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The Light Fantastic

Discworld, Book 2

By Terry Pratchett

(186)

| Paperback | 9780060855888

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Book Description

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.

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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.

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Mag said on May 2, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Migliore rispetto al primo romanzo ma si poteva fare ancora meglio

Il romanzo riprende esattamente da dove terminava The Colour of Magic e conclude le vicende di Rincewind, Twoflower ed il fidato Luggage.La storia è più lineare ma comunque avvincente. Tanti colpi di scena, comicità a palate e vengono introdotti nuovi personaggi.
Nonostante questo ci sono ancora alc ... (continue)

Il romanzo riprende esattamente da dove terminava The Colour of Magic e conclude le vicende di Rincewind, Twoflower ed il fidato Luggage.La storia è più lineare ma comunque avvincente. Tanti colpi di scena, comicità a palate e vengono introdotti nuovi personaggi.
Nonostante questo ci sono ancora alcuni passaggi che risultano un po' troppo confusi e non sembrano seguire il resto degli avvenimenti. Poco male comunque.
Epica la parodia di una delle scene più importanti del film Conan il Barbaro con Arnold Schwarzenegger; solo quella merita la lettura di tutto il romanzo!

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MrCippo said on Jan 25, 2012 | 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.
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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.

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Voronda said on Oct 3, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | 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.

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Hans said on Nov 13, 2007 | Add your feedback