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The Last Continent

#22 in series

by Terry Pratchett
Colin Morgan
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett's Discworld like never before.
The audiobook of The Last Continent is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.'
Rincewind, inept wizard and reluctant hero, has found himself magically stranded on the Discworld's last continent.
It's hot. It's dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in any more. Practically everything that's not poisonous is venomous. But it's the best bloody place in the world, all right?
And in a few days, it will die. The only thing standing between the last continent and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, and he can't even spell wizard. Still . . . no worries, eh?
The Last Continent is the sixth book in the Wizards series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
'A minor masterpiece. I laughed so much I fell from my armchair' Time Out
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1998 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

  • Creators

  • Series

    Discworld

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 7, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781473588486
      • File size: 314917 KB
      • Duration: 10:56:04

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      [Editor's Note: The following is a combined review with JINGO.] -- These two entries in Pratchett's popular Discworld series feature the usual crowd of eccentric people, drarves, trolls, werewolves, wizards, assassins, foreigners, and zombies, who inhabit the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork on the flat-earth Discworld, carried through space by the giant tortoise, Atuin. Hilarity and satire rule the day. In JINGO, two nations almost go to war over the appearance of a sometimes-here, sometimes not island. In THE LAST CONTINENT, the wizard Rincewind goes to "Australia," which has dried out, so he has to go back in time and encounters the god of evolution--you get the idea. Both are enormously entertaining tidbits, nicely rendered by reader Tony Robinson, whose wry, lively, breezy British accents vary with the characterizations. Each character is distinct; he uses pitch, pacing, and a nasal twang to draw out both the character and the humor. D.R.W. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      This whimsical fantasy from down under of an alternate world of fuddy-duddy wizards is a cross between the styles of Douglas Adams and A. A. Milne. Nigel Planer impersonates the characters with wit and aplomb, though with a slightly heavy hand. The sound quality ranges from barely acceptable to lousy. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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