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. 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 Cited by: 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.
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. 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 $. Read The Light Fantastic online free by Terry Pratchett - Novel Author: Terry Pratchett. Series: Discworld #2. Genres: Fantasy, Humorous. The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort. Another Disc day dawned, but very gradually, and this is why.
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. Rainclouds clustered around the bald heights of Mt. Oolskunrahod ('Who is this Fool who does Not Know what a Mountain is') and the Luggage settled itself more comfortably under a dripping tree, which tried unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation.”. ― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic. tags: humourous. 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.
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