The Lost Continent
(Discworld 22-ish)
by Terry Pratchett
Humour, fantasy
copyright 1998
read in Jan 2022
rated 8/10: really quite good
In summary: this is yet another excellent Discworld book
Okay, it's another where Rincewind loses and suffers -- but it's not as unpleasant as earlier books. I do not enjoy a book where one character is always going to lose... this one is acceptably balanced.
In this book the "lost continent" bears a remarkable resemblance to Australia :-) As an Australian -- I like that. A Pommie author who knows us -- and likes us -- enough to make fun of our unique peculiarities. Beer, shorts, heat and flies... Yep, that's Australia :-)
Okay, it's exaggerated for the sake of humour... and it is humorous.
We can laugh at ourselves. It is funny -- not cruel. It is funny the way humour should be. We can laugh at ourselves :-) And it's nice to think that other people can also laugh at us... or, even better -- with us.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
==="One joy scatters a hundred griefs" ... Chinese proverb
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