Re-read with buddies!I'm still very much enjoying these early Pratchett books, especially in mind that I'll be seeing a *lot* more of these folks in the near future. And even if I'll mainly be focused on folks I haven't seen yet, anyway, I'm still enjoying what may as well be an overview primer of the whole Discworld universe.That being said, I think Rincewind is given a bad rap in the series. I love the hell out of him. He's the ultimate bumbling idiot under the geas of a penultimate Eighth Spe...

I adore Terry Pratchett. I don't know how to elaborate on that so I'll just share some of my favorite moments in Light Fantastic.Snarky social commentary: She is there, down below the mines and sea ooze and fake fossil bones put there by a Creator with nothing better to do than upset archaeologists and give them silly ideas. Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not the least of which was that men didn't take you seriously until you'd act...

Death made a great appearance in this story. Small, but spot on. This is absurdism at its best.I enjoy The Color of Magic, but it was a slow read. It didn't hook me completely into the series, but I did know that I wanted more of this. I thought this story was fantastic. I know it's only the 2nd one, but this story was great. It's so funny and punny.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 towar...

Buddy read with my lovely friend, Choko 😘Omg! We had so much fun with this book!! I loved it so much!! Me and Choko plan on reading them all and I’m just thrilled! These characters crack me up and I love them!! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

Awesome!!!What can I say, which has not been said about the brilliant Terry Pratchett? He is still the best at bringing humor to absurd Fantasy, and we as readers just have to buckle up for the ride! I am happy to be reading the series with my friend Mel, and the shared joy of following our reluctant heroes through the Diskworld, makes the experience even more cherished! Highly recommend to all😉

Reading Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series makes me smile. Because of his writing I invented the "Smile-O-meter" which measures smiles per book. Pratchett always scores high.Three years after Terry Pratchett published The Color of Magic, the first Discworld book, he published the second, The Light Fantastic, having decided convincingly that this was a worthwhile project.Though the action in The Light Fantastic takes over immediately following the events in the first book, Rincewind has falle...

Review to follow tomorrow, but tell me why have I waited so long to re-read the Discworld books. 😢😳And the honest answer is, well for a while I didn't have a copy of any Discworld novel, due to the fact that (as I think I've mentioned before (oh no am I getting so old I'm repeating myself ?) ) I lost so so so many books in one of my house moves, Discworld novels amongst them. And then somehow I forgot just how good the books were.So The Light Fantastic picks up where The Colour of Magic left off...

19/25 (76%) 4 stars.Is it weird that DEATH is now one of my favourite characters?My entry into Pratchett's Discworld novels was rather disappointing: The Colour of Magic was too lackluster for me, too crazy, too all over the place. The second volume makes it much better and shines with a clear plot structure, fine absurdism and wonderful play with stereotypes and tropes. Pratchett's Discworld is hereby publicly declared my major project for the current quarter of the year! Slight weaknesses betw...

This book was every bit as fun as the last- maybe more so. Since this is number two in series order, I am getting a feel for where the author was at the point in time it was written. The character development seems more vivid. Rincewind, the Luggage, the Druid sacrifice girl, and the over the hill barbarian fighter are characters that will live with me long after this series is done.This story has more of a quest feel to it than the last one did. It definitely builds to a strong climax. In order...

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 do tend to ask myself how it would have been if Pratchett would have dealt with more sci-fi concepts instead of focusing on fantasy and society, and the whole multi dimension idea gives a tiny glimpse at what could have been. I´ll keep waiting for an author who might co...

3.5 stars. A step up from the first Discworld book, but doesn't deliver like books later in the series Check out my new youtube channel where I show my instant reactions to reading fantasy books seconds after I finish the book. This really does feel like the first Discworld book, because the first one seemed like a totally different thing given the episodic nature of it. This one follows a single arc like the rest of the books, and was overall a more enjoyable experience. The story is

“The sun rose slowly as if it wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort.”If you follow my reviews, you already know that I’m a sucker for English humor. I adore the sarcasm, wit, innuendo, and self-depreciation that the English apply with such skill. And the very English Sir Terry Pratchett is inventive, irreverent, ingenious, and imaginative as indicated! Before I read my first Pratchett novel, I did a little research. The advice I found was to start with “Guards, Guards,” followed by “The Light

3.5 stars (yes, I actually liked the first one a bit better)"The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you've got to go somewhere afterward where you can remember them, you see? You've got to stop. You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back home."Thus, this second book in the Discworld series is about the continued adventure of Twoflower, the very first tourist, and Rincewind, the failed wiz(z)ard with only one spell in his head.We get to know more about tha...

Put two of my favourite Discworld characters,the Luggage and Death, into the same book and I am obviously going to be happy! This was a reread of this book which I read the first time many years ago. Pratchett obviously improved his writing as the series progressed and his books became more sophisticated, but these early works are still a delight. I love the humour, the characters, the story and the sheer imagination of the man.The world is poorer without him but thank goodness he left us so man...

I'm pretty sure people have told me about Pratchett and his Diskworld series before, usually working in the phrase "He's the Douglas Adams of fantasy" into the description. But the problem was that I always felt that I had had enough of Adams after the third Hithiker's Guide to the Galaxy book, and whenever I scanned Pratchett's section in the bookstore I was immediately put off by not knowing where to start reading among the approximately five hundred thousand Diskworld books. I'm glad I finall...

I’m glad I didn’t give up on this series, I thought book one was overrated but after reading book two, it’s safe to say that though this isn’t your regular fantasy book it is a great one. “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out,” said the shopkeeper. “That’s what I’ve always thought. No one goes mad quicker than a totally sane person.” Book two still follows Rincewind and Two Flower, their adventure continues. I really enjoyed reading this, I think I finally get the w...

"You still love Terry Pratchett, after all these years?""Always."- Gandalf, Return of the Jedi.Jokes aside, my teen years were marked by edginess, heavy metal, nihilism and Terry Pratchett. I think the latter was never a phase; he is an author that will always be in my heart and in my head, providing bellyache-inducing laughs whenever Death has an identity crisis (which is always) or when Nanny Ogg is trying to explain to her seemingly infinite children who their real fathers are(and lying throu...

Another excellent Discworld adventure from the late Sir Pratchett. All that was missing in my judgement was more inspiration and positivity by the main characters 6 of 10 stars

I'm late to the Discworld party but I'm not leaving. Pratchett's writing is stealthily brilliant, the world-building is already remarkable with over forty to go, and it's often quite funny. I've been in a reading slump; in different times I'd have devoured this. No matter, when I could disappear in its pages I was entertained, absorbed and happy. I finished and bought the next two; joy has been in short supply for many of us and when I can concentrate and not lose focus to the constant incoming

"Inside every sane person, there's a madman struggling to get out. That's what I've always thought. No one goes mad quicker than a totally sane person." The second installment in the Discworld series is a bigger, funnier delight. One heck of a Laugh Out Loud read.Something I consider very special in Sir Terry Pratchett's works is that many authors can pull off a joke every once in a while in their stories but Mr Pratchett managed to keep the whole thing comical, while at the time satirical. Not