The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett Reviews

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 ...

Well I have just finished reading my second Terry Pratchett novel and I never thought I would say this a year ago but I absolutely loved it. You see I tried to read his books a while ago but just couldn’t get into them, and then fast forward to joining dooyoo and seeing that everybody loved the books, I just had to give them another go. I read ...

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. ...

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 ...

Now I know there have already been countless review on Pratchetts work, but that only proves to me what a 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 ...

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 ...

I am going 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 ...

This is the second book in the Discworld series and so it carries on from where The Colour of Magic finishes. It is about the continuing adventures of an incompetent wizard called Rincewind, who has NEVER successfully cast a spell, and the naïve tourist Twoflower, who is almost terminally trusting. Twoflower still has the Luggage (a vicious chest ...

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 ...

I'm just in the process of re-reading all the Discworld novels for the umpteenth time, which is what I do whilst waiting for the next one. And although I am Terry Pratchett's biggest fan, and although I wouldn't ever let anyone else knock the books, I have to say that 'The Light Fantastic' isn't as hilarious as I remember ...

It would seem, now I have a 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, ...

The Light fantstic is the second in the massively popular Diskworld series. The book follows the adventures of Rincewind (an usless wizard who can't spell wizard)and Twoflower (the disks first tourist, He is a masive optimist and has 4 eyes). The book opens with Rincwind and Twoflower (and Twoflowers luggage) falling of the edge of ...

The 2nd discworld novel starts where the colour of magic left off with Rincewind, Twoflower and the luggage tumbling off the edge. They are saved by magic, or shall we call it a corny plot device, to allow the adventure to continue. We find out why rincewind can't remember any spells, meet Cohen the barbarian and find out more about ...

(This review is on the normal version just to let you know) The second in the ever growing Discworld series. Once again Rincewind is back and the cliffhanger(or should that be Cliffdropper?) from the previous book is resolved. New characters are introduced who soon become firm placements in the Discworld Universe. This second book has more of ...

The Light Fantastic is one of the few Discworld books that cannot really be read on its own. It follows the progress of Rincewind the useless wizard as he wanders into many near-death experiences with the world's only tourist and the Luggage, one of the less funny 'personalities' on the Discworld. He is hunted by everyone but secretly ...

This is the second in the Discworld series and is not much better than the first when you compare it to his later books. This book follows directly on from The Colour of Magic as it picks up the story of Rincewind and Twoflower in that cliff hanging (literaly) position. We follow the duo around meeting up with famous characters like Cohen the ...

"The Light Fantastic" is the sequel to Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel, "The Colour of Magic." At the end of "The Colour of Magic", Rincewind, a hopelessly inept wizard was left falling off the edge of the Disc. To his surprise, he's very much alive in the next book. This book. It turns out ...

Forget the Compact bit, I'm going to talk about the normal version. I presume (without having read them) that these pocket-sized versions are the same, but just check first. If they seem to be a 'Pratchett Lite', go for the old version, as he doesn't tend to come off very well when condensed (or turned into a graphic novel). ...