- Fiction, Discworld (Imaginary place), Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character), Fantasy
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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Epic, comic, cool and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr, POCKET, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 60
- Language
- English, German, cze, Russian
- ISBN
- 9788373379923
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“This sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.”
Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, *The Carpet People*, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (*The Colour of Magic*) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read no
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