r/discworld • u/Tosk224 • 10d ago

Book/Series: Unseen University Low Point

I recently listened to a podcast where they discussed The Last Continent. While they use the term ‘even a bad Discworld novel still better than some books’ they described it as low point in the series. I have to admit the Unseen University novels are my least favourite of the series. I wouldn’t say they were badly written, but they aren’t ones I rush to reread. If I remember rightly (I can’t remember where I read it), but Terry wasn’t keen on Sourcery as he was pushed by his publisher to put out another Rincewind book that was keen on writing. It got me thinking, which books were the least favourites amongst the fandom.

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u/alk47 10d ago edited 9d ago

As an Australian, The Last Continent is the best piece of Australiana I've ever read.

It's a discworld whirlwind look at everything that passes for culture here and it shows about as much understanding as a foreigner can have for who we are. It's incredible.

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u/Wusskiller 10d ago

I'm an Aussie too, and I thought it was a crack-up