Ebook {Epub PDF} The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published in It was published in The title is a quote from the poem L'Allegro by John Milton, "Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe" and in the original context [1] referred to dancing lightly with extravagance.  · I think this is a triple pun by Pratchett. 1: The light (adj, humorous, not serious) fantastic (noun, speculative fiction). 2: The light (noun, illumination) fantastic (adj. magical). 3: as in Milton. But I agree that (2) is the meaning they should have picked for Reviews: 5. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett. When light encounters a strong magical field it loses all sense of urgency. It slows right down. And on the Discworld the magic was embarrassingly strong, which meant that the soft yellow light of dawn flowed over the sleeping landscape like the caress of a gentle lover or, as some would have it, like golden syrup.

THE LIGHT FANTASTIC by Pratchett, Terry Seller John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB Published Condition A fine copy, age darkening to the text paper, in a fine dust jacket. () Edition Second edition Item Price $. Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic Audiobook Free. While The Colour of Magic might have been a funny stand alone, Pratchett's entry with The Light Amazing appears to usher in a certainty that the Discworld as a multiverse, as a literary establishment, has started and without any end in sight. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series. Dearly-loved British Fantasy author, knight of the realm and creator of the fantastic Discworld series. Known as 'Sir Terry' to his legions of fans, he sadly died in March,

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. In The Light Fantastic, only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world. Three years after Terry Pratchett published The Color of Magic, the first Discworld book, he published the second, The Light Fantastic, having decided convincingly that this was a worthwhile project. Though the action in The Light Fantastic takes over immediately following the events in the first book, Rincewind has falle Reading Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series makes me smile. Overview. The side-splitting sequel to The Color of Magic, The Light Fantastic by New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett takes readers on another offbeat journey with bumbling wizard Rincewind and hapless tourist Twoflower—both last seen falling off the edge of Discworld. The fate of Pratchett’s alternative fantasy macrocosm are in the bumbling duo’s hands as it hurtles its way toward a foreboding red star, threatening the fate of the entire universe.