The Light Fantastic
Series: Discworld Novels
by Terry Pratchett
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Fantasy
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publication date: 5 September 1986
Number of pages: 216
Interest Age: 14
Description:
Another "Discworld" novel. In this episode, the Discword is moving inexorably towards a collision with a malevolent redstar. There is only one man who can save the planet, the strange and hapless wizard Rincewind, last seen falling off the edge of the world.
What the papers say:
"[UNK] 'He is a satirist of enormous talent..Incredibly funny, compulsively readable' - The Times [UNK] 'He would be amusing in any form and his spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' - Daily Mail [UNK] 'Pure fantastic delight' - Time Out [UNK] 'A true original among contemporary writers' - The Times"
Author's Biography:
Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. His first Discworld novel for children, THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.
In Stock: 40 copies
