Customer Reviews
Another great Discworld novel - By: Ms. K. Marsh, 29 Dec 2008 
Synopsis from Amazon:
'What shall we do?' said Twoflower.
'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival. When the very fabric of time & space are about to be put through the wringer -in this instance by the imminent arrival of a very large & determinedly oncoming meteorite - circumstances require a very particular type of hero. Sadly what the situation does not need is a singularly inept wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Equally it does not need one well-meaning tourist & his luggage which has a mind of its own. Which is a shame because that's all there is...
This is a funny fantasy book which follows The Colour of Magicin the Discworld Series by Pratchett, & is possibly better! There were fights, crazy characters & some extremely funny one-liners. Although the second bookin the series I think it is writtenin a way that means you could read it as a stand-alone book & still understand & follow the storyline, & still enjoy the book.
I love the way Pratchett writes, drawing youin & he is so descriptive & clever that you feel like you are really there. I had no trouble imagining the red star, the trolls or the luggage. He is a fascinating writer & I have found myself just wanting to read more of his work.
In this book my favourite character was either Cohan the Barbarian or the Luggage. Both were hunourous, the former with his attitude & one-liners & the latter with his presence & response to events.
My only complaint was that Death did not feature enough! I thought the ending was a bit sad but realistic. I just really enjoyed this book.
9/10
Rincewind rides again - By: Jeremy Bevan, 20 Dec 2008 The one where Rincewind (again) saves the Discworld, this time by saying the eight most powerful spellsin the seminal work of magical lore known as the Octavo - which the fearsome Luggage then eats. Another fast-paced series of adventures for Rincewind & Twoflower,in which they fight off creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions & first encounter Cohen, the somewhat superannuated barbarian hero. More of an action adventure than some of the later, more wryly philosophical Discworld novels, but there's still plenty of trademark Pratchett humourin this second instalment of the series.
My review - By: discmythnut, 13 May 2008 
being a Discworld fan, my phoenomena started here.
Rincewind, ever since this book, has beguiled mein certain ways. His sarcasm, his dry sense of humour, his psychological depression, and, as I later realized, his innocence & good nature, beneath that crusty exterior. In Sourcery, he actually saves the world with a half brickin a sock & I thought that was the bravest thing he has ever done, since, despite his reluctance.
In this book, he looks a bit like Wee Willie Winkie 20 years later, I reflected. But his character hadn't changed.
One problem with this book is that they took out one major character- Trymon. Trymon is a great adversary & he's so ambitious & high achieving, which led to his downfall.
Allin all, a good book if you haven't read the series.
Has to Be the Best Fantasy Series of Books Ever - By: J. Chippindale, 15 Apr 2008 Terry Pratchett has become one of the most popular authors alive today & his popularity is richly deserved. But not even with his fertile mind could ever have envisaged the heights to which his Discworld series would rise. This book first publishedin 1986 is the second of the Discworld novels & to a degree it is amazing that these books have achieved such popularity.
First published twenty one years ago The Light Fantastic is the second bookin Terry Pratchett's wonderful Discworld series & once again features the incorrigible & cowardly wizard Rincewind a graduate of the Unseen University of wizardsin Ankh-Morpork. Rincewind has the unfortunate knack of getting most of his spells wrong & this tends to put himin ever deeper trouble than he was to start with.
Twoflower is the Discworld's `first tourist' along with his remarkable luggage, oh for such a piece of luggagein today's modern airports. A piece of luggage that can never get lost. Equipped with a number of legs & the homing instinct of a carrier pigeon, it will always find its owner, even when he owner doesn't want to be found.
In this sequel, the Discworld is rapidly moving towards what seems an inevitable collision with a strange red star, & there is only one person who can avert a major disaster. Unfortunately that person happens to be our ham-fisted university graduate, Rincewind the wizard
Great - By: H. Kennedy, 15 Dec 2007 Thankfully for him I love it! (Not all of it!) Rincewind the unsuccessful wizard, is one of the most powerful chararters you would come acrossin your adventuresin the DiscWorld. Sadly I don't like other charators, but the sarcastic impressionin which Rincewind is, it comes across very wellin the atmosphere. Espeically when the whole of the Disc (or pizza many people are saying!) is riding on the back of a turtle,in which four elephants are carrying the world is heading for a big, red starin which would bring to an end of the whole of the Disc. Don't get upst about the wayin which the few pages are written. If you carry on, & head towards the further pages, you'll get into it. Note of Warning: There aren't any chapters. Enjoy the book I did! So have many others! & if you missed Tino Georgiou's--The Fates--I strongly recommend reading it.
