Bonnie Gayle's review
The Light Fantastic: A Discworld Novel (Mass Market Paperback) by Terry Pratchett
Bonnie Gayle's review
rating:
bookshelves: fantasy-sf, library-books, reviewed, series-in-progress
status: Read in February, 2008
rating:
bookshelves: fantasy-sf, library-books, reviewed, series-in-progress
status: 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 about this have set out to find him, but the only problem is that Rincewind cannot be found....well, there may be one more problem, and that's the fact that Rincewind is remarkably good at getting himself into near death experiences--with the help of Twoflower, the naive and careless tourist he is tourguiding--and who knows what will happen to the Discworld if Rincewind should actually die with the spell still trapped in his head? This might be the end of Discworld, given the fact that Rincewind...more
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 about this have set out to find him, but the only problem is that Rincewind cannot be found....well, there may be one more problem, and that's the fact that Rincewind is remarkably good at getting himself into near death experiences--with the help of Twoflower, the naive and careless tourist he is tourguiding--and who knows what will happen to the Discworld if Rincewind should actually die with the spell still trapped in his head? This might be the end of Discworld, given the fact that Rincewind...more
Discworld is probably the only fantasy series I'd recommend not reading in chronological order - rather, read by character in chronological order. Wikipedia has a nice little chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
The Death ones remain my over-all favorites, although the Witches are a close second. Favorite Discworld books that are must-reads: Small Gods, The Truth, and Thief of Time.
