Das Licht der Phantasie . Ein Roman von der bizarren Scheibenwelt

by Terry Pratchett, Andreas Brandhorst
Das Licht der Phantasie . Ein Roman von der bizarren Scheibenwelt
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January 31st 2005 (first published 1986) by Piper
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binding
Taschenbuch, 288 pages

setting
France

isbn
3492285015   (isbn13: 9783492285018)





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Qt
12/06/07

bookshelves: fantasy, humor, science-fiction
Read in December, 2007
Book 2 of the Discworld series was even more enjoyable than the first! I really liked this one; I thought it was hilarious, even funnier than the first. And unlike the meandering "plot" of the first book, this one had a much more cohesive storyline.
True, there were still one or two scenes which didn't add anything to the action (but they were funny, so I didn't care :-)), and at times the reader has to infer what happened, which can be distracting. Also, I am a bit confused as to th...more
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Bonnie Gayle
bookshelves: fantasy-sf, library-books, reviewed, series-in-progress
Read in February, 2008
This is the second Discworld book, and I found it just as funny as the first, with perhaps a more straightforward plot, which I appreciated. It's very much a continuation of the first book, so I would recommend reading that one before this.

Rincewind is back again, and the spell trapped in his head is the only thing that can keep the world from coming to a flaming explosive end at the hands of a giant red hot comet that is getting closer and closer to the Discworld.

The wizards who know ...more
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Marci
06/11/08

Read in June, 2008
What a fun book to reread. I've enjoyed this more in rereading than I did from the initial read. Pratchett for the win!
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Jamie
08/01/08

Read in April, 2008
I'm pretty sure people have told me about Pratchett and his Diskworld series before, usually working in the phrase "He's the Douglas Adams of fantasy" into the description. But the problem was that I always felt that I had had enough of Adams after the third Hithiker's Guide to the Galaxy book, and whenever I scanned Pratchett's section in the bookstore I was immediately put off by not knowing where to start reading among the approximately five hundred thousand Diskworld books. I'm gla...more
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Jeff
07/28/08

Terry Prarchett is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Not only are the stories rich, funny, and enjoyable, but the format of the storytelling itself adds a whole separate dimension to the books. Pratchett clearly has an incredible understanding of, and love affair with, the English language, and that makes me not want to put these books down.

From spending two pages arguing with the reader about why the female barbarian does not wear impractical sexy barbarian clothes, to subtle w...more
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Nicolas
bookshelves: disque-monde, fantasy
Read in November, 2001
Ah, la joie de retrouver Rincevent et Deuxfleurs ! Oh, le plaisir d’entendre les clop clop CLOP CLAP ! du bagage, et toujours LA VOIX DE LA MORT. Bref, le disque-monde, sa lumière lente, ses sorciers. Et tout ça pour quoi ? Pour permettre à Rincevent d’accomplir sa destinée de mage couard (une excellente condition de survie, si on en croit Pratchett !).
Je ne parlerai pas de l’histoire, puisque tout le monde s’en moque éperdumen...more
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Mark
06/08/08

bookshelves: recentlyread
Second in the Discworld series, which I think is at 36 books now. So get reading! We continue the saga of Rincewind and Twoflower, the hapless duo who must once again save the world. Pratchett subtly satirizes everything in our “real” world but very unsubtly sends up all things “swords-and-sorcery,” the fantasy, myth, sci-fi universe. To give a sample of TP doing his thing, here’s a passage describing a character perhaps familiar to fans of such genres or Frank Frazetta illustration...more
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Bastian
Pratchett in Bestform: "The Light Fantastic" schließt inhaltlich an den ersten Teil der Scheibenwelt-Serie, "The Colour of Magic", an.

Das Buch beginnt genau da, wo der erste Teil endete: Der verhinderte Zauberer Rincewind und der erste Scheibenwelt-Tourist Twoflower fallen vom Rand der Scheibenwelt... Durch den einzigen Zauber, der in Rincewinds Kopf Platz hat (unfreiwillig dort hinein gelangt), werden die beiden zwar gerettet, haben dann aber ein ganz anderes Problem zu ...more

Das Buch beginnt genau da, wo der erste Teil endete: Der verhinderte Zauberer Rincewind und der erste Scheibenwelt-Tourist Twoflower fallen vom Rand der Scheibenwelt... Durch den einzigen Zauber, der in Rincewinds Kopf Platz hat (unfreiwillig dort hinein gelangt), werden die beiden zwar gerettet, haben dann aber ein ganz anderes Problem zu lösen: Ein riesiger roter Stern rast genau auf die Scheibenwelt zu und droht, sie zu vernichten...

In diesem zweiten Teil hat Pratchett zu seinem eigentlichen Stil gefunden. Der (nur in Kapitälchen redende) Tod hat nun den Charakter, den man aus den anderen Folgen kennt, und erstmals spielen auch die Zauberer der Unsichtbaren Universität eine Rolle, und die sind immer wieder für einen Lacher (oder auch lautes Gelächter) gut. Herrlich die Szene, in dem die Mitglieder der verschiedenen Magierzirkel sich gegenseitig in die Haare kriegen, als sie Rincewind schnappen wollen...

Herrlich auch Cohen, der Barbar, der hier ebenfalls seinen ersten Auftritt hat. Er ist der größte Held der Scheibenwelt -- nur ist er leider schon über achtzig und hat keine Zähne, (pardon, Tfähne) mehr. Dieser rüstige Rentner gehört eindeutig zu meinen Lieblingsgestalten in der gesamten Scheibenwelt-Serie.

Wie immer bei Pratchett wird die Geschichte zum Ende hin immer turbulenter, so dass man das letzte Drittel des Buches einfach nur verschlingt. Die Charaktere sind, ebenfalls wie immer, höchst liebenswürdig -- selbst die Bösewichte -- und das Ganze wird getragen von Pratchetts herrlich satirischem Humor, den absurden Situationen, in die er seine Charaktere bringt, und seiner wunderbaren Sprache, die in der deutschen Übersetzung viel verliert.

Als Einstieg in die Scheibenwelt ist dieser Band wie ich finde besser geeignet als der erste, da Pratchett seinen im ersten Teil noch etwas kruden Stil wesentlich verfeinert hat. Wem dieses Buch gefällt, der kann sich eigentlich gleich alle Scheibenwelt-Folgen besorgen. Wem es nicht gefällt... nun... es gibt ja noch Kochbücher... ;-)...less

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Chris
Don't offend any Druids: This is the second Discworld novel, following the story of Rincewind the inept "Wizzard" and Twoflower, the Disc's first (and last) tourist. All of the previous characters return in what is a genuinely funny sequel. <br /> <br />I do not read these books in order, I admit that, and the style of writing has changed somewhat with the newer books like "Going Postal" and "Thud!" but the earlier books are without doubt, extremely funn...more
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Ijul
01/26/08

Read in January, 2008
recommends it for: people who claims they have a sense of humor
Funny, satiric, enjoyable, everything you love about Pratchett's is there, yet there is something left hanging. I dunno. So far, I have only read 2 Pratchett's novels, being Equal Rites and The Light Fantastic, and now I am already on the third one, Eric.

I like Equal Rites, my first introduction to Pratchett's. And then The Light Fantastic, but something is bugging me with it. I dunno, perhaps, too many deaths or supposed deaths or questionable deaths, I dunno, people gone missing, be it in...more
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Lance
05/24/08

Read in January, 1992
This was the first Pratchett book I read. I was looking for some humorous fantasy and, if I were a normal person, I'd be ashamed to say that I bought the book solely because of a blurb on the back cover. "Funnier than the Bible." In retrospect that wasn't the best recommendation for a comedy. But I'm not normal so I'm not ashamed to say that.
I was pleasantly surprised by how funny the book was. Pratchett makes fun of everything. Having read a lot of Conan books in high school, I took...more
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Rosie
10/06/08

Read in October, 2008
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett is the second book in the Discworld series. I thought I was hooked after reading The Color of Magic, but I know I am definitely hooked now. This book picked right up where the other one left off, and I thought this story line was much more cohesive than the last and it got to the point where I couldn't put it down! I love how the things that happen on the Discworld poke fun at things that happen on our world and also poke fun at the fantasy genre itself....more
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Zigforas
bookshelves: fiction, in-college, terry-pratchett
Read in June, 2005
recommended to Zigforas by: the Peitzmans
A favorite exchange:

But somehow the wrath of the gods would have been better than the sound of that voice…The voice didn’t believe in gods, which in Rincewind’s book was fair enough, but it didn’t believe in people either.
…“Come to gloat?” whispered Rincewind. Death shrugged.
I HAVE COME TO SEE THE FUTURE, he said.
“This is the future?”
A FUTURE, said Death.
“It’s horrible,” said Rincewind.
I’M INCLINED TO AGREE, said Death.
“I would have thought you’d be all for it!”
NOT LIKE THIS. THE DEATH OF THE WARRIOR OR THE OLD MAN OR THE LITTLE CHILD, THIS I UNDERSTAND, AND I TAKE AWAY THE PAIN AND END THE SUFFERING. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS DEATH-OF-THE-MIND.
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Chris "Stu"
bookshelves: 2007
Read in May, 2007
I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett books recently, thanks to Paperbackswap.com. I, however, recently stopped, as I realized the books were evaporated _as I read them_, often times not even waiting until I'd finished them before they vanished into brain ether. And they take a day to read, so it's not like they take so long I was forgetting important details.

I like candy, even brain candy, as much as the next guy, but these books are more like brain Chinese food. An hour later, you're hungry f...more
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Toby
05/04/08

Read in May, 2008
Pratchett isn't funny in the way Douglas Adams is funny, but his Discworld is imbued with a sense of humor that is often subtle, occasionally boisterous, and everpresent. His puns are few and, like a good pun ought to be, groan-worthy (this is not Xanth, thank god), like when he describes a tree's voice as having "timbre" or a group of musical-instrument-stealing-heathens as "luters."

Discworld is a fun ride, and like a good meringue it's well-crafted and you oughtn't expe...more
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Rebecca
Read in January, 2008
I should have known not to pick up the first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) when I did, I should have known I would have gotten hooked – imagine my surprise when I found out there was over forty novels in this series! My God.

Anyways, I loved this book, but who doesn’t love Terry Pratchett? He’s weird, funny, utterly random in his humour and, just when you think he couldn’t get any crazier, he says something so completely profound. The interactions between the two main c...more
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Tracy
08/11/08

Read in August, 2008
so the rumors were true. the discworld books (thus far) do seem to be following the getting-better-as-you-go-along trend. which is awesome, becuase this book was exponentially better than the first one.

i'm just a little sad because i'm fairly certain this is the last time i will get to have twoflower and rincewind and the luggage all together, because i love them. especially rincewind (who in my head is played by the irish guy from the first couple episodes of angel... and is nothing at all ...more
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Tracey
05/07/08

bookshelves: re-read
Read in April, 2008
previously read prior to 2003

Rincewind and TwoFlower embark on yet another adventure: the end of the Discworld is drawing near, but Rincewind with the assistance the 8th Great Spell that lodged itself in Rincewind's brain (thereby scaring off any other spell, making him the least competent wizard ever) may just be able to save the day.

While I think Pratchett's later Discworld novels are a great improvement over the earlier, more parody-based stories, it was still a fun read and ...more
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Maria
09/25/07

bookshelves: fantasy, fiction
The Colour of Magic was the reason it took me two tries to get into Discworld. On the second try, I went with the Watch novels, and fell for Discworld hard. Eventually I read The Colour of Magic - it was as crappy as I remembered - and fully expected not to enjoy The Light Fantastic either, based on what other Discworld fans told me. Anyway, I was very pleasantly surprised. It's funny, and the story is great, and it's written in about the same style as the later Discworld novels, which was great...more
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Kimmay
09/29/08

bookshelves: fantasy, pratchett-terry
Read in September, 2008
I liked this book better than the first, it reads easier and has more action. The characters are funny, I just love the luggage. I am trying to decide if all of these need to be read in order, it looks as if they don't need to be, Our local library seems to have them hit and miss, they have some of the new and some of the old, but none of them follow the publication sequence so either i will have to buy some or read them out of order and hope to swap some. At any rate , i plan on reading more ...more
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