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I might just be nerding out here but has anyone else noticed a slight error with this book? Mort was referred to in the second book (when Rincewind goes to Death's house to find Twoflower) as being part of Death's group already, but he only meets Death for the first time in this book? I can see if it was a prequel, but it can't be for the simple fact of the Head Librarian. He was changed in the first book, but he makes an appearance as his orangutang-self in this one. I don't see how that would be possible.

• I think that "Mort" was actually a nickname for the character of Death himself in the Light Fantastic, rather than a separate character. Once the Mort of this novel was introduced, the nickname was dropped to avoid this sort of confusion. Kaid100 23:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Making Terry Pratchett a Featured Article

This is a call to arms to make the Terry Pratchett article a Featured Article. It will greatly help the cause if all the side articles that link from it are of a reasonable standard. Terry Pratchett has around 40 side articles (ie the ones relating to his work) - I don't think they are all expected to be GA (Good Article) standard for TP to become featured, but certain basic elements will be looked at for sure.

A full list of the sub articles is here on the TP talk page: I'm posting this comment on the talk pages of each article on the list. Editors reading may also like to help with the TP article too?

The main issue, especially with smaller articles, is often a finding reasonable amount of citations, and prose can sometimes be a little POV too. Coverage of the topic is probably less important, but of course it needs to be reasonably good. --Matt Lewis (talk) 14:54, 28 January 2008 (UTC)