Discworld - Death After Life

As you can see below, there are a large number of crossover mentions in this book.  This is probably the first of the really three dimensional stories of Ankh-Morpork.  Wyrd Sisters tells a little about the Fools' Guild and Pyramids tells some about the Assassin's Guild, but Reaper Man brings all of the city together in the Oblong Office of the Patrician.  There is even an allusion made to werewolves coming from somewhere int he mountains, and we're many books away from The Fifth Elephant and a visit to Uberwald.

And really, you could make the case that everything that happens with Windle Poons and the city of Ankh-Morpork are all background and subplot to the real story of Death and Bill Door instead of them being parallel stories.

And from listing everything, I can see why this used to be my favorite of the books.  It seems like almost everything is in it.  There are new major players introduced, and only a few who aren't.

And it reads like an action movie.  There are two pivotal fights going on very from away from each other, but at nearly the same time.  And Pratchett cuts back and forth between the two like you would see in a movie.  Many of the Discworld books seem at a reading to be easy to make into a movie, but I think that is the strength of his imagery rather than any easy transition to a script.

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Appearing in this book

“Sixpence is sixpence.”
!!!!! - the sign of an insane mind

Ankh-Morpork

Arthur and Doreen Winkins, The Count and Countess Notfaroutoe

Auditors of Reality

Binky

Blind Io

Brother Ridcully, Priest of Blind Io

Casanunder the Dwarf

Chalky the Troll

Continent of XXXX and the Lost Wizard Colony

Cripple Mr. Onion

Cut-me-Own-Throat Dibbler

Death

Death's Daughter

Elm Street

Gimlet the Dwarf and his Delicatessen on Cable Street

Golems

Hoki the Jokester

Hygiene

Ixiolite, the stuttering banshee

Lancre
Ludmilla Cake

Modo the Dwarf, Gardener at UU

Morris Dancing

Mr. Arthur Winkins
Mr. Ixiolite the Banshee
Mrs. Drull, the Ghoul
Mrs. Evadne Cake

Mrs. Whitlow

Mustrum Ridcully, Archchancellor

Ned Simnel

Octarine Grass

Offler, the Crocodile-Headed God

Ole - "with milk"

Reg Shoe

Sargent Colon

Talking raven

Thaumometer

The Alchemists' Guild

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

The Auditors of Reality

The Brass Bridge

The Bursar

The Counterweight Continent

The Dean

The Fools' Guild

The Guild of Merchants

The High Energy Magic Building and the Squash COurt

The Lecturer on Recent Runes

The Librarian

The Librarian

The Mended Drum

The Patrician, Havelock Vetinari

The Ramtops

The Rite of Ashk-Ente

The Senior Wrangler

The Shades

The Thieves' Guild

Things from the Dungeon Dimensions

Unseen University

Windle Poons

Yen Buddhism