Eric
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781407234700
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 155
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Science Fiction,
High Fantasy,
Adult,
Wizards
Series: Discworld (#9)
Eric is a teenager who is summoning demon. And what he got is Rincewind who happened to be there when the portal open. Eric demanded three wishes. Money, power, woman, the usual. Of course, Rincewind has no magical power to grand wishes. But the demon who is into wishes seems to be using Ri...
This was a very short book (Novella? Bookella?) in the Discworld universe, featuring Rincewind. My Kindle edition said it was 149 pages, and it felt even shorter. Apparently it was originally published with illustrations, but I read a non-illustrated version. People had told me the illustrations ...
Another geniusly work of Pratchett. The next in the story of Rincewind the wizard, who, again, is dealing with other people's adventures that became his misadventures. We have some familiar characters like Rincewind itself, The Luggage and Death. But there are other new, like the second protagonist ...
Another hilarious entry in Discworld by one of the masters of satire. Rincewind finds himself accidentally traveling through time and visits a rather humorous version of Hell. Again, I found myself laughing out loud while reading this.
Didn't get far. DNF. See update. If it sets any fans at ease, reading "Mort", despite occasional but real flashes of brilliance, isn't compelling to me either.
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