Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens. This would-be Faust is v... read full description
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Dec 16, 2009
Siria
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Eric is an oddity. Although it's the ninth Discworld novel to be published, it feels curiously scrappy and unfinished, like a fragment of juvenilia. It's set up as a parody of Faust; it feels like there's a lot more that could have been done with the novel based on this premise. In fact, it feels like there is a lot more set up to happen from this premise, but it never comes about. Eric is one of the most barely sketched in of all of the Discworld characters, for all that he is the person whose
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Jun 20, 2011
Chronographia
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A lot of people want to compare this book to the entire series of Discworld books, which is a natural sort of thing to do since Pratchett's popularity is overwhelming these days and he's got a long back catalog to go through for newcomers.
So. This was written at a time when he was on fairly good grips with parody, but not yet satire. When a series of small adventures were easier to string together than, say, an engrossing novel-length plot. Rincewind and his Luggage are stock character More...
So. This was written at a time when he was on fairly good grips with parody, but not yet satire. When a series of small adventures were easier to string together than, say, an engrossing novel-length plot. Rincewind and his Luggage are stock character More...
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Mar 25, 2009
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Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But what he gets is Rincewind, and Rincewind's Luggage into the bargain. Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld's most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing More...
Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But what he gets is Rincewind, and Rincewind's Luggage into the bargain. Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld's most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing More...
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Sep 19, 2011
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"Ерик" на Пратчет преследва блаженства, а получава некадърния магьосник Ринсуинд...: http://www.knigolandia.info/2009/10/blog...
Лошо е да си герой на Пратчет. Лошо е и да си хормонално необуздан тийнейджър. Най-лошо е да си от Анкх-Морпорк, най-шантавото място на Диска. А направо кошмарна е комбинацията от трите.
Това е Ерик. Приличен на Фауст. Но е тийнейджър. Разгонен е, макар и да не е никак наясно какво следва от това. Живее в споменатия град и е още жи More...
Лошо е да си герой на Пратчет. Лошо е и да си хормонално необуздан тийнейджър. Най-лошо е да си от Анкх-Морпорк, най-шантавото място на Диска. А направо кошмарна е комбинацията от трите.
Това е Ерик. Приличен на Фауст. Но е тийнейджър. Разгонен е, макар и да не е никак наясно какво следва от това. Живее в споменатия град и е още жи More...
Aug 22, 2011
Suzanne
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Powered through this one in three days. As ever, the Discworld characters are a hoot to read about and this had me giggling through much of the story for one reason or the other.
Good to see Rincewind is finally out of the Dungeon Dimensions again, though what he’s been dragged into isn’t much better. Eric, a 13-year-old demonologist, is cute in his naivety about the wider world. Yet he still insists on his three wishes and what happens next is just hilarious.
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Good to see Rincewind is finally out of the Dungeon Dimensions again, though what he’s been dragged into isn’t much better. Eric, a 13-year-old demonologist, is cute in his naivety about the wider world. Yet he still insists on his three wishes and what happens next is just hilarious.
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Mar 06, 2011
Genie
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Eric, is a teenaged "would be" demonologist from Pseuodopolis. He is also a hopelessly spoiled brat. While trying to summon a demon to fulfill his wish for power, women, and eternal life, Eric winds up with the totally inept wizard, Rincewind who (along with Luggage) was last seen locked in the Dungeon Dimensions in "Sourcery".
Eric, Rincewind, Luggage and Eric's parrot time travel from the present to the past. They go all the way back to the beginning of time. More...
Eric, Rincewind, Luggage and Eric's parrot time travel from the present to the past. They go all the way back to the beginning of time. More...
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Jan 22, 2011
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This book is supposed to be a satire on the story of Faust (in fact, many of the covers for other editions list it as Faust with a strikethrough and rewritten as Eric). I will be the first to admit that I know practically nothing about the Faust legend and what I do know is filtered through retelling upon retelling in various mediums. I don't really feel qualified to judge it in relation to Faust, because I don't know the original.
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Aug 24, 2010
Ami
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I don't read fiction, except when I do. And I read extremely slowly, except when I don't. Terry Prachett is one of the only authors who can cause those anomalies to occur. I love the Discworld series, and while this is one of the shorter tales, it was still a fun read. Rincewind is summoned by a demonologist named Eric, who happens to be a geeky teenager. I don't think "gamers" had come into popular media when the book was written, but I have to say that Eric reminded me of the st
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Jan 02, 2012
Eliabeth
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Eric is a fourteen year old demonologist who wants three things out of life: endless riches, the most beautiful woman in the world, oh and yeah- to rule the world. What he gets is Rincewind, a wizard better at running away than granting wishes. I'm always up for "be careful what you wish for" cautionary tales and this one did not disappoint. It had me chuckling and turning pages wondering how they were going to get out of each new wish. As the King of Hell puts it, "the whole
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Nov 21, 2011
Andrew
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If you could have three wishes, what would they be? Eric, a young demonology hacker, is trying to summon a demon to grant his three, rather conventional, wishes granted. Unfortunately, instead of summoning a demon from hell, he only manages to summon Rincewind, Discworld’s least competent wizard. And because this is Discworld, Eric’s wishes are not granted in ways that at all resemble his true desires. His wish for mastery of the kingdoms of the world almost leads to them becoming a ritual s
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Dec 13, 2010
Tana
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Oh, Eric. Where do I even begin?
Even though it’s probably the shortest Discworld novel (197 pages in large font), it took me weeks to read. This might have had something to do with the obscene amount of schoolwork my teachers decided to heap on me at the time, but usually I will willingly give up homework, television and social life for a new Pratchett book, and I will do it with a grateful and reverent smile on my face.
This one, however . . . not so much.
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Even though it’s probably the shortest Discworld novel (197 pages in large font), it took me weeks to read. This might have had something to do with the obscene amount of schoolwork my teachers decided to heap on me at the time, but usually I will willingly give up homework, television and social life for a new Pratchett book, and I will do it with a grateful and reverent smile on my face.
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Aug 30, 2010
Jason
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If "Eric" were a food, it'd be a hot dog. It feels like Pratchett took random bits of humor that weren't good enough to make it in other books, and mushed them all together. Eric is the lips and assholes of Pratchett's storytelling.
Eric seems to exist soley to resolve the cliffhanger ending of Sourcery, and it does so with a moderately amusing Deus Ex Machina. The rest of the book is more like a Family Guy episode than a coherent novel.
Eric seems to exist soley to resolve the cliffhanger ending of Sourcery, and it does so with a moderately amusing Deus Ex Machina. The rest of the book is more like a Family Guy episode than a coherent novel.
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Nov 04, 2011
One of the earliest Discworld books, and one of the shortest.[return][return]I'm not a huge fan of Rinceworld but this has to be the best one.[return][return]It contains one of my favourite scenes with Death:[return][return]The wizards stared into the magic octogram which remained empty. After a while the circle of robed figures began do mutter amongst themselves.[return][return][..][return][return]WHO ARE WE WATIING FOR, EXACTLY?[return][return]The bursar turned slowly to the figure beside him
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Aug 22, 2011
Bjoern
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Not one of my favorite discworld novels, but not truly bad also. Rather short story of a necromancer-wannabe that tries to summon a demon to get three wishes and out of all possible circles of hell especially get's a hold of Rincewind and his luggage.
That should tell the avid reader of Pratchett's works enough as it is in it's core the standard Rincewind story with few real surprises and - sad as it might sound - similarly many truly exhilarating moments included.
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That should tell the avid reader of Pratchett's works enough as it is in it's core the standard Rincewind story with few real surprises and - sad as it might sound - similarly many truly exhilarating moments included.
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Jul 30, 2011
Tommy
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Loosely based on the story of Faust, the story revolves around the conceptual aspects of Hell shortly after an Administrative transition has been achieved. Imagine Hell as a corporative entity undergoing a transitional change in its corporate culture. Now add to that mix the typical bad-luck of Rincewind the Demon..err..wizard. Mix into this a 13-year old Demonologist named Eric who has extreme concepts of ambition and glory that will be bestowed unto him via three wishes to be bestowed upon him
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Dec 17, 2011
Xirxe
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Nachdem es Rincewind, den erfolglosen Zauberer der Scheibenwelt, bei seinem letzten Abenteuer in eine Kerkerdimension verschlagen hat, unternimmt er alles um zurückzukommen. Dabei kommt ihm Eric, ein kleiner Junge, wider Willen zu Hilfe. Dieser wollte eigentlich einen Dämon heraufbeschwören, statt dessen bekam er - Rincewind. Ehe sie es sich versehen, sind sie schon auf einer Reise durch Zeit, Raum und sonstige Dimensionen statt einfach nach Ankh-Morpork zurückzukehren.
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May 14, 2011
Gavin
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Unlike the rest of Pratchett's oeuvre, I'd only ever read Eric once before this current re-read/send-off I'm doing of his work.
Maybe I'm being more lenient towards this than his other books because of it, but Eric was really funny. It's also -I think- the last time Pterry let his personal life (rather than personal beliefs, crucial difference) colour a book so thoroughly. It's short and snappy, the jokes are constructed with that meticulous, engineered zeal that he has, and the idea of More...
Maybe I'm being more lenient towards this than his other books because of it, but Eric was really funny. It's also -I think- the last time Pterry let his personal life (rather than personal beliefs, crucial difference) colour a book so thoroughly. It's short and snappy, the jokes are constructed with that meticulous, engineered zeal that he has, and the idea of More...
Oct 25, 2011
Emadacuz
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Terry Pratchett è Terry Pratchett, poco da fare. Finora nessun libro mi ha deluso completamente (tranne forse "Uomini d'arme"), la magia e il surrealismo delle sue parole mi fanno andare fuori di testa.
Non faccio accenno alla trama, reperibile cercando "Eric terry pratchett" su Google, ma mi limito a delle riflessioni semplici e veloci.</p>
Non faccio accenno alla trama, reperibile cercando "Eric terry pratchett" su Google, ma mi limito a delle riflessioni semplici e veloci.</p>
1- Consigliato a tutti gli amanti di Pratchett e anche a chi di Pratchett non ha aletto nulla.
2- La storia è simpatica, ma non eccez
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Aug 26, 2009
Marfita
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I'm not the Rincewind fan some might be. Even less if David Jason is playing him. I don't understand that at all (of course, I looked up the dvd on Amazon to check the name of the actor and discovered that "The Color of Magic" was finally on sale in a format I can use ... and bought it immediately. Soooo, so much for that opinion!) and think Nigel Planer would have been a more likely Rincewind. Anyway, I needed something light and refreshing after that Anthony Trollope oeuvre, and o
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Oct 17, 2010
Cory
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We follow Rincewind, the untalented wizard, again; he had last been seen trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions after helping a young Sourcerer escape. Now he's somehow been summoned up by Eric, a young, pimply Demonologist trying to bring forth some ungodly horror from the netherworld to grant him 3 wishes. Of course, Eric is not convinced that Rincewind is not really a demon, and demands his wishes, which Rincewind is somehow able to grant with a snap of his fingers. Of course, the old cliche appl
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Jul 31, 2011
Sanna
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Quite short for a Pratchett, and the plot was simpler and, well, shorter than in the average Discworld novel. Thus the 3,5 stars. This was a nice little book, but it sure had the ingredients for a longer story too. As a snack for fans of Pratchett and Rincewind this is good enough. The lesson of the day being, Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it...
I love Rincewind, in all his pessimism and cowardice he's quite lovable - a real survivor if there ever was any. And the luggage alway More...
I love Rincewind, in all his pessimism and cowardice he's quite lovable - a real survivor if there ever was any. And the luggage alway More...
Feb 12, 2011
Basicallyrun
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If this hadn't been Terry Pratchett, and what's more a Terry Pratchett I hadn't read, it might have got four stars (I rate fairly high, as far as I can see). Look. I didn't dislike it, and there were enough Discworld jokes to keep me happy, just... the jokes weren't always as clever as I expect from Discworld - lots of 'haha, he's a teenage hacker, never been laid, haha'. And the parrot wasn't half as amusing as I think it was meant to be. However, I did absolutely love the battle of Troy Tsort,
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Apr 24, 2009
Jamie
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Like all Terry Pratchett's other Diskworld books, Eric is a lampoon of the fantasy genre, full of parodies, ironic juxtapositions, puns, and good old fashioned jokes. Only this time Pratchett sets his sights at slightly more lofty literary targets, as Eric is largely a parody of Faust, Dante's The Inferno, and Homer's The Iliad. But don't worry, there's plenty of dumb fun, too.
The dumb fun in question starts when the perpetually ineffective wizard Rincewind is accidentally summoned f More...
The dumb fun in question starts when the perpetually ineffective wizard Rincewind is accidentally summoned f More...
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Aug 19, 2009
Mel
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You were worried that we were never going to see Rincewind again, weren’t you? That’s okay, so was I. He’s not out of trouble though. Never, that would be unlike Rincewind. This time he’s called from the dungeon dimension by the Discworld’s first hacker demonologist, Eric. He is a teenager with his acne and dreams of adoration and power―provided that everything continues to work properly. Of course, they will not, but kids can have their dreams…until they end up in Hell with the King of th
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Jan 28, 2010
Rick
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While still funny, Eric seemed a bit more rushed than other Discworld novels, and the humor was less well-developed. It started very well, and seemed to have run out of steam by the end. However, it did have some great lines.
One of my favorite was a dialogue between the Demon King of Hell, and the tribal deity demon, Quezovercoatl:
"'Whereupon you entered the mined of one of their high priests...drove him insane and inspired the tribes to unite, terrorise their neighb More...
One of my favorite was a dialogue between the Demon King of Hell, and the tribal deity demon, Quezovercoatl:
"'Whereupon you entered the mined of one of their high priests...drove him insane and inspired the tribes to unite, terrorise their neighb More...
Jan 24, 2012
Cara
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I read a lot of Discworld, and love Terry Pratchett, but this book reminded me of why I loved him in the first place. It was funny, and the jokes were subtle, and ones I hadn't heard before. (That's a big one for me, because in the later books, several jokes are repeated, and they just aren't as funny the third time around.) So I really enjoyed reading this light snack of a book. (Seriously, the copy I read was about 180 pages long - max!)
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Jan 22, 2012
Orsika
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"Rincevent avait toujours aimé l'ennui, il lui attachait une grande valeur, ne seraitu-ce qu'à cause de sa rareté. Il avait toujours eu l'impression que les seules circonstances dans sa vie ou il n'était ni poursuivie, ni emprisonné, ni tabassé, c'était quand on le laissait tomber dans le vide, et quand bien même une longue chute engendre une certaine monotonie, on ne peut guère la qualifier d'ennuyeuse.
Il comprenait aujourd'hui ce qui rendait l'ennui aussi fascinant. C'était de savoi More...
Il comprenait aujourd'hui ce qui rendait l'ennui aussi fascinant. C'était de savoi More...
Jul 25, 2009
Debbie (Readerbuzz)
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I loved The Color of Magic, book #1 of the
Discworld series. It was everything I want in a
book, with humor and silly puns and delightful characters.
Then I began to wait and wait and wait. I felt compelled
(yes, I'm a bit anal) to read book #2 next.
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Discworld series. It was everything I want in a
book, with humor and silly puns and delightful characters.
Then I began to wait and wait and wait. I felt compelled
(yes, I'm a bit anal) to read book #2 next.
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Apr 01, 2011
Vladimir
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When I was 14 I thought that it's the funniest piece of shit I ever read. Of course, I was mistaken - but not so much.
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Dec 21, 2011
Roberta
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Eric è un giovane demonologo di Ankh-Morpork, la famosa città del Mondo Disco. Novello Faust, egli convoca un demone per soddisfare i suoi tre desideri. Ma come ricorda il detto, bisogna stare attenti a ciò che si desidera, e specialmente se il demone che appare è…nientemeno che il nostro caro maggo Scuotivento…seguito dall’imperdibile e terrificante Bagaglio. Non uno dei romanzi più brillanti fra quelli di Pratchett che ho letto, Eric riesce comunque a divertire e ad appassionare e ci ripropone
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