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{{Book Data | {{Book Data | ||
|title= Mort | |title=Mort | ||
| | |cover=[[File:M_Zoom.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]] | ||
|date= May 1987 | |coauthors= | ||
|publisher= Victor Gollancz | |illustrator= | ||
|isbn= | |date=May 1987 | ||
|pages= | |publisher=Victor Gollancz | ||
|isbn=9780575041714 | |||
|series= Death Series | |pages=221 | ||
|characters= [[Death]], [[Mort]], [[Ysabell]], [[Binky]], [[Albert]], [[Keli]] | |rrp= | ||
|series=Death Series | |||
|characters=[[Death]], [[Mort]], [[Ysabell]], [[Binky]], [[Albert]], [[Keli]] | |||
|annotations=yes | |annotations=yes | ||
|notes= Book #04 | |notes=Book #04 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Blurb== | ==Blurb== | ||
[[Death]] comes to us all. When he came to [[Mort]], he offered him a job. | [[Death]] comes to us all. When he came to [[Mort]], he offered him a job. | ||
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After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice .... | After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice .... | ||
== Characters == | ==Characters== | ||
===Main Characters=== | |||
=== Main | |||
* [[Death]] | * [[Death]] | ||
* [[Mort]] | * [[Mort]] | ||
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* [[Keli]] | * [[Keli]] | ||
=== Minor | ===Minor Characters=== | ||
* [[Lezek]], Mort's father | * [[Lezek]], Mort's father | ||
* [[Duke of Sto Helit]] | * [[Duke of Sto Helit]] | ||
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* [[Rincewind]] | * [[Rincewind]] | ||
=== Mentioned (incl very minor speaking parts) === | ===Mentioned (incl very minor speaking parts)=== | ||
* [[Hamesh]], Mort's uncle | * [[Hamesh]], Mort's uncle | ||
* [[King Olerve the Bastard]], [[Keli]]'s father | * [[King Olerve the Bastard]], [[Keli]]'s father | ||
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* [[Offler]] | * [[Offler]] | ||
* [[Mrs. Nugent]] | * [[Mrs. Nugent]] | ||
* [[Artorollo]], | * [[Artorollo]], past King of Ankh | ||
* Lesser nobles of Sto Lat: | * Lesser nobles of Sto Lat: | ||
** [[Lord of the Privy Closet]] | ** [[Lord of the Privy Closet]] | ||
** [[Lady of the Small Hexagonal Room in the North Turret]] | ** [[Lady of the Small Hexagonal Room in the North Turret]] | ||
* Staff of Sto Lat castle: | * Staff of Sto Lat castle: | ||
** [[Chamberlain of Sto Lat]] | ** [[Chamberlain of Sto Lat]] | ||
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** [[Moghedron]], the wine butler | ** [[Moghedron]], the wine butler | ||
** [[Royal Astrologer]] | ** [[Royal Astrologer]] | ||
* The [[Patrician]] | * The [[Patrician]] | ||
* [[Queen Ezeriel]], a Klatchian queen who bathed in asses' milk, had many lovers, and killed herself by sitting on a snake, parodying [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp|Cleopatra|Cleopatra}} | * [[Queen Ezeriel]], a Klatchian queen who bathed in asses' milk, had many lovers, and killed herself by sitting on a snake, parodying [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp|Cleopatra|Cleopatra}} | ||
* [[Hummok M'guk]] | * [[Hummok M'guk]] | ||
* [[Ug]] and [[Zog]], names for several proto-humans | * [[Ug]] and [[Zog]], names for several proto-humans | ||
* [[Catroaster]], a philosopher with a negative (albeit short-lived) opinion of Ankh-Morpork | * [[Catroaster]], a philosopher with a negative (albeit short-lived) opinion of Ankh-Morpork | ||
* [[Blind Io]] and his somewhat more blind High Priest (in Sto Lat) | * [[Blind Io]] and his somewhat more blind High Priest (in Sto Lat) | ||
* [[Heavenly Guard]], who patrol the [[Great Wall]] | * [[Heavenly Guard]], who patrol the [[Great Wall]] | ||
* [[Ly Tin Wheedle]] (mentioned) | * [[Ly Tin Wheedle]] (mentioned) | ||
* King [[Zetesphut]] of Tsort (mentioned) | * King [[Zetesphut]] of Tsort (mentioned) | ||
* [[Fate]] (mentioned) | * [[Fate]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Destiny]] (mentioned) | * [[Destiny]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Sek]] (mentioned) | * [[Sek]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Hoki]] (mentioned) | * [[Hoki]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Steikhegel]], God of isolated cow byres (mentioned) | * [[Steikhegel]], God of isolated cow byres (mentioned) | ||
== Locations == | ==Locations== | ||
* [[Death's Domain]] | * [[Death's Domain]] | ||
** [[Death's Domain#Death's library|Death's Library]] | ** [[Death's Domain#Death's library|Death's Library]] | ||
*** [[The Stack]] for biographies more than 500 years old | *** [[The Stack]] for biographies more than 500 years old | ||
* [[Ramtops]] | * [[Ramtops]] | ||
** [[Octarine Grass Country]] | ** [[Octarine Grass Country]] | ||
*** [[Sheepridge]] | *** [[Sheepridge]] | ||
* [[Ankh-Morpork]] | * [[Ankh-Morpork]] | ||
** [[Patrician's Palace]] | |||
** [[Curry Gardens]] | ** [[Curry Gardens]] | ||
** [[The Shades]] | ** [[The Shades]] | ||
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** [[Mended Drum]] in [[Filigree Street]] | ** [[Mended Drum]] in [[Filigree Street]] | ||
** [[Harga's House of Ribs]], owned by [[Harga]] | ** [[Harga's House of Ribs]], owned by [[Harga]] | ||
* [[Bay of Mante]] (mentioned) | * [[Bay of Mante]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Klatch]] (mentioned) | * [[Klatch]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Klatchistan]] (mentioned), there's a promising war there | * [[Klatchistan]] (mentioned), there's a promising war there | ||
* [[Sto Lat]] | * [[Sto Lat]] | ||
** [[Wall Street]], where Cutwell lives (until he's transferred to the castle) | ** [[Wall Street]], where Cutwell lives (until he's transferred to the castle) | ||
** [[The Quene's Head/Duke's Head|Quene's Hed]] aka [[The Quene's Head/Duke's Head|Duke's Head]] (depending on which reality you're in; presumably the King's Head before King Olerve died) | ** [[The Quene's Head/Duke's Head|Quene's Hed]] aka [[The Quene's Head/Duke's Head|Duke's Head]] (depending on which reality you're in; presumably the King's Head before King Olerve died) | ||
** [[Sto Lat Castle]] | ** [[Sto Lat Castle]] | ||
* [[Cori Celesti]] (mentioned) | * [[Cori Celesti]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Great Nef]] (mentioned), Ysabell's parents died there | * [[Great Nef]] (mentioned), Ysabell's parents died there | ||
** The [[Light Dams]] | ** The [[Light Dams]] | ||
* [[Pseudopolis]] (mentioned) | * [[Pseudopolis]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Krull]] (mentioned) | * [[Krull]] (mentioned) | ||
** The [[Edge]] (mentioned) | ** The [[Edge]] (mentioned) | ||
** [[Hakrull River]] | ** [[Hakrull River]] | ||
* [[Carrack Mountains]] (mentioned) | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[El-Kinte]] (mentioned) | * [[El-Kinte]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Dungeon Dimensions]] (mentioned) | * [[Dungeon Dimensions]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Agatean Empire]] (mentioned) | * [[Agatean Empire]] (mentioned) | ||
** [[Bes Pelargic]] (mentioned) | ** [[Bes Pelargic]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Tsort]] (mentioned) | * [[Tsort]] (mentioned) | ||
** [[River Tsort]] (mentioned) | ** [[River Tsort]] (mentioned) | ||
** [[Pyramid|Pyramids]] of [[Tsort]] (mentioned) | ** [[Pyramid|Pyramids]] of [[Tsort]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Leshp]] (mentioned) | |||
==Sentient Species== | ==Sentient Species== | ||
*[[Humans]] | *[[Humans]] | ||
*[[Trolls]] (mentioned) | *[[Trolls]] (mentioned) | ||
==Supernatural Entities== | ==Supernatural Entities== | ||
*[[Death]] | *[[Death]] | ||
*[[The gods|The Gods]] (mentioned) | *[[The gods|The Gods]] (mentioned) | ||
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*Water Sprite (mentioned) | *Water Sprite (mentioned) | ||
== Things and Concepts == | ==Things and Concepts== | ||
* [[Reannual plant]]s | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[Hogswatch]], time frame at start of book | * [[Hogswatch]], time frame at start of book | ||
* [[Granny Weatherwax's Ramrub Invigoratore]] and Passion's Philtre, a potion accidentally consumed by Cutwell | * [[Granny Weatherwax's Ramrub Invigoratore]] and Passion's Philtre, a potion accidentally consumed by Cutwell | ||
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* [[Shield of Passion]] ointment, a form of birth control | * [[Shield of Passion]] ointment, a form of birth control | ||
* [[Maidens' Longstop]], a potion | * [[Maidens' Longstop]], a potion | ||
* [[ | * [[Pizza]] | ||
* [[Caroc Cards]] | * [[Caroc Cards]] | ||
* [[Ching Aling]] | * [[Ching Aling]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Stardrip]], a kind of drink | ||
* [[ | * [[Scumble]] | ||
* [[Brass Gongs]] of [[Leshp]] | * [[Brass Gongs]] of [[Leshp]] | ||
* [[Book of the Magick of Alberto Malich the Mage]], a book by Albert that first alerts Mort that Death's butler is more than he appears to be | * [[Book of the Magick of Alberto Malich the Mage]], a book by Albert that first alerts Mort that Death's butler is more than he appears to be | ||
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* [[Klatchian migratory bog truffle]]: it's pale, brown, and warty, but it's food | * [[Klatchian migratory bog truffle]]: it's pale, brown, and warty, but it's food | ||
* [[Monster Fun Grimoire]], which contains instructions (not very good ones) on how to make fireworks | * [[Monster Fun Grimoire]], which contains instructions (not very good ones) on how to make fireworks | ||
* [[ | * [[Deepwater puff eel]], whose bladder and spleen may only eaten by those beloved of the gods (though it suspiciously sounds like [[bloat]] could come from this animal as well) | ||
* [[Smoking Mirror of Grism]] | * [[Smoking Mirror of Grism]] | ||
==External | ==Adaptations== | ||
===[[Book:Mort A Discworld Big Comic|Graphic Novel]]=== | |||
Mort was adapted into the graphic novel [[Book:Mort A Discworld Big Comic|''Mort A Discworld Big Comic'']] in 1994, illustrated by Graham Higgins. | |||
In 2017 'The Folio Society' published a new edition of Mort illustrated by Omar Rayyan, with an introduction by A. S. Byatt. | |||
===[[Theatre Adaptations|Theatre]]=== | |||
In 1996 Mort was the second Discworld novel to be adapted into a [[Theatre Adaptations|stage-play]] by [[Stephen Briggs]]. | |||
===[[Fan Films|Fan Film]]=== | |||
A thirty minute, stop motion, fan film of Mort was created in 2001 by Orange Cow Productions. | |||
===[[Radio Adaptations|Radio]]=== | |||
A radio play was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 2004, directed by Claire Grove. | |||
Cast: | |||
*Anton Lesser: Narrator | |||
*Carl Prekopp as [[Mort]] | |||
*Geoffrey Whitehead as [[Death]] | |||
*Phillip Jackson: [[Alberto Malich|Albert]] | |||
*Clare Corbett: [[Ysabell]] | |||
*Philip Fox: [[Lezek]], Keeble, [[Rincewind]] | |||
*Alice Hart: [[Keli|Princess Keli]] | |||
*Adam Godley: [[Igneous Cutwell]] | |||
*John Rowe: [[Abbot Lobsang]] | |||
*Sheila Mitchell: [[Ammeline Hamstring]] | |||
*Jon Glover: Stallholder, Landlord, [[Duke of Sto Helit]], [[Hamesh]] | |||
===[[TV and Film:Mort|Feature Film]]=== | |||
A [[TV and film adaptations|Mort feature film]] was announced in 2016 to be directed by Terry Rossio. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
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| valign="top" | [[File:M First.jpg|120px|thumb|First Edition Cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:Mort Paperback.jpg|thumb|120px|Corgi Paperback]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Proof.jpg|thumb|90px|Book Proof]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Letterbox.jpg|thumb|120px|'Letterbox' Hardback 2001 by WHSmith]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Compact.jpg|thumb|120px|Compact Edition 1995]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M JB.jpg|thumb|120px|New American Library 1987, Cover by Jill Braumann]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Black.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2004]] | |||
|} | |||
{| | |||
|- | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Tape.jpg|thumb|120px|Audio Cassette]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M CD.jpg|thumb|130px|Audio CD]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M US1.jpg|thumb|110px|US Cover 2009]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M US2.jpg|thumb|100px|US Cover 2000, 2013]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Zoom.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2012]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Unseen.jpg|thumb|110px|Unseen Library Edition]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M CL.jpg|thumb|110px|Collectors Library Edition]] | |||
|} | |||
{| | |||
|- | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Illustrated.jpg|thumb|120px|Folio Society Illustrated Edition]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M Illustrated Ltd.jpg|thumb|110px|Folio Society Limited Illustrated Edition]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M RO.jpg|thumb|110px|Cover by Richard Ogle 2019]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:M 2022.jpg|thumb|100px|Paperback 2022]] | |||
|} | |||
==External Links== | |||
[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/mort.html ''Mort'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File] | [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/mort.html ''Mort'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:41, 9 August 2024
| Mort | |
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| Co-author(s) | |
| Illustrator(s) | |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz |
| Publication date | May 1987 |
| ISBN | 9780575041714 |
| Pages | 221 |
| RRP | |
| Main characters | Death, Mort, Ysabell, Binky, Albert, Keli |
| Series | Death Series |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | Book #04 |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
Blurb
Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice ....
Characters
Main Characters
Minor Characters
- Lezek, Mort's father
- Duke of Sto Helit
- Igneous Cutwell, a wizard
- Terpsic Mims, an angler (fisherman) saved by Death ("for later") and his wife, Gwladys (largely the reason that Terpsic is an angler)
- Lord Rodley of Quirm
- Cripple Wa, who runs a floating crap game
- Liona Keeble, Ankh-Morpork's first job broker
- Sun Emperor, boy emperor who nominally runs the Agatean Empire, though the Grand Vizier, Nine Turning Mirrors, is really in charge (until his attempt to assassinate the boy emperor backfires)
- Rincewind
Mentioned (incl very minor speaking parts)
- Hamesh, Mort's uncle
- King Olerve the Bastard, Keli's father
- Pilgarlic, leader of a group of thieves who unwisely try to rob Mort
- Ammeline Hamstring, a witch who's scheduled to die, and Granny Beedle and Gammer Nutley, her colleagues
- Abbot Lobsang, a monk (member of the Listeners) who's scheduled to die.. again
- Offler
- Mrs. Nugent
- Artorollo, past King of Ankh
- Lesser nobles of Sto Lat:
- Staff of Sto Lat castle:
- Chamberlain of Sto Lat
- Yeoman of the Pantry
- Moghedron, the wine butler
- Royal Astrologer
- The Patrician
- Queen Ezeriel, a Klatchian queen who bathed in asses' milk, had many lovers, and killed herself by sitting on a snake, parodying Roundworld's Cleopatra
- Hummok M'guk
- Ug and Zog, names for several proto-humans
- Catroaster, a philosopher with a negative (albeit short-lived) opinion of Ankh-Morpork
- Blind Io and his somewhat more blind High Priest (in Sto Lat)
- Heavenly Guard, who patrol the Great Wall
- Ly Tin Wheedle (mentioned)
- King Zetesphut of Tsort (mentioned)
- Fate (mentioned)
- Destiny (mentioned)
- Sek (mentioned)
- Hoki (mentioned)
- Steikhegel, God of isolated cow byres (mentioned)
Locations
- Death's Domain
- Death's Library
- The Stack for biographies more than 500 years old
- Death's Library
- Ramtops
- Ankh-Morpork
- Patrician's Palace
- Curry Gardens
- The Shades
- River Ankh (mentioned)
- Mended Drum in Filigree Street
- Harga's House of Ribs, owned by Harga
- Bay of Mante (mentioned)
- Klatch (mentioned)
- Klatchistan (mentioned), there's a promising war there
- Sto Lat
- Wall Street, where Cutwell lives (until he's transferred to the castle)
- Quene's Hed aka Duke's Head (depending on which reality you're in; presumably the King's Head before King Olerve died)
- Sto Lat Castle
- Cori Celesti (mentioned)
- Great Nef (mentioned), Ysabell's parents died there
- The Light Dams
- Pseudopolis (mentioned)
- Krull (mentioned)
- The Edge (mentioned)
- Hakrull River
- Carrack Mountains (mentioned)
- El-Kinte (mentioned)
- Dungeon Dimensions (mentioned)
- Agatean Empire (mentioned)
- Bes Pelargic (mentioned)
- Tsort (mentioned)
- River Tsort (mentioned)
- Pyramids of Tsort (mentioned)
- Leshp (mentioned)
Sentient Species
Supernatural Entities
- Death
- The Gods (mentioned)
- Old Dark Gods from the Dungeon Dimensions (mentioned)
- Tooth Fairy (mentioned)
- Sandman (mentioned)
- Water Sprite (mentioned)
Things and Concepts
- Reannual plants
- Hogswatch, time frame at start of book
- Granny Weatherwax's Ramrub Invigoratore and Passion's Philtre, a potion accidentally consumed by Cutwell
- Aurora Coriolis
- Shield of Passion ointment, a form of birth control
- Maidens' Longstop, a potion
- Pizza
- Caroc Cards
- Ching Aling
- Stardrip, a kind of drink
- Scumble
- Brass Gongs of Leshp
- Book of the Magick of Alberto Malich the Mage, a book by Albert that first alerts Mort that Death's butler is more than he appears to be
- Rag Week, a time when Albert's statue is traditionally (albeit unceremoniously) defiled
- Rite of AshkEnte (when Albert says this backwards many years ago, he summons himself to Death, instead of keeping Death away from himself; he later uses it to summon Mort)
- Ankh-Morpork Chamber of Commerce/Guild of Merchants (mentioned)
- Serpent Dance, Discworld equivalent of the conga.
- Peach Corniche, a type of drink
- Drinks sampled by Death
- Melon Brandy
- Spring Cordial (contains wasps)
- Old Overcoat
- Amanita Liquor
- Klatchian migratory bog truffle: it's pale, brown, and warty, but it's food
- Monster Fun Grimoire, which contains instructions (not very good ones) on how to make fireworks
- Deepwater puff eel, whose bladder and spleen may only eaten by those beloved of the gods (though it suspiciously sounds like bloat could come from this animal as well)
- Smoking Mirror of Grism
Adaptations
Graphic Novel
Mort was adapted into the graphic novel Mort A Discworld Big Comic in 1994, illustrated by Graham Higgins.
In 2017 'The Folio Society' published a new edition of Mort illustrated by Omar Rayyan, with an introduction by A. S. Byatt.
Theatre
In 1996 Mort was the second Discworld novel to be adapted into a stage-play by Stephen Briggs.
Fan Film
A thirty minute, stop motion, fan film of Mort was created in 2001 by Orange Cow Productions.
Radio
A radio play was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 2004, directed by Claire Grove.
Cast:
- Anton Lesser: Narrator
- Carl Prekopp as Mort
- Geoffrey Whitehead as Death
- Phillip Jackson: Albert
- Clare Corbett: Ysabell
- Philip Fox: Lezek, Keeble, Rincewind
- Alice Hart: Princess Keli
- Adam Godley: Igneous Cutwell
- John Rowe: Abbot Lobsang
- Sheila Mitchell: Ammeline Hamstring
- Jon Glover: Stallholder, Landlord, Duke of Sto Helit, Hamesh
Feature Film
A Mort feature film was announced in 2016 to be directed by Terry Rossio.
Gallery
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External Links
Mort Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File
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