The Last Continent is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the twenty-second book in his Discworld series. First published in 1998, it mocks the aspects of time travel such as the grandfather paradox and the Ray Bradbury short story "A Sound of Thunder". It also parodies Australian people and aspects of Australian culture, such as the Crocodile Dundee, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Mad Max movies, the Australian beer XXXX, Vegemite, thongs, cork hats, the Peach Melba, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta, and the popular Australian songs "Waltzing Matilda", "Down Under", and "The Man From Snowy River".
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
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Variant: It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. This is in fact true. It's called living.
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“Ridcully was to management what King Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association.”
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“Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'.”
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“I don't think I've drunk enough beer to understand that.”
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