Paperback, 288 pages
chinese language
Published by 河南文艺出版社.
又一个黎明降临到碟形世界，速度异常缓慢，跟金色的糖浆差不多。别的世界绝对无缘得见此景。当然，别的世界长得也不像碟子，更不是由四只巨象扛着穿越星空的，更离谱的是，这些扛着世界的大象，自己还站在一只巨龟的壳上。 1983年，特里·普拉切特爵士创造了这个世界。很快，《碟形世界 》系列便破了“书店被偷图书数量”记录，并被评价是“提高了英国国民阅读率”的伟大作品。而戴着红色“巫帅”帽、“魔法值约等于零”的巫师灵思风也在欧美家喻户晓、深入人心。
在《碟形世界·零魔法巫师2：逃跑的魔咒》中，驮着碟形世界的巨龟阿图因正义无反顾地朝着一颗红色星星前进，两者相撞的结局似乎不可避免。不幸的是，唯一可以拯救世界的，刚好是脑子里藏着“逃跑的魔咒”的零魔法巫师灵思风。而他最后一次被人看见时，正和游客双花一起，从世界的边缘往下落…… “我们怎么办？”双花问。 “惊慌失措？”灵思风充满希望地提议。
You can tell that Pratchett was still figuring out his worries but some parts like Death were taking shape already. Death, in the first book, was quite adversarial to Rincewind. In this one, his personality was developing into the Death we know now.
I think the Disc world books don't fully get going until they move away from the Wizards focused boos. This one is a fun read and a good conclusion to the first book.
This is a very good ending to The Colour of Magic, injecting some plot and a lot of energy. I feel focusing the parody of other fantasy novels on the character of Cohen the Barbarian gives this second part a lot more focus and I'm tempted to rate it a little higher. It's a solid book and good fun but you do have to trek through some of the less exciting bits of The Colour of Magic and this book to get there.
I love this opening quote:
The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort.
This was a brilliant read. Really enjoyed it.
Where I felt the first one to be perhaps a little disjointed - lots of fun little scenes but maybe a bit less in the way of compelling overall narrative - this one is so much better.
I'm aware that Sir Terry recommended people ignore the first two books in the reading order, and whilst I can see why he may have said that about the first one, this one is very much worth reading.
It's funny, heartwarming, interesting; the main story is compelling and well-paced; there's plenty of sharp observations on humanity. His talent only develops upwards from here, of course, but the improvement between the first and second books is remarkable.
It's also got some incredible punes in it.
I love this opening quote:
The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort.
This was a brilliant read. Really enjoyed it.
Where I felt the first one to be perhaps a little disjointed - lots of fun little scenes but maybe a bit less in the way of compelling overall narrative - this one is so much better.
I'm aware that Sir Terry recommended people ignore the first two books in the reading order, and whilst I can see why he may have said that about the first one, this one is very much worth reading.
It's funny, heartwarming, interesting; the main story is compelling and well-paced; there's plenty of sharp observations on humanity. His talent only develops upwards from here, of course, but the improvement between the first and second books is remarkable.
It's also got some incredible punes in it.
I’ve decided to read Discworld in release order, and I am sticking to that decision, but it’s interesting to see statements from fans in the vein of “oh yeah, the early books aren’t that good” when I’m already having a great time reading these. It kind of feels like when I was recommended Bojack Horseman but with the caveat that “the first season isn’t as good as the rest.” The first season was still great! But that statement was accurate. The rest blew the first season out of the water. Which, to get back to Discworld, raises my expectations. If this is one of the “not that good” books, then what do I have waiting for me?
All of that said, I can already see what those fans mean - this volume and the previous feel more like parodies of the adventure fantasy genre than anything else. It’s good-natured ribbing …
This feels coherent and raises the serious topics such as that one of fascism and fanaticism which are so often treated by Pratchett. Lovely parting with Twoflower and amazing outro. Hooked me hard on the wizards stories.
Hunting around for something for the kid to read and found the Pratchett's that I own. Time to revisit for a thoroughly enjoyable lighthearted romp
An improvement on "The Colour of Magic", but still not what I would come to expect from the series. The climax falls a little flat to me. A fun adventure nonetheless.
Druhý díl je skutečně lepší jak ten první. Příběh už není rozkouskovaný a konečně začíná získávat směr. Ačkoliv mám pocit, že to nejlepší není až tak příběh samotný jako vykreslení jednotlivých postav. A to až do takové šířky, že člověk miluje i tu nejposlednější nejvedlejší postavu, o kterou hrdina jen zavadil okem.
Discworld is always a great read, and I do enjoy following Rincewind around as he gets dragged into various life or death situations. Very funny, very fun characters, lots of odd magicky nonsense, all great.
If I had one complaint, and it's fairly minor, for a bit in the middle the plot seems to lose the thread a bit and we just seem to jump around semi-arbitrarily without much progress. But things sort themselves out, as they do, and the ending is satisfying in a lot of ways.
I should probably pick up the next one soon, rather than my usual pace of a Discworld book every year or two.
This follows the continuing adventures of Rincewind and Twoflower. Unfortunately I still can’t stand either one of them and the tone of the quips feels off. The pacing was better than THE COLOR OF MAGIC, but this one was a miss for me.
This was an absolute blast to read after The Colour of Magic. It's still nuts and kind of all over the place. But I was prepared for that and damn was it fun.
Wonderful written
The early Discworld stuff I enjoy less than the later, but it's still darn good.
Quite a lot of fun, and this one I hadn't read before!
