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The Light Fantastic
The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett
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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.
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Booksbymybed
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Discworld marathon continues! 2/41, The Light Fantastic. Reread almost 10 years since the first read. Enjoyed it tremendously. Just so much fun to watch the book universe form. Though it‘s still not quite as polished as later works, it was great fun.

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booklover3258
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Bwah ha ha ha ha

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/Z3iE_G3-beU

Enjoy!

#bookspin

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Ruthiella
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Making progress on my #14Books14Weeks2023 pile. The 2ond Discworld novel and of course I loved it. It‘s a straight sequel to The Color of Magic. A looming red star is threatening the Disc and the key to the solution lies somewhere in Rincewind‘s head. Adventures ensue as many pursue the Disc‘s worst wizard and his companions Twoflower, the Disc‘s first tourist, and The Luggage. 🧳

Aimeesue The Luggage! Always makes me laugh. 😄 1y
Ruthiella @Aimeesue Me too! 😆🧳 1y
CarolynM I still giggle about Twoflower teaching the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to play bridge 🤣 1y
Ruthiella @CarolynM I love how Twoflower is unfazed by any dangerous situation. 😆 He only wishes he‘d brought his camera to document it. 1y
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eol
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So. I‘m rereading the Discworld series.

The beginning is not exactly where I‘d advise people to start. (Seriously, if you haven‘t read it already, start either with the books about the Witches, or about the City Watch.) The type of humor differs from Pratchett‘s later absurdist approach. Later, he critiques reality; here, he‘s having fun with parodying fantasy tropes.

Still, the first two books are definitely worth reading.

So. Much. Fun.

4/5

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jen_the_scribe
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Book 2 of the Discworld series didn‘t disappoint. It‘s such an amusing read, and even though the characters were going through all kinds of craziness, for some reason I find these books such a comfort. I love how it ended and I can‘t wait to see what happens next in the series.

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“…the sort of voices that mere typography will remain totally unable to convey until someone can make a linotype machine with echo-reverb and, possibly, a typeface that looks like something said by a slug.”

I guess studying Graphic Design made me appreciate this joke more than I should have lol

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jen_the_scribe
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Kids being back in school means I‘m back in the car line, which means plenty of extra reading time (at least till the line gets moving lol).

MariaW 😍 2y
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jen_the_scribe
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I finally got the second book in the Discworld series. I‘m reading nonfiction now and craving something light, funny, and with a touch of magic.

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galueth28
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Very fun, loved all the different POV's, but didn't enjoy it as much as the first one.

Read for #bookspin.

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Balibee146
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This is my 4th time reading this book in the last 30 years but I remember zero about it.... It's so weird as I can remember every other disc world book in detail 🤷‍♀️

KCofKaysville @Balibee146 There's a graphic novel version of this one combined with the first book. 3y
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Balibee146
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My new read, which is also an old read and a super bright mani...need to shake off the winter feels 😜💗 Happy Saturday!

Ruthiella Love Pratchett! 3y
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therubberduckninja
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“Inside every sane person there‘s a madman struggling to get out,” said the shopkeeper. “That‘s what I‘ve always thought. No one goes mad quicker than a totally sane person.”

I always forget just how much I love these book. And I really want my own Luggage made of sapient pearwood.

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The_Penniless_Author
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Rincewind the failed wizard manages to speak the eight Great Spells and save Discworld from its collision course with a giant red star. Twoflower- Discworld's first ever tourist- returns home, leaving Rincewind to inherit his sentient luggage. The plot is secondary, though, a vehicle for Pratchett to dispense witticisms, for which he seems to have an inexhaustible talent.

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Cohen was shocked.

"Bonfires of books?"

"Yes. Horrible, isn't it?"

"Right," said Cohen. He thought it was appalling. Someone who spent his life living rough under the sky knew the value of a good thick book, which ought to outlast at least a season of cooking fires if you were careful how you tore the pages out...

Cohen realized people wrote things in books. It had always seemed to him to be a frivolous waste of paper.

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The_Penniless_Author
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Behind every wizard of the eighth rank were half a dozen seventh rank wizards trying to bump him off, and senior wizards had to develop an inquiring attitude to, for example, scorpions in their bed. An ancient proverb summed it up: When a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life.

LiteraryinPA Ha, what a great saying! 4y
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The_Penniless_Author
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There was the faintest of pure sounds, high and sharp, like the breaking of a mouse's heart.

"What was that?" he said.

Trymon cocked his head.

"C-sharp, I think," he said.

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The_Penniless_Author
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#3WordReviews @ShyBookOwl

1. Fantastical
2. Absurd
3. Hilarious

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The_Penniless_Author
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#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.

Kenyazero I know that feeling. This is a great first line! 4y
The_Penniless_Author @Kenyazero Terry Pratchett has so many good lines. I can't believe it took me so long to finally get around to reading him. 4y
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Traci1
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Never before in talking about a book have I said that the luggage was my favorite character. But there it is. Pratchett is in a class all his own.

This one was my #doublespin book (it was book 19 on my list). @TheAromaofBooks

Book 2/25 for #crushtherush and #readyourway @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @TheSpineView
Book 1 for #progressitdecember @Andrew65

+31 for #merryreaders #wintergames @Clwojick
#verymerrybingo @Jadams1776

Jadams89 🎉 4y
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Heideschrampf I miss this cheeky little sentient pearwood ❤️ 4y
TheSpineView 📚📚📚🤩 4y
Andrew65 Off and running for December 👏👏👏 4y
Clwojick Amazing!! 4y
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AbbaZabba02
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Book 27 of the year

For reasons that I can't understsnd, the audio version of Color of Magic is not available in the US. So when I decided to go back through them again I had to start here.

Not my favorite. I don't like Rincewind. And I don't really like any of the books he stars in. The Discworld really comes to life later on in the series and still feels rough in the first few books.

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uwak
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despite my serious misgivings with the color of magic, I plowed right through this sequel. there was a noticeable improvement in writing style and the humor landed more often, I was really impressed. I need more Twoflower and Luggage in my life.

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twohectobooks
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I finished this roughly one million years ago, but it‘s about time for me to catch up on reviews now that it‘s December!

Early Discworld can be a little bit rough, and this certainly was, but I still greatly enjoyed it. I‘ve read it before at some point—I recognized the scene with Bethan.

Next up is Equal Rites, which I‘m quite looking forward to.

twohectobooks #discwhirled (I should say the FIRST scene with Bethan because she shows up more than once in this book.) 5y
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twohectobooks
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The Light Fantastic was the only book on my #tbrbingo that I managed to finish this month, although I‘m under a hundred pages away from the end of The Moor‘s Account. Woo!

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twohectobooks
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I do a lot of tracking of my reading, write down quotations, etc. Getting caught up on a bit of that this afternoon.

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twohectobooks
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Well, that‘s it for Q3 of my 2019 #tbrbingo !

I‘m currently reading The Light Fantastic and will be reading the last #bookclub book as soon as I can get my hands on it, so that will most likely be the first bingo I get.

I‘m quite pleased with my progress this year. I just wish I‘d included a few more #modernlibrarytop100 books!

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twohectobooks
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This morning I woke up with a headache and have merged with the couch as I try to wait it out. At least I have good reading material.

Leftcoastzen That‘s a good plan ! Hope you can push that headache away. 5y
TK-421 Books + couch sounds like a good prescription. Hope you're feeling better soon! 5y
mcipher Hope you‘re feeling better! 5y
Lindy 🌻🌻🌻 5y
twohectobooks @Leftcoastzen @TK-421 @mcipher @Lindy thanks all, I seem to finally be feeling a bit better this morning. 5y
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Graywacke
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Day 4 : #7days7covers No explanation. #covercrush

(No explanation except to note that I missed yesterday. So, day 3 this am and day 4 tonight)

 @LiterRohde

CarolynM These are the Pratchett covers I have. I love them. This one is still my favourite. The idea of Twoflower teaching the four horsemen of the apocalypse to play bridge still makes me giggle. 5y
Graywacke @CarolynM i‘m bummed the style was changed to such dull, quiet covers. Love these old crazy covers too (I‘ve forgotten who the artist was) Twoflower was a terrific, awful character and I‘ve always been attached to the Luggage. 5y
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“It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as 'slightly foxed', although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.” #Bear #QuotsySept19

gradcat Perfect! 👌🏻♥️ 5y
TK-421 @gradcat Thanks! 😊 5y
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BoldCityBooks
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This is the third Discworld book I‘ve read (The Color of Magic and Mort were the other two) and it was my favorite. It started strong and finished strong and kept me laughing the whole way through.

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AbbaZabba02
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Book 54 of the year finished July 13, audio

Audible, for some crazy reason, doesn't have The Colour of Magic, so I'm jumping into my re-read of the Discworld with The Light Fantastic.

2nd time with this book and I really enjoyed all the subtle hints about what the Red Star was that I missed the first time through.

Rinsewind is not my favorite character. He's not too bad in the first few books, but his utter lack of development later is annoying

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I love puns. This one about choked me with laughter.

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twohectobooks
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Reading material for my trip. One big serious fantasy novel, one small silly fantasy novel.

Normally I would bring way more reading material but with wedding festivities I‘m not sure how much reading time I‘ll actually have. I‘ll be bringing my iPad with ebooks for back up.

Melissa_J I loved A Song For Arbonne. Have a great trip! 5y
Lucy_Anywhere I love Terry Pratchett! His books are the perfect thing to read between chunky doorstoppers. Enjoy the wedding! 5y
twohectobooks @Melissa_J thanks! I haven‘t read a GGK book in quite a few years but I love him and I‘m looking forward to reading this one. 5y
twohectobooks @Lucy_Anywhere thanks! I love him too. Last year I decided to do a full Discworld reread over the next several years and I‘ve only reached the second book as of now haha. 5y
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PickwickPlockPlock
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Better than the first, and it would have been the right ending for Rincewind. We will see how much patience I will have with him in his other books.

#discworld

jillrhudy 😍 5y
LiljaPleasant Loved this book 😍 5y
PickwickPlockPlock @LiljaPleasant It's part of my discworld books reread. I last read this book over 20 years ago. 5y
LiljaPleasant Woooow. For me it's the first time reading the Discworld books. Or... Well... I tried 12 years or so ago and it just wasn't for me this time... Now I love it! 5y
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PickwickPlockPlock
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'But he still had his pride, and wizards don't like to see women perform even simple magic. Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it...'

One of the reasons I love Pratchett!

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madamereadsalot1
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Mtroiano
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Double #bookmail today!

wordzie 🙌 6y
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GlitterGirl
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Love Sir Terry Pratchett! I can so see this in my mind! 😎😎😎

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GlitterGirl
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Starting my second Discworld novel, with my trusted reading buddies to keep me company!😍😍😍😎😎😎😊😊😊

RadicalReader @GlitterGirl seriously gorgeous puppy what breed and what‘s its name? 6y
GlitterGirl @RadicalReader he is a border collie and his name is Lucius!!! 😍😍😍 6y
RadicalReader @GlitterGirl like Malfoy from Harry Potter series? 6y
GlitterGirl @RadicalReader indeed!☺️ 6y
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Branwen
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Really excited to dive into the next Discworld book! 😀

Leftcoastzen So fun! 6y
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Smarkies
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I don't usually have reading goals except to try and read about 30 books a year...
This year I am going to try and read through the Discworld series as well as doing the #litsyatoz challenge. Wish me luck!

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Leftcoastzen
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I‘m bogged down in some long books I‘m enjoying but.....The fun , the humor, the adventures of the wizards , the luggage,and death ! Why did I wait so long to visit discworld?Huzzah!Fell asleep with a smile on my face.Volume 2 of Discworld.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I completely understand that, sometimes you just need a light, silly fun, and witty escapade. Discworld is great for that! 6y
CarolynM Still my favourite of all the Discworld books. The idea of Twoflower teaching the four horsemen of the apocalypse to play bridge always makes me giggle.😂 6y
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Fortifiedbybooks
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I went to Berkeley to check out a couple independent bookstores and found a couple more along the way. There goes my spending money! #BookHaul #ShopSmallSaturday

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Leftcoastzen
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I‘m on the @batsy failure train. Epic fail on lists. I make them ,lose them or stash them #underarock . This one ,
#LitsyAtoZ2018 found this morning, my #litsyclassics can‘t find it, my #GARBingo I have read 5 but not in a row for bingo. There is a #readallcultures list here somewhere....Hey , I wouldn‘t want to create a database on computer so I would know where they are....heck no!😂 #NoFemmeber

Billypar I'm a big fan of Excel sheets but I'm not sure they're more effective- I know I have countless that I start and forget about! And Litsy A to Z looks pretty successful to me 👍👍 6y
RealBooks4ever You can do it! 💜 6y
batsy The lists are the best part! You're already on a roll 😁👍🏽 6y
erzascarletbookgasm There‘s hope in this challenge- only 5 to go. You can do it! 🙂 6y
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A fantastic romp through this Discworld novel. All the characters are just so fun, even the side characters that just pop in for a bit.

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Andrew65
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😂😂😂
#QuotsyOct18 #Mad

madamereadsalot1 Great quote! I adore this book! 6y
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jmofo
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@TheReadingMermaid said she wanted to make room for all of the October reads she had planned. I, too, saw September as a good month to finish up some books I had been reading for a while. Finished Radical Acceptance, Outlander, Between the Wind and the Water, Lunch Poems, & Wonderbook. Picked up and finished Howl‘s Moving Castle, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, and The Panther and the Lash. So, not a bad reading month for me. #BookAWeekChallenge

BeansPage Great job! That's fantastic! 🤘🏻😆🤘🏻 6y
jmofo @TheReadingMermaid Thank you for your delightful presence and support! Because of gd Goodreads, I always want to start the year new. This challenge really helped! 6y
BeansPage You are most welcome sweetheart! And I understand I always want to start off the new year fresh. 6y
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jmofo
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I‘ve been sick and stuck in some hellish riddle game I can‘t tell when I passed out in thanks to Mr. King so to take a break, I picked up this little book. I hope to finish today but there‘s new BoJack....
anyway, I really feel Rincewind when he‘s his most lazy and sarcastic but I don‘t feel him as a character.
Until this.