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.
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I have checked that book from the library sometime or another, while I own lots of Pratchett's paperbacks. Perhaps some people (mostly in England I presume) still remember these wonderful characters for Comicons - where people dress as a favorite fictional person. But I bet they are few and far between. Mmmm, thinking who I might want to be...probably one of the witches. There are fewer female choices in his books.
Oh, I'd be Granny Weatherwax.
I have to confess to never having read one of Terry Pratchett's books. Maybe I should remedy that.
It's an idiosyncratic sort of humor. Not for everyone . But great fun
So many volumes. I think I read one or two early ones a long time ago.
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