There’s a problem: one of those spells is in Rincewind’s head, and no one knows where he is! So here’s a desperate search for Rincewind and Twoflower (and Luggage) who continue to travel to the most absurd places in the world.Īmong other things, I’d like to mention the first appearance of another barbarian (after Hrun of The Color of Magic) since he’s destined to return a few times in the rest of the saga (in Interesting Times and The Last Hero): Cohen the Barbarian, Pratchett’s version of Conan the Barbarian. On the other hand, it sets in motion the wizards who understand that in order to avoid the end of the world (that actually IS approaching!) must pronounce the eight spells of the Octavo. On the one hand, this drives crazy part of the population who, thinking that the end of the world is approaching, begins to exterminate the wizards believing them responsible.
And, as if that weren’t enough, there are also plenty of opportunities to laugh, once again at the expense of the fantasy literature (and even classic fairy tales) that Pratchett knew so well and that he enjoyed making fun of so much.įirst of all, the fil rouge of the plot is the appearance in the sky of a red star towards which Great A’Tuin seems to be headed. All the ideas that were presented in The Color of Magicwhich were not resolved in any way, find here a worthy conclusion. It could be that it took Pratchett three years to write it, but compared to the other book in which the story is almost just an excuse for the jokes, here the plot is much tighter and there’s a clear sense of direction. In fact, it’s important to know what happened immediately before the beginning of the book where the Octavo changes reality in order to ensure that one of its spells is not lost when Rincewind finds himself floating in Space (it sounds complicated, if you haven’t read The Color of Magic)!Īlthough it’s only a sequel, I find The Light Fantastic to be far superior to the previous book. This makes it unique already, being the only book in the saga that cannot be read independently.
Published in 1986, it’s the second part of the story of the tourist Twoflower (a native of the Agatean Empire) accompanied by the wizard Rincewind in Ankh-Morpork and its surroundings. The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Discworld saga.
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