Particularize Appertaining To Books The Last Continent (Discworld #22)
| Title | : | The Last Continent (Discworld #22) |
| Author | : | Terry Pratchett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2006 by Corgi (first published May 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Humor |
Terry Pratchett
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 4 | 46711 Users | 1086 Reviews
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'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.'There's nothing like the issue of evolution to get under the skin of academics. Especially when those same academics are by chance or bad judgement deposited at a critical evolutionary turning point when one wrong move could have catastrophic results for the future. Unfortunately in the hands of such an inept and cussed group of individuals, the sensitive issue of causality is sadly only likely to receive the same scant respect that they show to one another...
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| Original Title: | The Last Continent |
| ISBN: | 0552154180 (ISBN13: 9780552154185) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Discworld #22, Discworld - Rincewind #6 |
| Characters: | Rincewind, The Luggage, DEATH, The Librarian, Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, The Chair of Indefinite Studies, the Lecturer in Recent Runes, the Senior Wrangler, Mrs. Whitlow |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Last Continent (Discworld #22)
Ratings: 4 From 46711 Users | 1086 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Last Continent (Discworld #22)
Discworld is one of my favorite series of all time, but if theres one weakness at all its Rincewind as a main character. I feel like this was one of his better stories, but with that being said its closer to 3.5 stars for me and Im rounding up from that. The Last Continent took place on the Discs version of Australia, and having never been there I cant say whether it was an accurate representation. However, it did have a bunch of stereotypes that youd expect, like kangaroos (talking ones atWho is this hero striding across the desert?Sheep shearer, beer drinker, bush ranger and someone who'll even eat a Meat Pie Floater when he's sober...While there is no such thing as a bad Discworld novel, some are definitely much better than others... and falling somewhere between 2 and 3 stars for me, this witty parody of the Disc's equivalent of Australia mostly falls in the latter category.Mind you, there are some awesome and unexpected references that go beyond the obvious and sort of tired
3.5 starsThere are always greats scenes and quotes in every Discworld book, and this one is no different. But after just having read Jingo with the clan of The Watch, this one paled in comparison.
I've kept reading this book but still, things didn't go better. The story is a mess, maybe I should have started from book one...
Archchancellor Ridcully, the Dean, Burser, Senior Wrangler, Lecturer in Recent Runes, Chair of Indefinite Studies, Ponder Stibbins and the Librarian, along with Head Housekeeper, Mrs. Whitlow, who ends up with them by mistake, all find a secret room in Unseen University and are all transported back to the beginning of time and the birth of a new continent, where they meet a couple of gods. Its not easy for the Librarian, whos caught a bug and every time he sneezes turns into something with red
Pratchett Goes to Australia28 October 2015 I have to say that when I have read books, or seen TV episodes, by people from foreign parts where they try to satirise Australia I have generally been either unimpressed, or downright insulted (as was the case with the Simpsons Episode where the Simpsons come to Australia, act like a bunch of jerks, proceed to insult everybody, leave an infestation of cane toads, and then go home). As such I was approaching Pratchett's book with some trepidation due to
Despite the author's protestations that this isn't Australia in a thin disguise, I am back to confirm that this Last Continent is, indeed, Australia.Even the God of Evolution basically came right out and said it. :)Rincewind on another adventure, and this time it's in the outback, putting all his mad survival skills to the ultimate test, mate.On a side note, the head staff of Unseen University seems to have misplaced themselves.I can't quite tell whether I enjoyed Rincewind's ongoing adventures
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