…the gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that’s where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. The difference is basically the same as that between terrorists and freedom fighters. (E)ĭemons have existed on the Discworld for at least as long as the gods, who in many ways they closely resemble. Using it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with a rattlesnake. any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realise that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons. Or, in the case of the volumes on tantric sex magic for the serious connoisseur, kept under very cold water to stop them bursting into flames and scorching their severely plain covers.

Some of the really energetic ones can’t simply be chained to the bookshelves they have to be nailed shut or kept between steel plates. (E)Īll books of magic have a life of their own. Well, technically they had, quite often the city welcomed free-spending barbarian invaders, but somehow the puzzled raiders always found, after a few days, that they didn’t own their own horses any more, and within a couple of months they were just another minority group with its own graffiti and food shops. In fact the more dangerous it is, the more likely he is to be there already. It reminded me exactly why I fell in love with Pratchett's Discworld in the first place' Goodreads reviewer, 'Rincewind takes the reader (and, this time, Eric and a parrot) on a hilarious, frenetic and fast-paced journey for running away is his specialty.There is nowhere Death will not go, no matter how distant and dangerous. The book is laugh aloud funny as all his books are' Goodreads reviewer, 'Fresh and funny and fast paced and so damn entertaining. Readers adore Eric: 'Packed with references and laugh-out-loud scenes and I enjoyed myself immensely' Goodreads reviewer, 'Rincewind and The Luggage are two of my favourite characters and Death makes an appearance too! He is just brilliant, one of Pratchett's many masterpieces of imagination.

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 once more - this time, quite fervently, that he'd never been born. But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc's most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind's Luggage (the world's most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain. 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 trouble is, he's not very good at it. Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. A beautiful gift edition of the classic Discworld novel.

Eric by terry pratchett