Book Review

The Light Fantastic
by Terry Pratchett

This is the second Discworld novel and picks up where The Colour of Magic leaves off. Inept wizard Rincewind is still traveling with the tourist Twoflower, getting into and out of various scrapes. Except now there is something bigger on the horizon, literally. A giant red star has appeared in the sky and grows larger by the day. Discworld's residents are grappling with the threat of apocalyptic doom, and Rincewind gets caught up in the machinations of the wizards of the Unseen University. Of course, those machinations are mainly aimed at killing him to get at the spell lodged in his head.
This one was very amusing, and the plot hung together better than in its predecessor. Rincewind does manage to save the world, mostly by dint of bumbling into the right places at the right times. Along the way, we encounter a sly parody of Conan the Barbarian, several puns and dad jokes, and plenty of satire. I really enjoyed the ride.