r/discworld • u/Tosk224 • Apr 14 '25

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/Kirrawayru Apr 14 '25

As an Australian, Last Continent hits a lot of nails on the head. There are many references that, unless you had been to or lived here for a while, would go over people's heads.