The Last Continent (Discworld Novels)

The Last Continent (Discworld Novels)

by TerryPratchett (Author)

Synopsis

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.' There's nothing like the issue of evolution to get under the skin of academics. Especially when those same academics are by chance or bad judgement deposited at a critical evolutionary turning point when one wrong move could have catastrophic results for the future. Unfortunately in the hands of such an inept and cussed group of individuals, the sensitive issue of causality is sadly only likely to receive the same scant respect that they show to one another...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Corgi Books
Published: 01 Feb 2006

ISBN 10: 0552154180
ISBN 13: 9780552154185
Book Overview: The twenty-second Discworld novel explores a country something like Australia.

Media Reviews
'Pratchett's humour takes logic past the point of absurdity and round again, but it is his unexpected insights into the human morality that make the Discworld series stand out' - Times Literary Supplement. 'Pratchett is a comic genius' - Daily Express
Author Bio
Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and they have been translated into thirty-seven languages. www.terrypratchett.co.uk.