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The Light Fantastic

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What shall we do?' said Twoflower. 'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that ... more

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The End of the Discworld is Nigh

Advantages: Great story, wonderful characters, clever and witty
Disadvantages: Only a cameo from Death in this one

...through another Pratchett phase at the moment. I have read three of his novels over the past month or so and the enthusiasm is still there. In fact, I have Equal Rites out already to read next.

I finished The Light Fantastic yesterday, about the same time as I began not being able to look at chocolate without feeling sick. I needed to forget about Christmas, to restore some semblance of normality into a house strewn with strange glittery ...
...that takes over the whole dining room.

Unfortunately, normality for Pratchett involves wizards, ageing heroes, talking trees, walking trolls and a big treasure chest with lots of legs. Perhaps it’s best to read this with a large Baileys for good measure. Well, that was my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

The Light Fantastic is Pratchett’s second Discworld novel and follows on from The Colour of Magic, ... more

KarenUK 28.12.2002 (28.12.2002)
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Falling off the ends of the earth for you

Advantages: Quirky, detailed, and very funny
Disadvantages: Might be a bit too deep for some people

...little more free time in the evenings, that I'm finally getting chance to get reading again. I've already covered two books in the last month or so (believe me, that's a lot for me!), but before then, I was having trouble squeezing out one in a couple of months! But squash one into my hectic schedule I did, and what other could it be than a Discworld novel? Besides, it was before and after my exams – I needed a little merriment! - Drop off, ...
...is the second in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books. There's a more extensive introduction to the Discworld in the 'The Colour Of Magic' opinion, if that's what your after, but I'm not about to repeat myself every time I write an opinion on the subject! Which, given my current experience of Discworld, and the amount of books left on my shelf, will be worryingly often. 'The Light Fantastic' is something of a sequel to the original Discworld ...

Excelle 11.08.2001 · Read full review
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Fantastical Magical

Advantages: It won't change your life but at least you'll have a damn good laugh, Better plotted than book one
Disadvantages: Need to read book one to get the most from it, Not the best in the series (and I've only read five so far)

Having set myself the challenge of reading and reviewing every one of the thirty or so discworld novels, I am now proud to announce that, after much time, effort and several really deep paper cuts, I have finally reached ... (drum roll please) ... book two. Er ... sorry about that but it's just that I've been a bit busy on the playstation 2 of an evening recently although, thanks to the delights of public transport, I have been able to keep up with ...
...currently reading book five in the series but as far as reviewing is concerned I seem to be lagging behind somewhat. But you don't care about that do you? You'll be wanting to know why you should be reading the book I'm reviewing. Well, I'm about to tell you. 'The Light Fantastic' is Terry Pratchetts' second book in the rather successful and extremely humorous discworld series. Whereas most of the books in this series appear to be stand alone stories, ...

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Tripping The Light (Not So) Fantastic

Advantages: Funny | Multi-layered | Ultimate in Re-readability
Disadvantages: Not As Good As I Expected

...honest what drew me to the very first Discworld book I ever read was the cover, and this is probably what would catch any new-comer to the series' eye. Bold and exciting with plenty of cartoon characterisations of, well the characters and story held within. I could hardly wait to read the story and must admit I sat in the library for a good couple of hours as I found myself hooked after the first couple of pages. The funny thing is that this book ...
...I hadn't even bothered about the first two books. But just recently I decided to "bite the bullet" and buy my very own copies of all the Discworld books (not all at once I'm not that rich), and began with the foresaid first two. The first in the series (The Colour of magic) was quite good, although nowhere nearly as good as the later books, and The Light Fantastic is the second, and very unusually is actually a sequel to the first. As such it doesn't ...

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The Book Fantastic

Advantages: Such an addictive read
Disadvantages: You can't put it down

...fabulous author this guy is. The Light Fantastic is the second book in the discworld series,second to The Colour Of Magic. Terry Pratchett's writing style is like no other, he is purely and simply a literary genius and if I was given one last book to read before I died I would choose a Discworld novel. He plays with words like Beckham plays with his balls, style, grace, and superior acuracy (pardon the pun!) Although sometimes you feel like you have ...
...it always makes sense in the end so don't worry. You have to just persivere sometimes and the story will become crystal clear, and you get used to his way quickly. Then he has you in the palm of his hand and you become a prisoner to a book that you just can't seem to put down. Anyway onwards with the review at hand. The Story ***************************************************** As all of the Discworld novels this one starts out in the same way, ...

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Trip The Light Fantastic

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

The Light Fantastic is the second novel in Terry Pratchett's enormously successful Discworld series. It is also the only 'sequel' in the entire series pretty much continuing on from where the last left off although I can't really say why without ruining the ending of the previous novel 'The Colour Of Magic'(see my previous review on that novel). Do I need to explain about the Discworld? Probably so here goes again... The Discworld is a large flat ...
...themseles standin gon top of the giant turtle A'tuin who is flying through space on an age old quest to...well probably to self destruct. The world itself was apparently inspired by a table of all things which the author saw in India and is probably the most bizarre you are ever liely to come across. The Discworld is a world populated by wizard's, elves, vampires...you name it, it lives here and is a world in which all of the natural laws of this ...

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Primary colour (of magic)

Advantages: Plenty of amusing scenes; Rincewind is a great character, as is the Luggage
Disadvantages: Less coherent than later books, and not as sharp in the satire

The Colour of Magic - which is really half of a complete story, along with its sequel, The Light Fantastic - is where Discworld, and the real celebrity of Terry Pratchett, all began. He'd written a few books before this, but the Discworld series is the true cause of his enduring fame. Why "Discworld"? Because the stories set on a world shaped like a disc, of course! (Mind you, one of the footnotes for which Pratchett is famed implies that it may have been supposed to have been a pizza...) As a long-time fan of the series who has only recently returned to read this book again, one thing that stands out is just how long the story takes to get into gear. Much of the opening section is more concerned with poking fun at the stereotypes of fantasy fiction than in actually moving things along. The parody is well done and humorously accurate ...

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The colour of magic - not the best

Advantages: A good book and it gives you background to the rest of the series
Disadvantages: Not as strong as the later ones and things are left hanging at the end

This is the first of the Discworld books and if you compare it to the later ones this is much weaker, but don't let that put you off. In this book you are introduced to three of the more popular characters in the series. There is Rincewind, a wizard (failed), The Luggage, a walking wooden trunk with a malevolent streak, and of course Death, who you will always recognise in a Pratchett book as he always TALKS LIKE THIS. The story is about the first tourist, Twoflower, who hires Rincewind to show him around & that is where the trouble starts. They end up going around leaving trouble and often death in their wake, but of course Twoflower is oblivious to this. The end of the book is a literally a real cliffhanger and this leads nicely into the next book The Light Fantastic. This is the only time that you will find one of Terry ...

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