![]() The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series. Which is a shame, because that's all there is. ![]() What it doesn't need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own. Read more Print length 432 pages Language English Publisher Gollancz Publication date 19 Dec. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.Īs it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero. THE COLOUR OF MAGIC continues in THE LIGHT FANTASTIC, where an event is happening way overhead, far above the elephants and A'Tuin, where the very fabric of time and space is about to be put through the wringer. ![]() The title is taken from LAllegro, a poem by John Milton, and refers to dancing lightly with extravagance. The Colour of Magic 's storyline continues directly into this volume, creating an odd mismatch in tone, as The Colour of Magic is very much an atypical Discworld book whilst The Light Fantastic is starting to slowly transition the series into a more familiar format. The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. It was published on 2 June 1986, the first printing being of 1,034 copies. 'Incredibly funny, compulsively readable' The Times ![]()
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