Wednesday, July 4, 2012  The Sir Terry Pratchett Reading
Challenge - Eric  Apparently, I've read this book before (no
wonder it felt familiar!) But since I gave a one paragraph
review the last time, I'll do a proper review now :D  Ok, so
Faust Eric is a parody of the book Faust. Or at least, a parody
on the premises (where you exchange your soul for ___). I can't
go into specifics because I've never read Faust (I feel like a
huge gap in my reading life has been exposed.......). But still,
Faust is such a famous book that you'll know what Terry
Pratchett is referencing from the very title.  So Eric, the
titular would-be Faust of the book is trying to summon a demon.
Unfortunately, something goes wrong and he summons Rincewind
instead. And because that's how the way things work, when every
Rincewind snaps his fingers, something brings them to a place
where one of Eric's three wishes is fulfilled in a very
unexpected way.  As usual, Rincewind was hilarious. He's really
an anti-hero, being such a coward and all.