The Light Fantastic
Readers rate it 3.9 (1.2K on Hardcover)
241 pages · Released 2000 · HarperPaperbacks
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The Light Fantastic is a humorous fantasy adventure featuring Rincewind the bumbling wizard. The story is lighthearted and comedic with minimal violence and crude language—typical of Pratchett's satirical humor aimed at middle and older readers. While there are some mature themes woven through the satire and occasional mild peril, the tone is fundamentally fun and the messages about courage and friendship are positive.
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From the back cover: 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 the world.... From the back cover: 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 the world....
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- Fiction
- Discworld (Imaginary place)
- Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character)
- Fantasy
- Discworld (imaginary place), fiction
- Fiction, fantasy, general
- Fiction, humorous
- Rincewind the wizard (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, humorous, general
- Literature and fiction, fantasy
- Fiction, satire
- English literature
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ISBN 9780061020704 · HarperPaperbacks