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The Light Fantastic

(Discworld Novel 2)
By Terry Pratchett
Series: Discworld Novels
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The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett is a whimsical tale set in the Discworld universe. The story continues the adventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower as they embark on a journey to save the Discworld from destruction. The narrative is filled with humour, magic, and eccentric characters, creating a delightful blend of fantasy and satire.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy humour-infused fantasy adventures with quirky characters and a magical world. Fans of clever satire and imaginative storytelling will revel in following the amusing antics of an inept wizard and his equally bumbling companion as they stumble through unpredictable escapades.

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The Light Fantastic

‘Incredibly funny, compulsively readable’ The Times

The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is .

The second Discworld novel.

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The second Discworld novel, revamped for a new generation of readers.

"Incredibly funny, compulsively readable" - The Times

The Discworld is very much like our own—if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is...

"What shall we do?" said Twoflower. "Panic?" said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.

As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero.

What it doesn't need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own.

Which is a shame, because that's all there is...

The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series.

Series: Discworld Novels

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Praise for The Light Fantastic highlights Pratchett's immense satirical talent and spectacular inventiveness. Reviewers commend the book as incredibly funny and compulsively readable, with its inclusion in the Discworld series being celebrated as one of the continual pleasures in modern fiction, and a work of pure fantastic delight.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780552166607

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 June 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Corgi Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 288

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Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Humour Marnie's Top Reads Penguin Books Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series: Discworld Novels Terry Pratchett

About the Author

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any. www.terrypratchettbooks.com

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