The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett

The Discworld is heading towards a large red sun, and nobody knows why apart from Great A’Tuin him/herself (there is a strong possibility here of the latter). Rincewind and Twoflower have cheated Death again, miraculously landing unscathed in a lush talking forest, but soon find themselves hunted for the spell lodging inside Rincewind’s head. Twoflower just sort of hangs around for support and adventure and stuff. ‘Twoflower didn’t just look at the world through rose-tinted spectacles … he looked at it through a rose-tinted brain, too, and heard it through rose-tinted ears.’ The second book in Terry Pratchett’s continuing Discworld series introduces ...  Read the complete review

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 the reading while I've been waiting for buses that don't turn up or sitting on buses that do ... and then break down. I'm currently reading book five in the series but as far as reviewing ...  Read the complete review

To be 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 was actually the third in the series and for a long time 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 ...  Read the complete review

The Light Fantastic, the second of the Discworld novels, is the only straight sequel within the series. It shares many features with The Colour of Magic, as one might expect, and like its predecessor gives the impression of a writer not yet entirely sure of his ground. Given that the said writer is Terry Pratchett, however, there's still plenty to enjoy, even if a part of that enjoyment is the knowledge that you have a large number of better books ahead of you in the series. This book follows Rincewind, the Disc's most incompetent "wizzard" [sic] and Twoflower, the planet's first known tourist. The former has lived all his life in the bustling, ...  Read the complete review

Funnier by far than its predecessor, The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Discworld series (set on the back of four elephants riding a giant turtle through space) and carries on where Colour of Magic left off....well almost. Because when we last saw Rincewind he was sailing off the edge of the world- in this book he wakes up in a forest full of talking trees. The reasons for this soon become apparent, meanwhile the Discworld is headed towards a fearsome red star, the inhabitants begin to panic and start their own doomsday cults (as you do in these times-remember the millenium) and the Seven remaining spells of the Octavo are starting to get restless. ...  Read the complete review