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The Last Hero (Discworld, #27; Rincewind, #7)

Terry Pratchett,

Paul Kidby (Illustrator)

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Jun 19, 2013 Mary Catelli rated it really liked it

Shelves: humor, high-fantasy

An illustrated tale, somewhat shorter than usual, of the Discworld. Involving Cohen the Barbarian, Rincewind, and Carrot.

Cohen and his Silver Horde set out, kidnapping a minstrel, to return fire to the gods. The Counterweight Continent sent word by albatross to Ankh-Morpork, where, they figure, they can do something about it.

One thing they can do is figure out that the heroes' plan would destroy the Discworld in minutes.

The resulting story involves rubies, Cohen and the Silver Horde applying the ...more

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Jul 23, 2010 James rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The story is a Rincewind tale, although with some other entertaining characters, such as Carrot, the Librarian, Leonard, and Cohen. It shares the weaknesses of all of those stories, namely a lack of examination of human nature, and simpler humour.

What is does have is the Discworld take on the moon landing, Terry’s always lovely (and, yes, humorous) prose and some absolutely beautiful pictures that lift this book up to 4 Stars (1 for the images alone). Delightful.

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