Washington Post Book World
"For lighthearted escape with a thoughtful center, you can't do better than...Any...Discworld novel."


From AudioFile
Part of Pratchett's famous and comic Discworld saga and sequel to The Colour of Magic. Planer is confronted by a variety of eccentric characters and with brilliant flair he brings them off well. Great stuff. D.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine


San Francisco Chronicle
"Unadulterated fun...Witty, frequently hilarious."


Book Description
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.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 Publisher
The Funniest And Most Unorthodox Fantasy In This Or Any Other Galaxy A sequel to The Colour of Magic "Unalloyed delight" - Guardian "Marvellous sequel to The Colour of Magic pure fantastic delight" - Time Out "Dropping off the edge of their world does not seem to have done Rincewind, Twoflower or Luggage any harm ... Excellent" - SFF Books "Good fun is had by all in one of the most hilarious romps in ages" - Erg

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Rincewind was the most truly inept wizard the flat earth of Discworld had ever known. He was a wizard with only one spell, a spell he would never dare to say, one of the Eight Great Spells from the magical Octavo. So powerful was this magic that every ordinary useful spell refused to stay in the wizard's mind for even one instant.

Then the Red Star appeared in the sky--and everyone finally understood what the Eight Spells were really for...to ward off the menace of this starry devastation. But the Octavo only has seven spells left. And suddenly the whole planet--from wizards and warriors to druids and demons--were after Rincewind. Yet even if they found him in time, would this inept magician be able to get the only Spell of his life right? Would this be the end of the only honest-to-gosh flat earth--or some crazy new beginning...?

FROM THE CRITICS

AudioFile - Don Wismer