¡Hola!
In this occasion I'm recommending you The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett (Discworld#2, Rincewind’s
arc #2).
In this book, we found the main characters, the wizard Rincewind and the
tourist Two-Flowers, right where we left them at the end of The Color of Magic: falling from the
edge of the world.
It seems that the end
of Discworld it’s near, as long as Great A’Tuin (the giant turtle who carries
in its back the four elephants who carry the Discworld in theirs) keeps getting
closer to a red star. The only way to save the world it’s reading the eight
spells of the Octavo, held in the Unseen University. The problem is that the
eighth spell is no longer inside the book, but inside the mind of a wizard, who
must be the one to cast all the spells in the right way. The thing is… that
wizard happens to be Rincewind, who “had been generally reckoned by his tutors
to be a natural wizard in the same way that fish are natural mountaineers”.
Of course, it’s not the only solution. When a wizard dies, all the spells
contained in his brain fly away, to the closest magical recipient. A.K.A.,
another wizard. So Rincewind’s life it’s, obviously, in great danger. But he’s
just used to that.
Along with Two-Flowers, Cohen the Barbarian- a toothless, ageing hero-
and Bethan - a sacrificial virgin saved by the trio-, he tries to stay alive
and find his way to the Octavo.
My edition, with the astonishing artwork by Josh Kirby
A family friend gave me this book as a present for one of my birthdays,
but I can’t remember which one (13th, probably). This book is
actually the second in the Discworld saga, but was my first approach to this
world. Between this and the second book I read there were some years, in which
I re-read TLF an innumerable amount
of times, because it really is that good.
Beyond the story lines, the two things I love the most about this series are 1)
the way that, despite the fact that we’re reading about a fantastic world in a
fictional universe that even has its own system of physics, everything is a
parody of our own world and occidental culture; and 2) the universe in where
everything happens was built by Pratchett in an incredible detailed way, and it’s
just a delight getting to know it in every reading.
Every book in the series is a standalone, except by this one and its predecessor.
There are several
arcs to choose, so pick the one that suits you better and start reading at
once!! You won’t regret it ;D
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