The Light Fantastic
- Author Terry Pratchett
- Narrator Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Publisher Transworld
- Publish Date 7 July 2022
- Run Time 7 hours and 42 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Adventure fiction, Comic (humorous) fantasy, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Fantasy, Humorous fiction, Satirical fiction and parodies.
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What to expect
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before
The audiobook of The Light Fantastic is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'Darkness isn't the opposite of light, it is simply its absence . . . what was radiating from the book was the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic.'
The Discworld is in danger, heading towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, its magic fading. It needs a hero, and fast.
What it doesn't need is Rincewind, an inept and cowardly wizard who is still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Or Twoflower, the well-meaning tourist whose luggage has a mind (and legs) of its own.
Which is a shame, because that's all there is . . .
The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
'Incredibly funny, compulsively readable' The Times
© Terry Pratchett 1986 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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‘He is a satirist of enormous talent..Incredibly funny, compulsively readable’
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