Eric - Terry Pratchett Reviews

Eric is one of the earlier Discworld novels (8th in the sequence, in fact), and deals with the trials and tribulations of an adolescent Demonologist. He tries to perform a tricky demon-summoning rite and ends up with... well, not exactly a demon as such... For those uninitiated into the world of Discworld, it's Terry Pratchett's ...  Read the complete review

It is a hot afternoon in late summer in Ankh Morpork and something is not right. The librarian at Unseen University (the Discworlds premier college of wizardry) can feel it and, when footsteps suddenly come out of nowhere and race across the floor accompanied by a distant scream, he can hear it as well. In fact all through the town strange things ...  Read the complete review

Eric was only the 2nd of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels to enter into my world; I came across the series entirely by accident and became unshakeably hooked on the magical world of olde timey fantasy he creates. Following my experience with "Mort" I simply had to get hold of more of Pratchett's books and, being published by ...  Read the complete review

There are books you read because they’ve been recommended, ones that are well know classics, ones by your favourite author and ones that are about stuff your interested in, but if you want a really good light hearted read; then Terry Pratchett’s your man. Its only been the last couple of years that I started to read Terry ...  Read the complete review

While without a doubt, the shortest Discworld book ever it’s also one of the funniest. The story is based around Rincewind and the Luggage (Who along with Death are my favourite characters) as well as a teenage Demonologist known as, Eric. It all begins with Rincewind being mistaken for a Demon by Eric (Assisted by the appearance of the ...  Read the complete review

I love this book.. it may be a short discworld novel, but it's a brilliant one for people who like Rincewind. Eric is a young boy, who is trying to call forth a demon from the ether, and instead gets Rincewind the Wizard (that's where he ended up after the events of "Sourcery"), and he somhow also picks up the ability to ...  Read the complete review

As you can probably tell if you take a look at my written opinion list I am a big Discworld fan (big in fanness not in size). I particularly like the Rincewind sunseries and so this book is even more of a disappointment than it may have been otherwise. This is one of the more disappointing entries into the Discworld series. It stars yet again ...  Read the complete review

This is the shortest of the discworld novels and, in my opinion, one of the strangest. Although we still have Rincewind, And an appearance from death and the other Wizards, it still seems as though this book doesn’t quite fit in with the rest of the discworld series. Although in saying that it is still a great book and a must read for any ...  Read the complete review

When I first bought this book I got version with the intensive graphics in it, which is treat in itself and I can remember thinking "Hooray, Rincewind is back." He has always been one of my favorite characters and I was really chuffed to see him return. But this book really did not cut it for me, do not get me wrong - it is ...  Read the complete review

The version of Eric I have is the only Pratchett paperback book that includes a lot of illustrations from Josh Kirby. Yes, I know that there are normally cover pictures, but this version has full colour pictures throughout. The story, based on Faust, is about Eric who conjures up himself a demon from the pit, but it is not any old demon ...  Read the complete review

After yet again saving the world by accident in "Sourcery", Rincewind was trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions. In this book, a boy called Eric (the Discworld's only demonology hacker) tries to summon up a demon and ends up with Rincewind instead. Unfortunately for him, Rincewind is the most useless wizard there is, not a ...  Read the complete review