The Harry Potter books are dedicated to discovering the laws that govern the behaviour of Death Eaters or the exact location of Horcruxes. Novels with magic in them give over an inordinate amount of time to such explanation. Once a novelist has freed him or herself from life's physical laws, once a novel is no longer bound by what the 18th-century pioneers of the genre called "the probable", you need to know the rules by which characters operate. From Dracula to The Lord of the Rings, fantasy heroes triumph by understanding the strict laws that govern the supernatural. Fantasy fiction is pedantically attentive to the rules governing its characters' powers, and the dangers that test them. The book is laugh aloud funny as all his books are’ Goodreads reviewer, ‘Fresh and funny and fast paced and so damn entertaining.W here there is magic, there are rules. 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. This classic Discworld novel now has a brand-new cover look to celebrate 50 years of Terry Pratchett! Eric is the Discworld’s only demonology hacker. Print Eric: Discworld: The Unseen University Collection
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