Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead.
It can't just stop happening.' But it can. And it has. Death is missing - presumed. er. gone (and on a little farm far, far away, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe).
Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn't come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime? You can't have the undead wandering about like lost souls. There's no telling what might happen, particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living. . .
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.
