The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic

2012 paperback cover; art by Josh Kirby
Author	Terry Pratchett
Audio read by	Tony Robinson (abridged) Nigel Planer (unabridged) Colin Morgan (new)
Cover artist	Josh Kirby
Country	UK
Language	English
Series	Discworld
Release number	2
Sub-series	Rincewind
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Colin Smythe, Gollancz/Corgi
Publication date	1986-06-02
Preceded by	The Colour of Magic
Followed by	Equal Rites

Blurb

As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld has only one possible saviour. Unfortunately, this happens to be the singularly inept and cowardly wizard called Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world...

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2015-08-18	Radio Morpork	“First (And Last) Among Sequels”	radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2016-10-23	Ankh-Morpork Public Radio	“The Light Fantastic”	shoutengine.com
2018-12-15	The Death of Podcasts	“The Light Fantastic”	aalgar.com
2019-02-28	Wyrd Sisters	“The Light Fantastic”	wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2019-12-01	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“Exposition and Pineapple” (1/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2019-12-09	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“No, The Oven Blew Up” (2/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2019-12-16	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“Let's Discuss Some Sins!” (3/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-01-14	The Compleat Discography	“The Light Fantastic”	compleatdiscography.page
2020-06-17	Who Watches the Watch	“Druids! Druids!” (1/2)	who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2020-06-24	Who Watches the Watch	“This Luggage Eats TERFs” (2/2)	who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2020-08-26	The Disc-Course	“Battle Royale with Mages” (1/4)	shows.acast.com
2020-09-09	The Disc-Course	“A Voretal of Souls” (2/4)	shows.acast.com
2020-09-23	The Disc-Course	“Wouldn't It Be Gneiss” (3/4)	shows.acast.com
2020-10-07	The Disc-Course	“Raw Turtling” (4/4)	shows.acast.com
2021-01-06	Stuck on Arrakis	“Discworld Book 2”	buzzsprout.com
2021-01-11	Disc Coverers	DCP 02a (1/2)	anchor.fm
2021-02-02	Disc Coverers	DCP 02b (2/2)	anchor.fm
2021-06-08	Pratchat	“Cosmic Turtle Soup”	pratchatpodcast.com
2021-11-10	Nanny Ogg's Book Club	“The Light Fantastic”	fireside.fm
2022-10-20	I’ve Never Read Discworld	“The Light Fantastic”	anchor.fm

Other appearances

Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2012-06-08	The Pratchett Podcast	“The Pratchett Podcast episode 7a”	thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com
2021-03-18	Fiction Fans	“The Light Fantastic & Cycles of the Phoenix”	fictionfanspodcast.com
2022-11-01	I’ve Never Read Discworld	Bonus: “The Light Fantastic in Comics and TV”	anchor.fm

Adaptations

• Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic was the second of three two-part Discworld adaptations for Sky television made by The Mob. It combines the plots of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, bringing in the plot of the wizards hunting down Rincewind to recover the spell during the events of the first novel. It starred David Jason as Rincewind, Sean Astin as Twoflower, Tim Curry as Trymon and David Bradley as Cohen the Barbarian. Notably Jeremy Irons, Nigel Planer and Terry Pratchett also appear, with Christopher Lee as the voice of Death (having previously played the part in the Cosgrove Hall animated adaptations and Brian Cox providing narration.
• A comic book adaptation was published in four parts between June 1992 and February 1993. It was adapted by Scott Rockwell with art by Steven Ross. It was published as a collected volume by Corgi in 1992, and later in the hardcover The Discworld Graphic Novels along with the earlier adaptation by the same team of The Colour of Magic.

External links

• The Light Fantastic at the L-Space Wiki
• The Light Fantastic on Wikipedia