The Light Fantastic
- ISBN-10
- 055216660X
- ISBN-13
- 9780552166607
- Series
- The Light Fantastic
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-06-21
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
Description
" What shall we do?' said Twoflower. Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival. As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero. What it doesn't need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own. Which is a shame because that's all there is..."
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