Showing posts with label The Last Hero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Last Hero. Show all posts

Monday, May 12, 2025

A Romp in Discworld


I've been nibbling round the edges of Pratchett's massive (40 plus) body of work for some time now but this is the first illustrated one I've read. and, oh! what a delight!


The setting is, of course, the Discworld which, as everyone knows is a disc with a mountain in the center and oceans and continents--all resting on the backs of four elephants which, in turn are atop the Great A'tuin, a celestial turtle swimming though space.


The last hero is Cohen the Barbarian, who is leading a band of-- well, they don't want to be called elderly but they all certainly have a keen interest in the location of the nearest rest stop-- let's say mature warriors to Dunmanifestin, the citadel of the gods, in order to prevent the end of the world.

And then it gets complicated.

Highly recommended.