Mass Market Paperback, 260 pages
English language
Published Feb. 27, 2001 by HarperTorch.
When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now, magically, he's turned up again, and this time he's brought the Luggage.
But that's not all...
Once upon a time, there was an eighth son of an eighth son who was, of course, a wizard. As if that wasn't complicated enough, said wizard then had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son—a wizard squared (that's all the math, really). Who, of course, was a source of magic—a sourcerer.
Had heard abt Discworld some but never tried it, glad I did!
Continuamos esta serie de los magos con el tercer libro (quinto de mundodisco) en el que el cobarde de rincewind vuelve a verse envuelto (obligado obviamente) en una aventura para de una forma o de otra intentar salvar el mundo de un enemigo poderosisimo.
La escritura y la narrativa mejoran no dando tantas vueltas como pollo sin cabeza por el mundodisco y centrándose en dos tramas diferentes que luego se unen, aunque también es cierto que introduce elementos a priori importantes que luego se van diluyendo y prácticamente desaparecen sin explicación. Al ser una trama separada de los otros dos libros puedes leerte este sin haberlo hecho con los anteriores pero vas a perderte conceptos e ideas explicados en los dos primeros y que forman la construcción del mundo permanente de la saga.
Sobre los personajes aparecen los recurrentes de las otras obras como el patricio, la muerte y el …
Continuamos esta serie de los magos con el tercer libro (quinto de mundodisco) en el que el cobarde de rincewind vuelve a verse envuelto (obligado obviamente) en una aventura para de una forma o de otra intentar salvar el mundo de un enemigo poderosisimo.
La escritura y la narrativa mejoran no dando tantas vueltas como pollo sin cabeza por el mundodisco y centrándose en dos tramas diferentes que luego se unen, aunque también es cierto que introduce elementos a priori importantes que luego se van diluyendo y prácticamente desaparecen sin explicación. Al ser una trama separada de los otros dos libros puedes leerte este sin haberlo hecho con los anteriores pero vas a perderte conceptos e ideas explicados en los dos primeros y que forman la construcción del mundo permanente de la saga.
Sobre los personajes aparecen los recurrentes de las otras obras como el patricio, la muerte y el orangután. Los otros secundarios introducidos nuevos en este libro son, salvo excepciones, poco reseñables aunque si es cierto que a la hora de de los gags cómicos vienen muy bien para quitarle parte del peso a rincewind, con algunas intervenciones y dialogos algo que me han hecho reír bastante.
Por concluir y para dar una opinión final que creo que resume bastante el cuerpo de la lectura a pesar de ser algo más largo que los dos primeros de la saga de los magos me lo he leído más rápido y con mucha más ganas
You always know you're in for a good adventure when Rincewind is around. Along with his trusty many-legged companion, The Luggage.
This was a fun read. Wizards, 'Sourcery', lots of fireballs and fun times.
Really not much to complain about here - much less of the satire and social commentary Sir Terry is known for in his later style, but a fun, quick-paced adventure in a quirky fantasy world.
Solid Pratchett with story loops and all.
Again, exploration of mass delusion and grandeur. A very world-war-two-esque work, really. Solid stuff.
It’s vital to remember who you really are. It’s very important. It isn’t a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.
and
Perhaps they would be words that would be remembered, and handed down, and maybe even carved deeply in slabs of granite. Words without too many curly letters in, therefore.
Are very nice quotes that punctuated the storyline. The only thing that prevents me from ranking this at five stars is that I know that later works of Pratchett were so much more powerful and dense.
Very good fifth book in the Discworld series. I always like when the Luggage makes an appearance and it was very good in this story. I really enjoyed the blending of Coleridge's Kubla Kahn into the story along with sardonic jabs about it but being a very good or workable paradise.
Hasta el momento es uno de los libros de mundodisco que menos me ha gustado, a pesar de eso me he reído bastante con las aventuras de rincewind
I honestly don't know how much of my enjoyment of this book is nostalgia for the Discworld MUD and how much is actual enjoyment. As much of the book deals with the UU and the orders it's hard not to wistfuly recall the hours spent working my way through the library and making trips down to the Drum.
But the book... the pacing is a little wonky, but the jokes are there and unlike TCOM it has a firm plot. Rincewind's sacrifice and character arc may not entirely be earned, but I remember the first time I read it, this was quite sad.
Not my favorite of the series, but not a bad read by any means.
Less slapstick than the other Rincewind books, but also a more humane take on the wizzard. Funny, but the plot is not as well developed as Mort or Equal Rites.
3.5
Terry Pratchett is awesome. I love how well he can write a hero (Rincewind) who is neither heroic nor competent. It just works somehow. And I totally want the Luggage. So much.
It has luggage, LOTS of magic and even more sourcery. What more to expect form a discworld novel. However for some reason it seemed a bit drawn out so I'll reserve final judgement for later I guess.
Terry Pratchett's story writing continues to grow in skill, with an even more compelling story while still maintaining the trademark humor. A Sourcerer - a wizard who's a source of magic, and vastly more powerful - appears in Discword, and threatens the balance of the world. Of course, Rincewind gets involved, and expected hijinks ensue.
I found myself wanting to read it to see what happens in the story as much as the humor (unlike the earlier Rincewind novels, which was only the former). Excellent book.
