Rincewind, the most incompetent wizard alive, find himself on a hot and dusty continent, looking rocks for grubs to eat. But Rincewind is not destined to die even though he meets Death several times in this book. His destiny is to save the last continent which bears a striking resemblance to Australia. His adventures as he tries to avoid his destiny are hilarious as usual. Actually there are two stories to follow in this book. The other story involves the head wizards at the Unseen University back in Ankh Morpork who vaguely remember a misfit wizard named Rincewind. They decide to search out a lesser known wizard in the far reaches of the University and behold a tropical paradise outside his window. They all go through the window and soon find themselves trapped on the other side of Discworld and in a completely different time.
There truly were some laugh-out-loud moments in this book. Pratchett's descriptions and parodies are spot-on. But I was also confused many times trying to figure out exactly what was going on. There are people or animals watching others and I just didn't want to stop to figure it out. But great humor regardless.
Rating: 4
I'm intrigued by the Amy Tam quote above. And what is the opposite of fate?
ReplyDelete"The Opposite of Fate" is Amy Tan' memoir. Great book.
ReplyDeleteThis is one Pratchett I haven't read yet. It is time for me to do more.
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to read some Terry Pratchett lately, but haven't been doing a very good job! I have two out from the library at the moment.
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