Eric by Terry Pratchett

Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens. This would-be Faust is very bad...at his work, that is. All he wants is to fulfill three little wishes:to live forever, to be master of the universe, and to have a stylin' hot babe. But Eric isn't even good at getting his own way. Instead of a powerful demon, he conjures, well, Rincewind, a wizard whose incompetence is matched only by Eric's. And as if that wasn't bad enough, that lovable travel accessory the Luggage has arrived, too. Accompanied by his best friends, there's only one thing Eric wishes now -- that he'd never been born!

It gets much better when they get to hell...

Demanding pipsqueak
all of his wishes granted
still not satisfied.

Executive Summary: This was a quick read, even for a Discworld book, but not one of my favorites, especially following the excellent [b:Guards! Guards! 64216 Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch #1) Terry Pratchett https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1431127356s/64216.jpg 1128601].Full ReviewIt seems apparent that the Rincewind books are my least favorite sub-series of Discworld. So far I've only really enjoyed [b:The Light Fantastic 34506 The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind #2) Terry Pratchett https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389554927s/34506.jpg 592532]. It's not that they are bad exactly, they just aren't nearly as good as the City Watch, Death or Witches books have been so far.I'm not particularly fond of Rincewind either. The best part of his books seem to be the luggage that follows him around wreaking havoc. In this one we meet a young Necromancer named Eric and his rather obnoxious parrot. Things go a bit crazy and Rincewind does his best to run away as usual.There are some pretty funny parts, and a few good quotes, but far fewer than [b:Guards! Guards! 64216 Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch #1) Terry Pratchett https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1431127356s/64216.jpg 1128601] and some of the other of the past books. This is also the shortest book thus far. It made for a quick and easy read, that was good but not great. I'm glad I read it, but if/when I decide to reread any of the Discworld books, it won't make the cut.

I loved The Color of Magic, book #1 of the
Discworld series. It was everything I want in a
book, with humor and silly puns and delightful characters.

Then I began to wait and wait and wait. I felt compelled
(yes, I'm a bit anal) to read book #2 next.

Today I could wait no longer. I dove into Eric and
took a trip to Hell, climbed out of the Trojan Horse,
and chit-chatted with a (not “the”) Creator.

Clever stuff. Ah, but I must be off. Mort awaits.