Rincewind, all the shops have been smashed open, there was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?" The disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailor who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for too long and set out for the antipodes soon learned that the reason why distant ships sometimes looked as though they were disappearing over the edge of the world was that they were disappearing over the edge of the world. A lot more could be included now to explain why these two are dropping out of the world, and why Twoflower’s Luggage, last seen desperately trying to follow him on hundreds of little legs, is no ordinary suitcase, but such questions take time and could be more trouble than they are worth. For example, it is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Weedle ‘Why are you here?’ and the reply took three years. Rincewind shows even more of his cynicism and it didn't exactly help his ill bedside manners being partnered with the impossibly, insufferably optimistic Twoflower. Though the action in The Light Fantastic takes over immediately following the events in the first book, Rincewind has fallen off of the edge of the world, this novel seems to gather momentum from a good but somewhat shaky start and proceed with a comic authority. While The Colour of Magic could have been a funny stand alone, Pratchett’s entry with The Light Fantastic seems to usher in a certainty that the Discworld as a multiverse, as a literary institution, has begun and with no end in sight.

The writing is sporadic but fun, It’s get it now, the POV shift is the worst but I get it now. Then there’s the humor, I love it so much. This is a take off on the various popular theories involving such things as the relationship between the circumference and the height of Great Pyramid at Giza and the various 'cosmic truths' associated with it. People who espouse such ideas in relation to the Giza pyramids are referred to as pyramidiots and a comprehensive list and explanation of the various theories by these pseudo-scientists can be read at: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Giza_pyramids Some timid, rare Sci-Fi buds spring in the, unofficially second half, of the tour de force introduction into the settings of the Discworld, including multi dimensions, human sacrifice, possession, lynch mobs, and the apocalypse. I’m still very much taking pleasure in these very early Pratchett books, especially in mind that I’ll be seeing a * lot * more of these people in the future. As well as even if I’ll primarily be focused on people I have not seen yet, anyway, I’m still appreciating what might as well be an overview guide of the entire Discworld universe. The book ends with Twoflower and Rincewind parting company, as Twoflower decides to return home, leaving The Luggage with Rincewind as a parting gift.

Eventually, wizards get together to see what’s happening and they summon Death, my favourite character. Death speaks in capital letters, and in my copy there are no quotation marks for him. In the audio, the phrases “he said” are eliminated, as the voice is echoing, deep and resounding, as if from the grave. As somebody who grew up reading lots of this example as well as playing a great deal of Dungeons & Dragons, I’m familiar sufficient with the style and also trappings that Pratchett parodies. Yes, there’s the Conan apology, there’s the Dragonriders of Pern homage, there’s the in-joke concerning Leiber’s Fafhrd as well as Gray Mouser. But that’s easy. Things that made me almost instantly fall for these books is the writer’s completely dry wit and his capability to derive wit not only from the absurdity of the tale (as well as think me, it obtains plenty unreasonable) yet also from just great old fashioned turns of phrase, wry discourse, as well as jokes. The person simply has an incredible capability to stuff 5 or 6 jokes into a solitary sentence, a lot of them making skillful use of that dependable standby of British wit, paradox. It’s truly clever and also truly funny, and also the reality that it improves the inherent silliness of the high dream style is just icing. We see Rincewind hanging over the rim of the discworld. I mean this whole story is so great. Then we find out that the great turtle is heading toward a red star in space and it freaks the people of discworld right out.

Bumbling wizard Rincewind and hapless tourist Twoflower have survived a host of misadventures . . . only to face annihilation as a red star hurtles towards the Discworld in this gloriously funny second installment in Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series (also the second book in the Wizards collection) I have a very special place in my heart for nearly all the people and creatures in the book. Of course I have certain favourites myself but I couldn't resist liking nearly everything and everyone. It sounds so corny of me, I know. But damn it, I can't help myself not when they're all so fleshed out well. Definitely not when they each have their own unique quirky personality.

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