The Last Continent
by Terry Pratchett · first published 1998
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Something is amiss at Unseen Unversity, Ankh-Morpork's most prestigious (i.e., only) institution of higher learning. A professor is missing—but a search party is on the way! A bevy of senior wizards will follow the trail wherever it leads—even to the other side of Discworld, where the Last Continent, Fourecks, is under construction. Imagine a magical land where rain is but a myth and the ordinary is strange and the past and present run side by side. experience the terror as you encounter a Mad Dwarf, the Peach Butt, and the dreaded Meat Pie Floater.Feel the passion as the denizens of the Last
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I love Terry Pratchett’s description of XXXX - the Australian analogue in his book “The Last Continent”. While a book on deadly native animals would encompass several volumes, the “book” of safe animals was a single page that listed “some of the sheep.”
on “Woman Explains What It Was Like to Fall into the Most Dangerous Plant” ↗…mortality (Death is a literal character), practicality and absurdity all feature in the series strongly. Some of my favourite quotes > Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought. (The Last Continent). > Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. (Thief of Time). > I believe in freedom, Mr. Lipwig. Not many people do, although…
on “Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why?” ↗…other early books. But when "small gods" really resonated with me and I proceeded to consume and revisit all the books. The audio books by Nigel Planer are brilliantly performed as well, particularly "Last Continent" has become a favorite. I do feel like the texture and tone if his books has changed recently, starting with "Thud!" The folklore of discword book also helped give insight to how his world is created…
on “Discworld Reading Order Guides” ↗I would like to disagree to the extent that I find Nigel Planer’s Rincewind to nail the character in my mind. His reading of “The Last Continent” with Rincewind vs the various Australian tropes is a family favorite. If you see the Hogfather screen adaptation he plays the role of the wizard Sidney. I don’t know how close he was to Pratchett -…
on “Discworld on Page and Screen, Part 1: Serious Comedy” ↗…Archchancellor. Well done." And that had led to all the trouble with How to Dynamically Manage People for Dynamic Results in a Caring Empowering Way in Quite a Short Time Dynamically... - Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
on “Can retrocausality solve the puzzle of action at a distance?” ↗…hidden at the bottom was a link to an insect named "Issus coleoptratus"[1] which evolved something like a biological gear for synchronizing its legs. As an almost complete aside, in Terry Pratchett's "Last Continent" there is a God of Evolution that comments on how difficult it is design a biological wheel. “It’s very hard to design an organic wheel, you know,” said the god reproachfully. “They’re little masterpieces.”…
on “Gears” ↗Surely someone will mention the Last Continent by Terry Pratchett!
on “Why are there so many beetle species?” ↗…threshold, occurring approximately ten years before Pratchett’s formal diagnosis. The diagnosis was announced in 2007, meaning the shift occurred in 1997. 1997 was after Jingo and before Carpe Jugulum and The Last Continent, and 2007 was after Making Money and before Unseen Academicals. The Last Continent is the first identified in the paper as below the cutoff for adjectives which they use to identify the start of the…
on “Detecting Dementia Using Lexical Analysis: Terry Pratchett's Discworld” ↗