The Light Fantastic
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Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world...
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41 primary books49 released booksDiscworld
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Kolekcja Świat Dysku is a 30-book series with 30 primary works first released in 1983 with contributions by Terry Pratchett.
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Originally posted at FanLit.
The Light Fantastic is a direct sequel to Terry Pratchett???s first DISCWORLD novel, The Color of Magic, in which we met the failed and cowardly wizard Rincewind, his traveling companion Twoflower (a rich and naively brave tourist), and Twoflower???s animated sentient Luggage. I believe that The Light Fantastic is the only DISCWORLD novel that???s a direct sequel of a previous novel.
The reason Rincewind is such a poor wizard is that he???s got a dark powerful spell (???the eighth spell???) lodged in his brain and it won???t let him memorize any other spells. Nobody knows what the eight spell is for, but Rincewind is pretty sure that nobody wants to find out. At the end of The Color of Magic, Rincewind, Twoflower and the Luggage had tumbled off the edge of the Discworld which is a flat disc held up by four elephants standing on the back... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-light-fantastic/
This was really fun. Again, not quite what Discworld becomes, but really fun. I loved the additions of Cohen and Bethan, and of course early Wizards. The climax is so exciting. I'm really glad I'm rereading these.
