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The Last Continent (Hardcover)

by Terry Pratchett (Author)
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This whimsical fantasy from down under of an alternate world of fuddy-duddy wizards is a cross between the styles of Douglas Adams and A. A. Milne. Nigel Planer impersonates the characters with wit and aplomb, though with a slightly heavy hand. The sound quality ranges from barely acceptable to lousy. Y.R. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.


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"Unadulterated fun... witty, frequently hilarious.... Pratchett parodies everything in sight."
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2.0 out of 5 stars Good for Australians only., Feb 17 2009
By Garius Lupus (London, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Last Continent (Paperback)
I just finished reading all of the Rinsewind novels and this was the only one that I didn't like. It was full of obscure Australian jokes that only an Australian would understand. The plot was often warped in order to make one of these jokes, so if you don't "get" the joke, all you have is a warped plot. I found an "annotation" file on the internet that explained these jokes, but jokes are much less funny if you have to have them explained (the annotation file is on the l-space web - do a search on "l-space web").

This book can be safely skipped, without missing any of the bigger picture that carries across novels.

I've rated this 2 stars, rather than 1, since it IS a Terry Pratchett novel after all, and even poor Terry Pratchett novels are better than the average.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Rincewind in trouble once again, May 19 2002
By M. Pak (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Although lost in a foreign and different country, Rincewind still manages to get into the most trouble possible. The other wizards of the unseen university also get a lot more character development in this book, which is nice because so often in Terry Pratchett's books, they are mentionned and do quirky things, but the quirks are not explained. Rincewind again ends up being the unwitting hero of this book, with the help of others, and there is some funny parallelism between this new land and the usual discworld scenery.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beer soup, April 23 2002
By Marilyn A Bevan (Bluffdale, utah United States) - See all my reviews
The last continent was one of the best books I have ever seen. Rincewinds charicter has never been so fun as when he dug waterholes for the sheep of the last continant, or when he made soup out of beer, or talked to a local brewery mascot. I laughed till the amazing end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars G'day Mate! Discworld goes south
The Last Continent is another Discworld book, a wonderful series of books by Terry Pratchett that takes place on a Disc, on the backs of four elephants that are standing on a... Read more
Published on April 18 2002 by David Roy

4.0 out of 5 stars A sparkling page-turner
This is the best of the last three books, I think (the other two being Carpe Jugulum and The Fifth Elephant). Read more
Published on Feb 1 2002 by Kevin W. Parker

5.0 out of 5 stars HOW DID THIS GET THREE STARS!?
This great book unjustly got three stars! Okay, I will say that the parts with Rincewind are sometimes REALY boring. Still the parts with the faculty are side splitting! Read more
Published on Oct 11 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Nullus Anxietas!
Well, I don't know why everyone's going on about this book not being so good--unless they simply prefer the more "serious" or not so pop-culture-reference-laden books of... Read more
Published on Jun 10 2001 by chevy_lumina

3.0 out of 5 stars 2 better than 1
It is great to see Rincewind back in action. His part of the story is realy fun. But the part about the UU wizzard is not very good. Read more
Published on May 5 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Discworld Book EVER.
How could people not think Rincewind is SO FUNNY? This is definately the funniest Discworld book, all the Rincewind ones are so funny, Terry Pratchett sould be arrested on the... Read more
Published on Mar 3 2001 by Janos Kadar

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite a fun read
Being Australian, I was a little worried that non-Australians might not get many of the Aussie-themed jokes and cultural references -- fortunately, this seems not to be the case... Read more
Published on Feb 9 2001 by the_halberdier

2.0 out of 5 stars not for me
There are numerous books in the discworld series that I have enjoyed and some that I loved reading (eg. Hogfather and Guard,Guards). The Lost Continent is not of them. Read more
Published on Jan 13 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best
I really liked this novel, but then that was probably because I bought a copy to read on the flight back from Sydney to the US. Read more
Published on Nov 10 2000 by Otto

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good...
I think the thing that clinched this book for me was finding out there's a place called Didyabringyagrogalong in real life. It's in Queensland, Australia.
Published on Nov 5 2000 by Aphraella

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