This is the last full length Rincewind novel in the Discworld series. There are two main plot threads, one being Rincewind stranded in XXXX, a continent parodying Australia which has yet to settle in as it was added by the gods after the others were already there. The other features the faculty of the Unseen University trying to locate Rincewind hoping that he can help cure the librarian of his illness that causes him to change shape (Rincewind is the only person who knows the librarians name). The wizards end up stranded on a deserted island thousands of years in the past inhabited by strange and unique animals and plants created by the god of evolution.
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The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Discworld series, and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read it. The book is structured as a collection of four loosely connected novellas following the adventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower. Despite having read it numerous times, I still found myself laughing out loud at its silliness.
This is a part of the Discworld series, featuring the Lancre witches and a family of Vampires. Magrat and Verence are getting married, and Verence invited the vampires to Lancre as a part of the celebrations. They begin taking control of people’s minds and as such the town itself.
This is the last Disworld book centered around the City Watch, although most of the story focuses on Vimes on holiday at the Ramkin’s estate in the countryside. There’s not much in the way of a holiday happening though as Vimes is dragged into a criminal conspiracy around the explotation of goblins.
The eleventh book in the Discworld series. In this one, Death is removed from his duties and made mortal by the auditors for developing a personality. I think this is the first appearance of the auditors, literally faceless bureaucrats of the universe. This is also the story that introduces the Death of Rats, since living creatures start creating new mythological beings to replace the missing Death.
This is a return to the earlier style of books where the plot is only there to ferry you from one joke to the next. The dungeon dimensions don’t really serve much purpose other than to add some “boding” as Gaspode would call it. I guess also to be able to wrap it all up in the end so that Holy Wood doesn’t exist again.
Absolutely amazing. I remembered this being my favourite for a long time when I was a kid, and I can see why. This is such a massive step up from the previous books in the series. Pyramids had something to say about tradition and dogma, this has something to say about human beings. The characters have significantly more depth to them, and the plot threads are followed in more detail and tie together brilliantly.
This is the second book I’ve read this year that features pyramids being built very quickly due to time being controlled (after Echoes of the Great Song). I don’t know if that’s a thing, or a coincidence.
Very short and very silly. I have a real soft spot for Rincewind, and the early Discworld books.