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Throughout the entire storyline everything is so well written and thought out that you can't help but truly enjoy it. I am happy to be reading the series with my friend mel, and the shared joy of following our reluctant heroes through the diskworld, m... Read More
The light fantastic is the sequel to the color of magic. In this early work, pratchett shines as a comedic fantasy novellist.
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The most interesting character in the book is a prop:the luggage is a semi-intelligent suit case with legsthat eats people it doesn't like. My main beef with pratchett is his tendency to show his cards early on and then spend endless amounts of time l... Read More
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With this i suggest you do start with the colour of magic, and then you'll run back to the light fantastic to see the two book conclusion!
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magic, first, fantastic, good and next. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 14,196 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 29 2023.
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Rincewind… the greatest coward on the disc… the most important wizard whose only talent is running away
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So if he shows you a gun or a book or a piece of luggage in the first act you can bet that it’s going to play an important role before the story is through
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That said the plot of the light fantastic—particularly in the first half of the book—felt a little random to me
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That might be my fault since i had to put this book aside a couple of times to focus on other things but generally i think that the jumps from one episode to the next were explained better in the color of magic
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Then again it’s fantasy and ridiculous fantasy at that
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Maybe pratchett doesn’t have to provide the characters with powerful motivations at every turn
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The story itself seems well thought out but a lot of the quirky bits seem to stick out like mr
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This continues the adventure of inept wizard rincewind and the tourist twoflower
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