Blog this item

The Light Fantastic

A Discworld Novel (A Discworld Novel)

By Terry Pratchett

(185)

| Mass Market Paperback | 9780061020704

Like The Light Fantastic?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!

Book Description

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 sContinue

4 Reviews

1 person find this helpful

I usually thik of this book as The Colour of Magic - Part two, but I must say that even if storywise it kinda is, Pratchett style is already evolving, leaving the parody to build the foundation of the actual discworld.
Not one of my favourite ones (none of Rincewind's book is), but still nice.

Is this helpful?

Mag said on May 2, 2011 | Add your feedback

The first Terry Pratchett novel I've read and I liked it. Since I haven't read the previous discworld novel it took me a little while to get used to the writing style and characters but once I got into it I enjoyed it till the end.
Every once in a while it's nice to escape from this reality an ... (continue)

The first Terry Pratchett novel I've read and I liked it. Since I haven't read the previous discworld novel it took me a little while to get used to the writing style and characters but once I got into it I enjoyed it till the end.
Every once in a while it's nice to escape from this reality and look at from a distance through a funky, multicolored lens. Since that is generally a bit difficult to achieve, I just settle for reading a novel such as this.

Is this helpful?

Voronda said on Oct 3, 2009 | Add your feedback

The second Discworld novel

This follows The Colour of Magic in more or less the same style. More themes being picked up and stowed away for later books here, it seems.

Is this helpful?

Hans said on Nov 13, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback