The Last Continent
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Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
The audiobook of The Last Continent is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.'
Rincewind, inept wizard and reluctant hero, has found himself magically stranded on the Discworld's last continent.
It's hot. It's dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in any more. Practically everything that's not poisonous is venomous. But it's the best bloody place in the world, all right?
And in a few days, it will die. The only thing standing between the last continent and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, and he can't even spell wizard. Still . . . no worries, eh?
The Last Continent is the sixth book in the Wizards series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
'A minor masterpiece. I laughed so much I fell from my armchair' Time Out
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1998 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Customer Reviews
Good book, bad direction
Three stars because the book itself is good, but the voices Colin Morgan chooses for most of the side characters are borderline unlistenable. His regular reading voice is perfectly fine to listen to, but the long chunks of dialogue from some of these characters makes getting through this really challenging.
Research Needed
Good overall, however if you’ve read or listened to any Discworld you’ll hear the narrator got Ridcully’s voice totally wrong. It’s very distracting.