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Loading... Last continent : a discworld novel, Theby Terry PratchettSeries: Discworld (22), Discworld: Rincewind (6)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A rare 'thumbs-down' on this one. It is packed with Aussie jokes which seem to have been crowbarred into the Discworld just to maintain the theme. The secondary plot, with the wizards of the Unseen University marooned in the Discworld's distant past, is better but can't really compensate for what feels like a distinct lack of originality. (  ) RobertDay | Dec 20, 2009 |  This somewhat convoluted and poorly structured addition to the discworld series involves Rincewind again, this time destined to bring rain to a bone dry Australia-type land, while the unseen university faculty get marooned in time and space on a desert island inhabited by an overtinkering god. Themes of evolution and obviously the culture of Australia are explored to the nth degree. There are of course some very funny moments, but the plot was so tangled up on itself by the end that I didn't enjoy this novel nearly as much as others in the series. (  ) RachDan | Sep 27, 2009 | On Discworld's last continent, practically everything that isn't poisonous is venomous. Striding across the red desert comes a hero-champion sheep shearer, road warrior, beer drinker, bush ranger and someone who'll even eat a Meat Pie Floater when he's sober? It's a man in a hat, whose Luggage follows him on little legs, who's about to change history...it's Rincewind, the inept "Wizzard." Now all he has to do is figure out what the creator of this continent needs from him before the continent falls apart under him.  ravenwood0001 | Aug 20, 2009 | Rincewind goes to Australia (or rather the Discworld equivalent). The other wizards save this book from being a total waste. ( ) mohi | Jul 5, 2009 | too true (probably not the right thing for people who have not been to Australia) ( ) squarespiral | Jan 14, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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If you're baffled by all this, no worries, mate. You needn't have read Pratchett before--not even the five previous Discworld novels starring Rincewind (The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, and Interesting Times)--to enjoy this latest romp. Nor to have visited Australia. When you finish, however, you'll likely want to rush out and do both. --Nona Vero
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