Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby – The Last Hero
October 20th, 2001 by Reinder
The latest Terry Pratchett book is something special indeed! It's a shorter story than usual, but this is more than compensated for by the lavish and wonderful illustrations by Paul Kidby who also drew the two or so Discworld graphic novels that came out a few years ago. Kidby's interpretation of Rincewind is very close to the way I've always imagined him to look, and I'm glad to report that the incompetent wizard is in the story. I've only been able to browse the book a little (cuz I'm broke), but man, this is an object of desire, and would make a great Christmas gift for fans of fantasy literature and pretty picture books! I think there should be more illustrated books for adults in any case, and finding such a beauty in the shop just made me drool. Order it from Amazon.com or from Amazon.co.uk before it goes out of print or somebody has the bright idea of reprinting it without illustrations like Pratchett's Eric novella.
By the way, Amazon.co.uk also announced Amazing
Maurice and his educated Rodents, a new children's novel by Pratchett.
This is a backdated entry from before this blog was started. It was originally published on rocr.net. Since posting this preview, I've read the book, and while I wouldn't consider it the best that Pratchett has written, I do recommend it for the artwork.
