I'm interested, because the other books with him in I thought were boring. It's a sad truth that Rincewind only works well with Twoflower. The two are so different (one thinking the best out of people, the other the opposite) that the double act is just superb. But when you gte something such as the Last Continent, or Sourcery, then it falls on it's head, adn Rincewind, even though he has companions, is a bit boring?

Discuss.

Have you read The Last Hero? I thought he was rather good in that. Of course Twoflower was with him.
Maybe I'm dense and didnt notice it listed in your title...its late afternoon here and my brain doesnt function well once the coffee buzz has worn off.
I did like the sharp contrast between the two characters. I thought they complimented each other wonderfully.
I think thats the only book I have read with him as a main character though.

Last Continent is one of my favourite DW books actually. Never really enjoyed Sourcery though.

The early ones are good reads if you don't compare them with the later books in the DW series, because they work fine as fantasy parody, but lack some DW feeling.

I've liked IT the most of all Rincewind books, and remember Eric being a dissapointment, but that's an unfair draw as Eric was never meant to be a full fledged novel...

Is somethingclever certain he's thinking of the right book? Ba's pretty sure that Twoflower shows up nowhere in The Last Hero. Cohen's there, and Carrot makes for a similar contrast with Rincewind, but no actual Twoflower. It's Twoflower-free. A non-Twoflower zone. Less Twoflower than the next leading brand. Zweiblumen, nein.

Hm, nope, somethingclever is not sure she is correct. In fact, I think you're quite possibly spot on, Ba. Maybe I was thinking CoM. Was that one where Rince, and Twoflowers visit Deaths house?
I could have swore that Twoflower was in TLH, though. Wasnt he wanting to take pictures of the sacrificial ceremony or am I think CoM again? I read them both around the same time, so there is a HUGE possibility that I am way off here. If I am, then I prostrate myself before you and humbly beg forgivness.
Alrighty, well I know what I need to be re-reading next. :oops: Good thing too. I was looking for my next read.
Gracias, Ba!

He wanted to take pictures of the sacrifice in The Light Fantastic, as far as I know.

Thats the one. I think thats where they go to Deaths house too. (Death and the other horsemen are sitting around playing cards)

Wow, I was way off. Thanks for the correct info.

Really must read The Light Fantastic at some point...I didn't really like The Last Continent. There were fun moments, but all in all it wasn't saying anything very much. I did like Sourcery. Of course, Nigel provides the necessary opposite-of-Rincewind characteristics there, once he shows up.

I thought Nigel... well, like a joke that was stretched for too long, in a way.

Indeed. That's the feeling I had of him. Those books were basic parody, though, and a Nigel *had* to appear at some point. It was only to be expected, really.

I see from this that I am all alone in thinking that the only time Rincewind is really funny is when science (or Hex) is happening to him in The Science of... series. Mostly because I have seen science (or engineering) happening to too many hapless ingenious people who've poked the world's button's as any good wizard should do and watched other people stand around going "Should it be doing that?".

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I agree with Drunkymonkey about him and Twoflower being a great match but I'm only onto LF so I'm thinking that Ricewind and Twoflower were brought togethor to sort of introduce each other for further books

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Somebody once told me that "Eric" wasn't really meant to be a part of the Dicsworld series. But if that's true, then how could Rincewind's escape from the Dungeon Dimensions have been explained?! I know it's getting a bit off the subject, sorry.