The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Light Fantastic
Book Review: A vast improvement over "The Colour of Magic"
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Colour of Magic" was a good book, but this one's a lot better - it sustains the reader's interest a lot more, and builds up to a good plotline towards the end. This is an excellent book, especially if you enjoyed "The Colour of Magic"; I'd give this book 4 and a half stars if I could. What more can I say?Book Review: There are no words to describe it!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has it all. Terry Pratchett is a creative genius, how can the series get any better? I look forward to reading the next books in the series. It's witty, quick and it flows brilliantly. I'd give 6 stars but that option isn't available....Book Review: Colour of Magic II
Summary: 4 Stars
If you were smart enough to read Colour of Magic (A riot) then you will be looking for more Rincewind, Luggage, and laughs. Light Fantastic is here to the Rescue answering all questions and concluding the story that started it all.Once again Terry has collected an off-the-wall collection of humorous encounters for our heroes. Rincewind and friends must once again save the world. One of the world's eight most powerful spells is hiding in his head, and the wrong people want it. So he must call upon all his finely tuned abilities... of running away! Twoflower and the Luggage are there to help along with Diskworld's greatest warrior... who is now a ridiculously old man.
-Many people consider this one to be better than CoM... They are both awesome. End of story. However, they are both too short and should have come in one normal sized book.
Book Review: Funniest Book I've Read In Ages
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very good book, but not a great book. I couldn't help drawing comparisons to the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and HHGTHG came out ahead in my opinion. Indeed some parts of the book that explain the workings and history of Discworld could have come directly from the Guide itself. Still this is a very funny book and the Luggage is now one of my favourite fictional characters. I can't wait to read the rest of the Discworld series.Book Review: The Light Fantastic really is fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Even better than the Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic takes the reader from the edge of the world to the unimaginable Wyrmberg, from a gingerbreadhouse to the deepest cellars of the Unseen University. A red star is threatening to destroy our beloved Discworld, and who can save it but Twoflower, Rincewind (last seen dropping off the end of the world), an old barbaric geezer, a luggage with more legs than one can count and one of the 8 great spells plus a wonderful array of silly, funny, innovative and original characters.Still as intriguing as The Colour of Magic, this book is even funnier, but still (luckily) not as ravishingly mad as The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, to which many draw unfair and impossible paralells. This story is very different and holds more suspence wrapped in good fun than any other book I've ever read. Will Rincewind and co. stop the malevolent red star from destroying the Disc? An ingenious ending awaits you, so what are you waiting for! This book is so cheap, you can't afford to miss it.