The Last Continent | 
so-soSo, I went through another Discworld audiobook last week. I did have some difficulties to follow the Rincewind narrative because it seemed pretty chaotic. It was still funny though, but I don‘t not remember having such peoblems while actually reading it.
Me driving home into the sunset today - while listening to Terry Pratchett.
“Whoever had designed the skeletons of creatures had even less imagination than whoever had done the outsides. At least the outside-designer had tried a few novelties in the spots, wool and stripes department, but the bone-builder had generally just put a skull on a ribcage, shoved a pelvis in further along, stuck on some arms and legs and had the rest of the day off.” #skeleton #QuotsyOct21
pickIt's a Discworld novel, so anything's fair game, including all the tropes from Down Under. (No, a trope is not a marsupial.) The Wizards have gone through a portal to Fourecks on the edge of the Rim, and Rincewind has taken the long way around. They'll meet, eventually. On the way, Pratchett skewers all the popular cultural images of Australia, from crocodiles and their hunters, to the beer, the opera hall, and more. It's a grand romp. No worries.
pickThe more Discworld novels I read, the more I enjoy them. This was a great satirisation of Australia, absolutely loved it and had me laughing out loud in parts!
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pickAnother crazy wizard trip, honestly I never enjoy the wizards quite as much as the witches or the guard, but I quite enjoyed Ponder and the god of Evolution, the Librarian, and of course The Luggage.
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pickAnd the ultimate question becomes: did I latch onto this book because it was a perfect match for me, or did I become the person partially due to reading this book as a teen? For once I'm having a thematically appropriate life.
Either way? No worries.
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"Where there's hope there's life, I'll have you know!"
I know a lot of Discworld readers don't like Rincewind, but I have always loved him and, in an Ecksian twist of time, I think my love has sprung backward in time from this book. In my memory he resignedly saved XXXX, but no, he does it because he cares about the people he has meet along the way, he does it in defiance, defending a country against the shade of Death. It's wonderful
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I thought I chose this book mark for its size alone, but maybe I chose it for this book.
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Just took a quick break from work to cry my way through the climax of this book. This is, I think, a book of my heart.
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And don't let it be said that I'm ignoring the other half of the story! The purpose of the business is to be the whole business cuts right to to heart of how beautiful I find the vast complexity and imperfection of biological and ecological systems. This is me getting gooey about my science feelings, written down in someone else's kind, knowing hand.
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Death has come by to say hello!! As a friend!!!!!
I think, on a reread, it's sort of obvious that this is destined to be Rincewind's last novel as a lead. Maybe I'm projecting, but it seems a little more reflective, a gentle sort of epilogue.
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I am ~really~ in love with the set up of Rincewind's grand quest in this one. In every previous book of his he does things under duress, but this time is quest boils down to “be yourself.“ I don't remember ever seeing him this alone, physically, and the only thing trying to kill him is the environment, sometimes. And it turns out that relatively unstressed Rincewind digs up water for animals and admires pretty birds and just -lives-.
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I didn't catch this on my first reading, but it's perfect that Rincewind with his twisted, impossible lifetimer is the one to go to XXXX - who else could even come to grips with the country's twisty time and space existence?
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Note to self: reassess at end to see if this Alice in Wonderland vibe is still around
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(I am always irritating come #OokBOokClub time, but this one is going to be WORSE. I was worried this book would hit me like Interesting Times did on the reread, but so far it hasn't, and my relief is making me effusive.)
I'm enjoying seeing both Rincewind and Ponder's thought processes, how they're similar and how they both contrast with the rest of the faculty. Rincewind sort of dreads understanding but cannot help it. This is why you're hero material, my dude!
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Gotta say, the Death of Rats being ready to go wild on Rincewind is funnier on this reread - we never go HAM Death of Rats! It's against the rules! (And poor Rincewind is not a rat, just a coward. There's a difference!)
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I have started my reread for #OokBOokClub and, looking at this book from decades later, it is truly WILD that I started here. I don't know how welcoming this book is to new comer, except, of course, that it ensnared me entirely. Shout out to this spine, the literally thing that was too intriguing on the library shelf for me to pass up.
Sooo sorry dear #OokBOokClub-ers, I ignored the calendar reminder for the new book and then promptly forgot about it.
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“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.” #flash #QuotsyJuly19
“Any true #wizard, faced with a sign like 'Do not open this door. Really. We mean it. We're not kidding. Opening this door will mean the end of the universe,' would automatically open the door in order to see what all the fuss is about. This made signs rather a waste of time, but at least it meant that when you handed what was left of the wizard to his grieving relatives you could say, as they grasped the jar, 'We told him not to.” #QuotsyJuly18
Thinking a lot about Rincewind during this reread (which is deeply unsurprising) and I keep coming back to The Last Continent. Dude is only built for Big Magic, I think. I don't know if he ever takes pride in the frankly incredible things he accomplishes. I got a lotta sympathy for this comedy-only wizard character. #OokBOokClub
I'm fairly certain the prompt meant to make a 💓 with the pages, but I decided to make a heart with some of my favorite books instead 💖💖
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It felt like those treasured moments in bed when you‘re just awake enough to know that you‘re still nicely asleep
Creators aren‘t gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It‘s men that make gods. This explains a lot
so-soA so-so for Sir Terry? Say it ain't so! But sadly yes. I've never been a Rincewind fan and I read it because I have so few Discworld left. Good not great. Rincewind navigates XXXX and the Australia jokes start to grate. On the other hand the UU faculty are stranded on a mysterious desert island (with a lady!) where poor put-upon Ponder Stibbons has to explain evolution to the Archchancellor and sex to an inquisitive God and that is very funny
Whenever I read a Discworld book by Terry Pratchett, I'm again amazed by the way he manages to transform our world into the Discworld. The Discworld books are probably the ones with the most highlights on my ebook reader.
“But we're a university! We have to have a library!" said Ridcully. "It adds tone. What sort of people would we be if we didn't go into the library?"
"Students," said Senior Wrangler morosely.”
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I've read all of these except The Last Continent, but it's been so long since I read the Star Wars book that I don't remember it, and A Clockwork Orange is overdue for a reread! #OrangeCovers #ThreeWordTitles #Riotgrams
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It's a good day. 💙💚💛💜
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The wizards somehow end up in Australia (or Ecks Ecks Ecks Ecks as it's called here).Basically this is Pratchett having fun with Australian stereotypes ( a bartender who is a crocodile, called Crocodile Crocodile, towns with names like Dijabringabeeralong and Worralorrasurfa,) There is essentially no plot to this one, and all in all I'd say it's one of the weaker Discworld novels, though I still laughed out loud several times.
"But we're a university! We have to have a library!" said Ridcully. It adds tone. What sort of people would we be if we didn't go into the Library?"
"Students," said the Senior Wrangler morosely.
Unfortunately, like many people who are instinctively bad at something, the Archchancellor prided himself on how good at it he was. Ridcully was to management what Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association.
#RiotGrams Day 23 - Discworld has made me laugh so much for so long. The Last Continent was the first one I read and my inability to contain myself led to my friends stealing it from me.
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