The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable: 27

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Este es uno de los libros que me ha gustado del mundodisco, por varias razones, no solo tiene al cobarde de Rincewind salvando al mundo una vez mas, aunque el solo quisiera huir y/o esconderse; sino que tiene una cofradía de personajes de todo el disco, tenemos a todo El cuadro académico de la ilustre universidad invisible, al Patricio de Ankh-Morpork Lord Vetinari, al Capitán Zanahoria de la guardia de la ciudad, a La muerte (que no podría faltar) y lo mejor de todo a la Horda de plata

But I never bothered with this one because it was, to my mind, neither fish nor fowl, not a novel, not a graphic novel, not a picture book, but ... and, frankly, I don't really understand why that was the case, because I've read plenty of prose and art (primarily fiction, typically fantasy) books over the years. As best I can recall, I think my thinking was that the characters that animated Pratchett's world-building could run amok in my brain, and I could make anyone and anyplace look (and feels and sound and, yes, smell) pretty much however I wanted in my mind's eye, and I didn't really want to be biased or steered or guided by an artist's rendition. And, frankly, I think that's consistent with my general experience that, for example, I much prefer a superhero saga novelization to a comic book or graphic novel run (with very, very few exceptions). Ultimately, I'm glad I read it. I've invested too much of my reading resources (time, attention, money) over the years to Pratchett to not have, I guess, belatedly completed the Discworld cycle. It's clearly not a scan: the images are heavily pixelated and do not show the print version's dithering. I assume that they were taken from original digitised masters and then reduced in resolution to keep the final product's file size down. The text is blurry at best, suffering from JPEG artifacting at the edges and is significantly worse than the original printed text. Ironically, I suspect that scanning a physical book and then processing the images to remove the dithering would probably have produced a better result for both the text and the images than is evident in the Kindle version. aptallığa şahit olmaya devam ediyoruz. Kah resimlere müdahale ediliyor, kah sayfaların arka planlarındaki grafikler siliniyor, kah "aman yaaa," diye çizimler tamamen çıkarılıp atılıyor.

The ultimate gift for the legions of Sir Terry Pratchett fans--a gorgeous full-color illustrated Discworld fable. Lavishly illustrate by Discworld regular Kidby, Pratchett's latest brings together some of the series' most beloved and unforgettable characters in a tribute to one of comic fantasy's most celebrated worlds." --Library Journal With them is a whiny, terrified bard, whom they have kidnapped so that he can write the saga of their quest. Along the way, they are joined by Evil Harry Dread (the last Dark Lord) and Vena the Raven-haired (an elderly heroine who has now gone grey). Well, I finally got around to it and, well, it was a different, but I can't say it resonated. Sure, I enjoyed it, but the prose and art combination didn't really create anything particularly magical for me, although it was entertaining enough. The heroes are disillusioned with the way their lives have turned out—having conquered the Empire, they have nothing left to do but die in comfort—and are angry for having been allowed to grow old, rather than dying in battle as most of their friends did. They decided to go out on the quest after one of the Horde members choked to death on a cucumber. Evil Harry is just as angry; despite his efforts to give his opponents the sporting chance that an Evil Overlord should, they will not follow the Code by allowing him to escape in return.

Because of the complexity of Kirbys´amazing art, this was the only special edition, he just couldn´t produce more graphic novel or even comic style Discworld works without reducing the richness of detail, but it would have been amazing. But the potential for artists to create new interpretations of the Discworld, that is predestined to be comically graphically reinterpreted, is immense. Not just the character descriptions and Kurbys´templates are all there, it would also open the option of expanding the universe and telling new stories. The twenty-seventh Discworld book is another departure from the standard format of the series. Like the earlier Eric, The Last Hero was written and designed as an illustrated project. Unlike Eric, The Last Hero was never designed to be reissued without its illustrations, and they are more dynamically and essentially integrated into the book. In this rather short but very good 27th volume of the Discworld novels, we follow Conan the Barbarian and his friends heroes horde. It stars the legendary Cohen the Barbarian, a legend in his own lifetime. Cohen can remember when a hero didn’t have to worry about fences and lawyers and civilisation, and when people didn’t tell you off for killing dragons. But he can’t always remember, these days, where he put his teeth…Born Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. There are over 40 books in the Discworld series, of which four are written for children. The first of these, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987, he turned to writing full time. Son söz olarak, Kitap güzel, kitap tatlı. Hiç bir şey olmasa sırf Rincewind'i Vitruvius Adamı olarak görmek için bile değerdi okumaya (ki aklıma geldikçe güleceğim buna). Tek sorun, orijinalini almanız gerekiyor. Kitabın kendisine 4/5 puan verirken, Tr baskısı olduğu iddia edilen bok yığınını da 2 puanla (çünkü yine de Terry'yi çok seviyorum, 1 yıldıza elim gitmiyor) yolculuyoruz. Ve bir kez daha rica ediyorum; Bu kitabı okumak istiyorsanız lütfen Delidolu baskısını almayın.

Kuzgun Saçlı Vena (Vena the Raven-Haired) kitabın yazıldığı yıllarda ününün doruğunda olan Lucy Lawless'ın canlandırdığı, 90'ların çocuklarının fantezilerinin kahramanı Savaşçı Prenses Xena'nın bir parodisi. Ben Gabriel'e aşıktım gerçi. A message, carried by pointless albatross, arrives for Lord Vetinari from the Agatean Empire. The message explains that the Silver Horde (a group of aged barbarians introduced in Interesting Times, wherein they conquered the Empire, and led by Cohen the Barbarian, now the Emperor) have set out on a quest. So their plan is to go out on a bang. And what would be better for that than returning to the Gods what had been stolen from them by the very first hero - Conan-style though. Vetinari'nin Leonard ile konuşurken "Eski bir hikaye hatırlıyorum. Kuğuların çektiği bir gemi yapılmış ve..." derken bahsettiği hikaye piskopos Francis Godwin'in 1600lerde yazdığı, kuğuların çektiği bir arabayla aya gidilen The Man In The Moone. İlk uzay seyahati hikayelerinden olduğu için tarihsel bir önemi var. Eleman ay insanlarıyla falan karşılaşıyor sonra, tabii o dönem kilise iyice bir manyak gibi bi'şey olmuş...Bizimkiler elbette gökkuşağını da pek sevmiyor. Artık "anam gökkuşağı! Hemen silelim yoksa okuyan ibne olur!" diye mi düşünüyorlar, yoksa başka hesaplarımı var, dangalakçam pek iyi olmadığından bilemiyorum. Yine de ellerini korkak alıştırmıyorlar, vuruyorlar makası: After the Horde leave with the Valkyries' horses, their first stop is to visit Mazda where he is being punished, cut off his chains, give him something to drink, and leave him a sword so that he may deal with his punisher. The bard, changed by his experience, composes a new style of saga, one with musical accompaniment, about it. Conan and his troupe have been on the Disc for a VERY long time without dying. But age is a matter of perspective as anyone trying to kill them finds out very briefly before their very own meeting with Binky and his master.