The Bare Bones

Our theme for October is “The Bare Bones”, so we asked our members to send in all suggestions for works of fiction or non-fiction that deal in some way with bones linked with the theme of archaeology/history/archiving etc. For example, an archaeological dig of a graveyard, a fantasy adventure with a living skeleton as a main character, books about or featuring osteology, etc.

After being presented with a shortlist, the final vote was for… (keep scrolling!)

Mort

Terry Pratchett

Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he'll need to hire some help. 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, and playing with fate doesn’t always change history.