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    The Last Continent is the 22nd book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, published in 1998. It parodies aspects of Australian culture and mocks time travel tropes. The story follows Rincewind, who is magically transported to the continent of XXXX. He must help end a long drought plaguing the land. Meanwhile, the wizards at Unseen University search for a cure for the Librarian's magical condition.

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    The Last Continent is the 22nd book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, published in 1998. It parodies aspects of Australian culture and mocks time travel tropes. The story follows Rincewind, who is magically transported to the continent of XXXX. He must help end a long drought plaguing the land. Meanwhile, the wizards at Unseen University search for a cure for the Librarian's magical condition.

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    The Last Continent is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the
    twenty-second book in his Discworld series.[1] First published in 1998,[2] it mocks
    the aspects of time travel such as the grandfather paradox and the Ray Bradbury
    short story "A Sound of Thunder". It also parodies Australian people and aspects of
    Australian culture, such as the Crocodile Dundee, The Adventures of Priscilla,
    Queen of the Desert and Mad Max movies, the Australian beer XXXX, Vegemite, thongs,
    cork hats, the Peach Melba, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta,
    and the popular Australian songs "Waltzing Matilda", "Down Under", and "The Man
    From Snowy River".
    The Last Continent
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    Author
    Terry Pratchett
    Cover artist
    Josh Kirby
    Language
    English
    Series

    Discworld
    22nd novel – 6th Rincewind story

    Subject

    Australia, evolution
    Characters:
    Rincewind, Unseen University Staff
    Locations:
    FourEcks, Unseen University

    Genre
    Fantasy
    Publisher
    Doubleday, London
    Publication date
    1998
    ISBN
    0-385-40989-3 (hardcover)
    Preceded by
    Jingo
    Followed by
    Carpe Jugulum
    Plot summaryEdit

    The story opens weeks after the events of Interesting Times, in which Rincewind is
    magically transported to the continent of XXXX, where he meets the magical kangaroo
    Scrappy. Scrappy explains to Rincewind that he is fated to bring back meaning the
    rain, and end the eons-long drought.

    Meanwhile, the senior wizards are trying to find a cure for the Librarian's magical
    malady, which causes him to transform into a native object, such as a book when
    near a library, whenever he sneezes. The Lecturer in Recent Runes suggests they
    interrogate Rincewind, as he once worked closely with the Librarian and seemed to
    know more about him than anyone else.

    Back in the present, Rincewind ends up wrongfully arrested for sheep theft and
    taken to Bugarup, where he is hoping to find a ship to escape on. The people of
    Bugarup regard sheep thieves as folk heroes and encourage Rincewind to escape,
    while not actually allowing him to. He finds a hidden message on the ceiling of his
    holding cell, telling him: "G'day mate, check the hinges." He discovers that he is
    able to lift the door off its hinges and escape.

    After several comical misadventures, the University wizards reach Fourecks and meet
    the Creator of Fourecks.The Librarian meanwhile steals the Creator's bullroarer and
    spins it, causing the drought Rincewind is in the process of stopping. The wizards
    are then frozen in time for thousands of years by the stray magic left over from
    creating the continent.

    Rincewind, having escaped from gaol, meets up with two female impersonators,
    Darleen and Letitia, and a woman named Neilette. The "ladies" guide him to the
    University of Fourecks. Rincewind figures out how to free the wizards. The wizards
    attempt to find a way to bring back the rain, but are unsuccessful. As they are
    sitting around, Rincewind idly twirls the bullroarer, which soon begins to fly
    faster and farther than it should. Rincewind lets go and the bullroarer flies off;
    immediately, it begins to rain. Having saved Fourecks, Rincewind and the wizards
    return to Ankh-Morpork by ship.
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