps finding a way in. A true rebel of the Gods! It is a brilliant book as always, filled with rock mentions/nods that had me giggling every time I found one. The story takes some time to develop and the end is a bit weird, but each paragraph is a story in itself filled with vivid images of recurring gags and hilarious moments. I am not the biggest fan of the wizards, but they probably are …

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