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The Last Continent

Discworld • Book 22

4.12 ABR Score (62.7K ratings)
★ 4 Goodreads (62.5K) ★ 4.7 Audible (215)
10h 56m Released 2022 Fantasy

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Three British acting legends doing Terry Pratchett doing Australia — it shouldn't work this well, but it absolutely does.

  • Great if you want: satirical fantasy with absurdist humor and sharp cultural parody
  • Listening experience: breezy and comic — Pratchett's wordplay lands better spoken aloud
  • Narration: Serafinowicz and Nighy bring real comedic weight to the ensemble cast
  • Skip if: you haven't met Rincewind before — mid-series entry points are rough

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About This Audiobook

Rincewind the hapless wizard finds himself marooned on a continent clearly modeled on Australia, a land where everything is trying to kill him and the Luggage has somehow managed to arrive first. Meanwhile, the wizards of Unseen University travel through time trying to locate him before the continent dries up and dies. Terry Pratchett's twenty-second Discworld novel uses the Australian setting as a canvas for broad satirical affection and existential absurdity in equal measure.

The full-cast production features Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz, and Bill Nighy, each bringing distinct energy to Pratchett's sprawling comedic ecosystem. The ensemble approach is well suited to a novel that toggles between Rincewind's panicked adventures and the university wizards' time-displaced chaos, with the performers clearly enjoying the material. At just under eleven hours, the audiobook is a brisk, consistently funny entry in one of fantasy's most beloved series.

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