Thoughts of a Flying Sheep

This was a good weekend. I spent about 13 hours playing games on Saturday. I'll have a full session report up later today.

I also read two Terry Pratchett books: The Last Hero and The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, both very good.

The Last Hero is a continuation of the Rincewind/Cohen story, from Interesting Times. The Silver Horde have set off to visit the home of the gods, and someone must stop them. It has a lot of illustrations (by Paul Kidby), which tell half the story. It's a great book that will make a good Christmas present for a Terry Pratchett fan.


The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents is a regular Discworld novel (as opposed to an illustrated book). It is supposed to be a "young adult" book, but I'm not sure why. I consider the Harry Potter books to be "young adult" books, and they aren't subtle or witty or satirical like this book. On the other hand, Maurice and his Rodents raises some disturbing questions that some young adults might not understand or fully appreciate. It's quite possible that Pratchett has a higher estimation of teenagers than I do.


The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

(I can't believe that it's only 7 bucks!)

posted by FlyingSheep @ 10:23 AM