Eric: A Discworld Novel

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Vintage Pratchett (0/0 people found this helpful)

You buy Practchett becuase you love his style and comic genius - this doesn't disappoint.

Short but good (0/0 people found this helpful)

At the end of `Sourcery' Rincewind was left trapped in the Dungeon Dimension and running for his life. Following on from this `Eric' sees the worst wizard on the Disc accidentally summoned by the young demonologist Eric Thursley and forced to grant him three wishes.

`Eric' is by far the shortest of the Discworld books, being only slightly longer than a short story at a little over a hundred and fifty pages long. Despite its brevity though it is still packed with the usual humour and brilliant writing you would expect from the Discworld series. On the other hand while the book is very funny, some of the characters are a bit flat and the ending is somewhat sudden but it is still entertaining to read. I do feel that this book would be of most interest to anyone who is already a fan of the Discworld series and those new to the series probably needn't worry about it much.

Short and sweet (0/0 people found this helpful)

This is the ninth instalment in the Discworld series and heralds the fourth run out for Rincewind.

Its probably the shortest Discworld book that will ever be written and feels a little shallow for it, having said that it is a complete story and runs through the typical character introductions before embarking on a hard to believe adventure. In this case Rincewind is used and abused in a fiendish plot basically involving the hoards of hell, who themselves are plagued by a type of business management consultant, and the equivalent of Discworld devil worshipper!

Not so good as a standalone book due to its length, but a good one to read in series.

Just 3 small wishes, whats the harm??! (0/0 people found this helpful)

Take one naive and inexperienced student of the art of "Demonology" and a gateway to the Pits of Hell filled with tortured souls and legions of devils. Surely the normal Faustian transaction rules apply: One summoning for three ultimate wishes in exchange for an immortal soul. Not on Discworld. Sadly, in Rincewind's efforts to return to life as we know it, he's gotten involved in such a sordid transaction. Surely, given his magical ineptitude, he can only screw it up? But what would happen if the wishes came true, and they take on the legal contractual ramifications that exist only in the really small print you can barely read with a microscope? This is in essence the nature of the novel Eric. Add into the mix Discworld's equivalent of Genesis, The Trojan Wars and the Aztec civilisation, as well as the Ultimate Hell of Efficient Office Management, and Terry Pratchetts customary genius into this fantastic novel. Other reviews may criticise its page length: Surely the craftsmanship is to be able to address all these issues within such a short word count! Definately recommended as a starting point to the Discworld series as it stands alone without spoilers as well as being intellectually more accessible than the cryptic hints and footnotes of the modern master of fantasy.

Eric Review (0/0 people found this helpful)

Discworld. Pseudopolis. The basement of an apartment.
A thirteen-year old boy is crouched on the floor in anticipation, watching closely the man lying unconscious on the floor before him,who is clad in a red robe and has a nasty scab on the side of his head. Being a demonologist, he thinks he's caught a demon, in the disguise of a wizard. What he doesn't know, however, is that this is no demon; it is in fact the failed wizard Rincewind, who had been trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions after saving a young Sourcerer from his domineering father in "Sourcery", a heart-wrenching installment in the series definitely worth reading before this.
And from the moment that man begins to stir, little does Eric know that he's in for the ride of his life...
A short, but excellent read,in which we learn a bit about the history of the Discworld, and unknown civilizations living there, not to mention a skinny, pacific Ephebian soldier remarkably similar to our Odysseus...

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