Eric (also Faust Eric ) is a novel by Terry Pratchett . It is the ninth Discworld novel . Josh Kirby illustrated the hardcover first edition in 1990. The later paperbacks are not illustrated. It was published in German by Heyne Verlag in 1992 ( ISBN 3-453-06234-5 ).
The protagonist is once again Rincewind, who ends up in hell. The eponymous hero Eric only appears in this novel. Faust Eric paraphrases Goethe's Faust and Dante's Inferno . On the way to hell, he gallops through world history, from the conquest of the Amazon to the Trojan War and creation.
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Thirteen-year-old Eric Thursley wants to summon a demon who will grant him three wishes. As a result, he frees Rincewind from the dungeon dimension into which he was lost at the end of The Magic Hat . Surprisingly, Rincewind, the actually incompetent wizard, finds himself able to grant Eric's wishes with a snap of his fingers. His choice corresponds to the expected average of pubescent adolescents: rule over the whole world, the most beautiful woman in the world and eternal life.
Accompanied by Rincewind's intelligent pear wood chest, the two find themselves in scenarios that are extremely desirable, but always with a little catch.
The desire for world domination puts the two in the hands of an Aztec jungle people who have the necessary treasures and also recognize Eric as ruler, but at the same time organize his sacrifice with his coronation. Eric's desire for the most beautiful woman in the world leads him directly to Tsort , to Elenor (based on Homer's Helena from the Iliad ) and thus in the middle of a war. Elenor was considered the most beautiful woman in the world in her day, but the siege has been going on for some time, which has led to a lady's beard, several children and a large amount of extra pounds. The desire for eternal life brings you in contact with the Creator, who kindly offers to stay there and follow the fate of his creation to its end. In the course of these wish-fulfillment scenarios it becomes clear that Rincewind is by no means responsible for the astonishing events, but rather a hellish system conflict.
In the last chapter, a trip to hell, Eric and his "demon" Rincewind meet Astfgl, the new supreme demon prince. He has replaced the good old agony of hell with the truly excruciating mechanisms of bureaucracy and boredom. With this he meets with little love, neither from his fellow demons nor from the tormented souls. On an endless staircase, the steps of which are paved with lofty resolutions, Rincewind and Eric finally return to the discworld reality.
The Scholars of the Disc World (1999, German 2004) • The Philosophers of the Round World. More from the scholars of the Discworld (2002, German 2004) • Darwin and the Gods of the Discworld (2005, German 2006) • The Last Judgment. The Science of Discworld 4 (2013, German 2013)
Other books
The Disc World from A – Z (with Stephen Briggs ; 1994, German 1996) • The Disc World Album (1996, German 2001) • GURPS Disc World (with Phil Masters ; 1998, German 1999) • Nanny Oggs Cookbook (1999, German 2001) . 2001) • GURPS Discworld Also (with Phil Masters ; 2001) • The Art of Discworld (2004, German 2006) • Where's my Cow (2005) • Wit and Wisdom of Discworld (2007, German 2010) • Myths and legends the Discworld (with Jacqueline Simpson ; 2008, German 2009) • The World of Poo (2012) • Fools, Thieves and Vampires - The best of ten years of Discworld calendars (with Stephen Briggs ; 2012, German 2012)
Discworld maps
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork - A Discworld Map (1993; Ger. 1996) • The Discworld Mapp (1995) • A Tourist Guide to Lancre - A Discworld Mapp (1998) • Death's Domain - A Discworld Mapp (1999) • More complete and indispensable Ankh-Morpork city guide (2012, German 2013) • Mrs. Bradshaw's most useful handbook for all routes of the Hygienic Railway Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plain (2014, German 2015)
The whole madness (2004, German 2007) • Big words (2012, German 2018) • Twisted dragon (2014, German 2015) • The vacuum-sucking fright screw (2016, German 2018)
