The Last Continent (Terry Pratchett)
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
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Yes, I’m on a bit of a Discworld tear at the moment. And there’s more to come, as I’m halfway through Soul Music as I write this. But my most recent completion was The Last Continent, referring to a location on the Disc - which, purely on the surface, is not the least little bit unlike Australia - which was the last to be created. And is still in process, as it were, when invaded by an unlikely and unprepared school of wizards. In “modern” times, it falls to the resistant Rincewind to repair the ripples caused by the wizards’ sudden appearance in the continent’s past. So the story follows Rincewind as he tries to elude destiny and a magic kangaroo, and the Archchancellor and crew as they meet a Creator with a singleminded preoccupation with higher life forms.
For a Discworld novel, this one is mediocre. Which puts it in the 90th percentile of stuff that gets published, in my book. If you’re reading the series, don’t skip it, but don’t expect it to blow your mind like the Alchemists’ Guild, either. The three stars are based on the Discworld curve.