碟形世界·零魔法巫师2：逃跑的魔咒

Another dawn breaks over the Discworld, moving at an unusually slow pace, almost as slow as golden syrup. Other worlds would never see such a sight. Of course, other worlds don't look like a disk, held up and traversing the stars by four gigantic elephants, themselves standing on the back of a giant turtle.

Sir Terry Pratchett created this world in 1983, and soon the Discworld series broke the record for "number of books stolen from bookstores" and was hailed as a magnificent work that "raised the reading rate of the British people." The wizard, Rincewind, wearing a red "Archchancellor" hat and with "Magic level: Zero," became famous throughout Europe and America.

In "Discworld II: Missing Presumed...?!", the giant turtle, carrying the Discworld, presses forward towards a red star, and it seems inevitable that the two will collide. Unfortunately, the only one who can save the world is Rincewind, who has the "spell for running away" hidden in his mind. The last time anyone saw him, he was falling off the edge of the world with the tourist, Twoflower...

"What do we do now?" Twoflower asks.

"Panic?" Rincewind suggests, full of hope.

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Terry Pratchett's position in the fantasy world is undoubtedly high. His influence with the Discworld is not inferior to that of The Lord of the Rings. - Yan Feng (Professor of Chinese at Fudan University)

Pratchett excels in creativity, modernity, spiritual connotation, and inner feelings. Actually, I also really like J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter," but the gap between her and Pratchett is just too big. - New Beijing Book Review Weekly

While Rincewind searches for something "higher than magic," Pratchett has already found something higher than literature. - Frank Cottrell Boyce (winner of the Carnegie Medal)

作者简介

特里·普拉切特TerryPratchett（1948—2015）提高英国国民阅读率的天才作家英国大师级奇幻作家、儿童文学作家，被称为“我们时代的托尔金”。一生获奖无数，包括“卡内基大奖”“世界奇幻终身成就奖”“星云奖”等，因文学成就两次获得大英帝国爵士称号。普拉切特认为奇幻小说的重点不是魔法，而是以另一种角度看世界。他的作品打破常规，荒诞、幽默且具有现实意义，代表作《碟形世界》被认为是幽默奇幻的代名词。2003年BBC全民票选“受欢迎的100本书”时，普拉切特的作品入选了5本，与狄更斯并列榜首。布克奖得主A.S.拜厄特甚至称其“提高了英国的国民阅读率”。