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Aug 7, 2023 · The Light Fantastic (unabridged) (AudioBook) Complete And Unabridged The book begins shortly after the ending of The Colour of Magic, with wizard Rincewind, Twoflower and the Luggage falling...
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The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published on 2 June 1986, the first printing being of 1,034 copies.
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After the wizard Rincewind has fallen from the edge of the Discworld, the Octavo magic book saves his life and he lands back onto the world. Meanwhile, the wizards of Ankh-Morporkdiscover that the Discworld will soon be destroyed unless the eight spells of the Octavo are read: the most powerful spells in existence, one of which hides in Rincewind's...
The book takes its title from John Milton's 1631 poem L'Allegro: The cover of a US paperback release features a mistake, with Cohen's name stated to be "Conan". Page 6 "[...] proves, whatever people say, that there is such a thing as a free launch." The line, "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" was originally coined by American economist Jo...
Characters
1. Rincewind 2. Twoflower 3. The Luggage 4. Ymper Trymon 5. Cohen
Det fantastiska ljuset(Swedish)La luz fantástica (Spanish)A mágia fénye(Hungarian)Dat wonderbare licht (Dutch)Graphic Novel
A graphic novel illustrated by Steven Ross and Joe Bennet, was published by Corgi in 1993. It has been published in hardcover along with the graphic novel of The Colour of Magic, as The Discworld Graphic Novels. (ISBN 9780061685965)
TV adaptation
1. Main article: The Colour of Magic (TV film) The Mob Film Company and Sky One produced a miniseries, combining both The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, broadcast on Easter Sunday and Monday 2008. Sir David Jason played the part of Rincewind. He was joined by David Bradley as Cohen the Barbarian , Sean Astin as Twoflower, Tim Curry as Trymon , and Christopher Lee taking over the role of Death from Ian Richardson (a role he previously portrayed in the animated series Soul Music and W...
Dave Langford reviewed The Light Fantastic for White Dwarf #83, and stated that "Abandoning the cruel fantasy parodies of his previous book, Pratchett leans more heavily on the one-line gags: the result isn't as pointedly funny, but still evokes more laughs than anything else around. EspeciallyThrud."
The Light Fantastic (1986) byTerry Pratchett also appeared as: 1. Translation: Das Licht der Phantasie [German] (1989) 2. Translation: Dat wonderbare licht [Dutch] (1991) 3. Translation: Le huitième sortilège? [French] (1993) 4. Translation: A mágia fénye [Hungarian] (1998) 5. Translation: A Luz Fantástica [Portuguese] (2002) 6. Translation: 异光 [Si...
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Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic is a fantasy-comedy two-part British television adaptation of the bestselling novels The Colour of Magic (1983) and The Light Fantastic (1986) by Terry Pratchett.
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