For other uses, see Trip the light fantastic (disambiguation).
The Light Fantastic
First edition
Author
Terry Pratchett
Cover artist
Josh Kirby
Language
English
Series
Discworld
2nd novel – 2nd Rincewind story
Subject
Fantasy clichés
Characters:
Rincewind, Twoflower, The Luggage, Cohen the Barbarian
Locations:
Ankh-Morpork, Dungeon Dimensions
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Colin Smythe
Publication date
2 June 1986
ISBN
0-86140-203-0
Preceded by
The Colour of Magic
Followed by
Equal Rites
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published on 2 June 1986, the first printing being of 1,034 copies. The title is taken from L'Allegro, a poem by John Milton, and refers to dancing lightly with extravagance, although in the novel it is explained as "the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic. It was a rather disappointing purple colour."
The events of the novel are a direct continuation of those in the preceding book, The Colour of Magic.
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