false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566177m/34506.jpg 34506 44 <P>Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.</P><P>In <I>The Light Fantastic</I> 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...</P> 592532 1986 The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2) total:6905|5:1517|4:2523|3:2292|2:530|1:43| 6905 25656 8523 192 4 7 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 07:40:44 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 06:03:17 -0800 2007 True, there were still one or two ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:24:19 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:24:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jul 28 06:05:24 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 06:25:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 08 18:55:50 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 18:56:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 2 false false Sat Mar 22 15:40:41 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 15:40:41 -0700 2008
I do not read these books in order, I admit that...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 25 16:19:07 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 05 22:22:48 -0800 2008
Rincewind is back again, and the spell trapped ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Sep 22 04:52:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 04:53:35 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 13:11:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 13:12:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 10:05:07 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 06:46:04 -0800 2009 The Colour of Magic ends with a rather literal cliffhanger, I felt compelled to read this one and bring Rincewind and Twoflower to the end of their adventures. In some ways this second Discworld book is slightly better than the first; you can already see the gears turning as Pratchett starts ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 21:15:38 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 21:10:24 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 21:15:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 13:25:08 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:47:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 16:35:02 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 22:33:29 -0700 2009 The Color of Magic, The Light Fantastic continues with the further adventures of Twoflower, Rincewind, and The Luggage (not to mention Death). This time, the Great A'Tuin seems to be on a collision course with a large red star, and the wizards are convinced that all eight s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 10:55:34 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 10:08:30 -0700 2009
This is the first Discworld book I've read. I felt like it was all character introductions and pretty short on plot or suspense or story. Perhaps that was because I...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 07:18:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 07:24:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 12:03:26 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 12:20:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 22:35:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 22:35:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 19:12:37 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 18:09:45 -0800 2009
Pratchett's humor is entertaining, and this one seemed a little less self-consciously clever than t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 14:29:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 12:49:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 06:54:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 06:54:49 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 06:39:27 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:07:24 -0800 2009
Discworld #1 didn't have much of a conclusion, ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=34506