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| {{Book Data
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| |title=The Last Hero
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| |cover=[[File:Cover The Last Hero.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Paul Kidby]]
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| |coauthors=
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| |illustrator=[[Paul Kidby]]
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| |date=October 2001
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| |publisher=Gollancz
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| |isbn=9780575068858
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| |pages=160
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| |rrp=£17.99
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| |series=Rincewind Series
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| |characters=[[Cohen]]<br/>[[Rincewind]]<br/>[[Carrot Ironfoundersson]]<br/>[[Leonard of Quirm]]<br/>The [[Librarian]]
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| |annotations=yes
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| |notes=
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| }}
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| ==Blurb==
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| [[Cohen the Barbarian|He]]'s been a [[Barbarian heroes|legend]] in his own lifetime.
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| He can remember the great days of high adventure.
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| He can remember when a hero didn't have to worry about fences and lawyers and civilisation.
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| He can remember when people didn't tell you off for killing dragons.
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| But he can't always remember, these days, where he put his teeth...
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| He's really not happy about that bit.
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| So now, with his ancient sword and his new walking stick and his old friends – and they're very old friends – Cohen the Barbarian is going on one final quest. It's been a good life. He's going to climb the highest mountain in the Discworld and meet his gods. He doesn't like the way they let men grow old and die.
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| It's time, in fact, to give something back.
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| The last hero in the world is going to return what the first hero stole. With a vengeance. That'll mean the end of the world, if no one stops him in time. | |
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| Someone is going to try. So who knows who the last hero really is?
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| ==Characters==
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| ===Main Characters===
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| *[[Cohen the Barbarian]]
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| *[[Carrot Ironfoundersson]]
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| *The [[Librarian]]
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| *The [[Minstrel]]
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| *[[Rincewind]]
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| *[[Leonard of Quirm]]
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| ===Minor Characters===
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| *[[The Dean]]
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| *[[Harry Dread|Evil Harry]]
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| *[[The Luggage]]
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| *[[Hughnon Ridcully]]
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| *[[Mustrum Ridcully]]
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| *The [[Silver Horde]]
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| **[[Caleb the Ripper]]
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| **[[Mad Hamish]]
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| **[[Truckle the Uncivil]]
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| **[[Boy Willie]]
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| *[[Ponder Stibbons]]
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| *[[Vena the Raven-Haired]]
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| *[[Havelock Vetinari]]
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| *[[Fate]]
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| *[[Lady]]
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| *[[Blind Io]]
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| *[[Offler]]
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| *[[Nuggan]]
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| *[[Death]]
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| ===Cameos & Mentions===
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| *[[Armpit]]
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| *[[Butcher]]
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| *[[Dats Me!]]
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| *[[Gak]]
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| *[[Slime]]
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| *[[Neoldian]]
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| *[[Patina]]
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| *[[Bibulous]]
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| *[[Topaxci]]
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| *[[Valkyrie|Valkyries]]
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| *[["Fingers" Mazda]] - The First Hero
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| *[[Carelinus]]
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| ==Other==
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| *The 27th Discworld novel.
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| *This book is the second to feature illustrations by a cover artist for the books after {{E}}/[[Book:The Illustrated Eric|''The Illustrated Eric'']].
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| *The novel was illustrated by [[Paul Kidby]].
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| *The 2002 paperback and subsequent editions of ''The Last Hero'' feature eight additional two-page spread illustrations. The layout otherwise remained the same until the 2024 edition (see note below).
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| *A new edition with a cover matching the Penguin [[50 Years of Terry]] Discworld books was announced in December 2023, and published in February 2024. The [https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/terry-pratchett/the-last-hero/9781399611206/ Gollancz website] also advised it would feature “a new text design”. It's a more conventional paperback size and ratio, requiring some of the larger images to be cropped even when displayed across two pages.
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| ==Gallery==
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| {|
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| | valign="top" | [[File:Cover The Last Hero.jpg|thumb|120px|First Edition Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
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| | valign="top" | [[File:TLH Slip.jpg|thumb|120px|Slipcase Collectors Edition]]
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| | valign="top" | [[File:TLH 2.jpg|thumb|140px|Second Edition]]
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| | valign="top" | [[File:TLH 3.jpg|thumb|130px|2nd Edition smaller paperback]]
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| | valign="top" | [[File:TLH 2024.jpg|thumb|130px|2024 paperback]]
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| |}
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| ==External Links==
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| *[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/the-last-hero.html ''The Last Hero'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File]
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| {{series|before=Thief of Time|series=Discworld|after=The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents}}
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| {{series|series=Rincewind|before=The Science of Discworld|after=The Science of Discworld II: the Globe}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Hero, The}}
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| [[Category:Discworld Series]]
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| [[Category:Rincewind Series]]
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| [[Category:Graphic Novels]]
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| [[de:Buch:Wahre Helden]]
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