The Light Fantastic

Name: The Light Fantastic
Rating: 4.030612244897959 (98 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 9780061020704

by Terry Pratchett

4.0

(98 ratings)

272 pages2000Harper CollinsISBN 9780061020704

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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About this book

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...

Publication Details

Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2000
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780061020704
Language: en

About Terry Pratchett

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 non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his young adult novel *The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents*.