Rincewind is the worlds most inept wizard, so inept in fact that he spells wizard as wizzard. Rincewind has been magically transported to the continent of XXXX (bearing an uncanny resemblance to Australia). Meanwhile at the Unseen University, the librarian who was turned into an ape by a magical accident, Is ill and when he sneezes he changes into something else that fits the surroundings. The head wizards of the unseen university decide that the only way of curing him is to know his name, but the librarian has destroyed any record of his name in case someone tried to change him back to a human. the only person who might know the librarian's name is Rincewind. The wizards have to find Rincewind because with out the librarian the books are starting to eat people and the might have to take over the job of librarian. They go to find the professor of geography. Unfortunately he has dissapeared through a portal to a tropical island. Meanwhile on XXXX Rincewind has met a talking kangeroo that tells him that he is the chosen one fated to bring back the rain.
The Last Continent mocks the aspects of time travel such as the grandfather paradox. It also parodies Australian people and aspects of Australian culture, such as the Crocodile Dundee, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Mad Max movies, the Australian beer XXXX, Vegemite, cork hats, the Peach Nellie, and the popular Australian songs "Waltzing Matilda" and "Down Under". I liked the book the last continent because the author is very funny and inventive. My favorite quote was ‘We’ll have to be very careful to keep an eye open for unusual behaviour.’ ‘Among wizards?’ said Ridcully. ‘Mister Stibbons, unusual behaviour is perfectly ordinary for wizards.’ I thought that the quote really showed the ridiculousness of the way Terry Pratchett writes.
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