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Man arrested after 'dressing as Grim Reaper' at hospital and staring at patients (www.mirror.co.uk)
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Wait, if Ole Grim is being detained, then who is going to harvest the souls of dying mortals? Does this mean we won't be able to die, or that our souls will simply be trapped somewhere between the realms of the living and the dead? Hmm...

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    If Terry Pratchett is to be believed, then it's zombies and ghosts.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If Piers Anthony is to be believed, this will only affect people with balanced souls, but everyone else should be fine. (Well, dead)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Holy shit. Forgotten memory accessed.

    Dude is about to shoot himself, Death turns up to collect him but has his hood down or something, the guy freaks out and shoots Death instead and has to take his place, right?

    I read that 30+ years ago burning through my town library's small sci-fi/fantasy section.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yes, that's the one. "On a Pale Horse" is the first book in the series, and the one about Death. In the books, magic and science coexist and aspects of reality like War, Time, Death, etc are all offices that people hold.

    The whole Incarnations of Immortality series is one of my favorites, but it's been a bit since I've read them.

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