Title: The Light Fantastic

Title: The Light Fantastic Title Record # 2209
Author: Terry Pratchett
Date: 1986-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Discworld
Series Number: 2
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Language: English
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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1989^ⓘTranslated by Andreas Brandhorst	German	Das Licht der Phantasie
1990^ⓘTranslated by Olle Sahlin	Swedish	Det fantastiska ljuset
1991^ⓘTranslated by Venugopalan Ittekot	Dutch	Dat wonderbare licht
1993^ⓘTranslated by Patrick Couton.	French	Le huitième sortilège^?Le huitième sortilege
1998^ⓘTranslated by Sohár Anikó and Nemes István	Hungarian	A mágia fénye
2002^ⓘTranslated by Roberto DeNice	Portuguese	A luz fantástica^?A luz fantastica
2015^ⓘTranslated by Andreas Brandhorst	German	Das Licht der Fantasie

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination (as Das Licht der Phantasie)	1990 Kurd Lasswitz Prize	Bester ausländischer SF-Roman

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Light Fantastic	1986-05-00	Terry Pratchett	Colin Smythe	0-86140-203-0	£9.95^?£: UK pound	217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1986-09-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	0-552-12848-1	£1.95^?£: UK pound	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1987-00-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	0-552-12848-1	£2.50^?£: UK pound	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1987-08-00	Terry Pratchett	Colin Smythe / SFBC	11154	$4.98^?$: US dollar	189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1988-03-00	Terry Pratchett	Signet / New American Library	0-451-15297-2 / AE5297	$3.50^?$: US dollar	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1989-00-00	Terry Pratchett	St. Martin's Press	0-312-48603-0	$14.95^?$: US dollar	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Light Fantastic	1990-00-00	Terry Pratchett	Colin Smythe	0-86140-203-0		217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1991-00-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	0-552-12848-1	£3.99^?£: UK pound	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1993-00-00	Terry Pratchett	Colin Smythe	0-86140-203-0	£9.95^?£: UK pound	217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1993-00-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	0-552-12848-1	£3.99^?£: UK pound	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic (The Graphic Novel)	1993-11-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	0-552-14159-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound	128	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Light Fantastic	1995-10-00	Terry Pratchett	Gollancz (Compact Discworld #2)	0-575-06164-2	£4.99^?£: UK pound	333	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1997-00-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	0-552-12848-1	£5.99^?£: UK pound	285	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1997-12-00	Terry Pratchett	ISIS Large Print Books	1-85695-399-8	$20.99^?$: US dollar	200	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Light Fantastic	1998-06-00	Terry Pratchett	Roc / New American Library	0-451-16241-2	$5.99^?$: US dollar	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The First Discworld Novels: The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic	1999-05-08	Terry Pratchett	Colin Smythe	0-86140-421-1	£16.99^?£: UK pound	v+ 352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Josh Kirby
Rincewind the Wizzard	1999-07-00	Terry Pratchett	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-0345-1 / 00286	$14.98^?$: US dollar	649	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Tom Kidd
The First Discworld Novels: The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic	1999-10-00	Terry Pratchett	Dufour / Colin Smythe	0-86140-421-1	$33.95^?$: US dollar	v+ 352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	1999-12-16	Terry Pratchett	ISIS Audio Books		$38.47^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	2000-00-00	Terry Pratchett	Colin Smythe	0-86140-203-0		217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	2000-02-00	Terry Pratchett	HarperPaperbacks	0-06-102070-2	$3.99^?$: US dollar	241	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ben Perrini
The Light Fantastic	2000-02-02	Terry Pratchett	Turtleback Books	0-613-27938-7	none	241	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ben Perrini
The Light Fantastic	2001-04-00	Terry Pratchett	HarperTorch	0-06-102070-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar	241	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Light Fantastic	2004-05-00	Terry Pratchett	HarperTorch	0-06-102070-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar	241	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ben Perrini
The Light Fantastic	2004-09-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	0-552-15259-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	285	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Light Fantastic	2004-10-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi Audio	0-552-15223-4	£14.99^?£: UK pound		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
The Light Fantastic	2005-09-00	Terry Pratchett	Perennial / HarperCollins	0-06-085588-6	$13.95^?$: US dollar	241	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Light Fantastic	2006-04-01	Terry Pratchett	ISIS Audio Books	0-7531-0739-2	$71.95^?$: US dollar		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
The Light Fantastic	2007-05-00	Terry Pratchett	Hill House		$40.00^?$: US dollar	217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Colour of Magic / The Light Fantastic	2008-03-00	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	978-0-552-15727-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound	569	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Colour of Magic	2008-03-10	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	978-0-552-15727-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound	288	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni
The Light Fantastic	2008-08-05	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	978-0-552-15728-5		288	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
The Colour of Magic / The Light Fantastic	2008-12-00	Terry Pratchett	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-08509-1	£20.00^?£: UK pound	424	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Stephen Player
The Light Fantastic	2009-10-13	Terry Pratchett	HarperCollins e-books	978-0-06-180115-0	$5.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Light Fantastic	2009-11-24	Terry Pratchett	Transworld Digital	978-1-4070-3439-3	£4.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	2012-06-21	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	978-0-552-16660-7	£7.99^?£: UK pound	285	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	2013-02-00	Terry Pratchett	Harper	978-0-06-222568-9	$9.99^?$: US dollar	277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ben Perrini
The Light Fantastic	2014-08-07	Terry Pratchett	Gollancz	978-1-4732-0533-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Light Fantastic	2022-07-28	Terry Pratchett	Penguin Books	978-1-80499-025-4	£9.99^?£: UK pound	288	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Light Fantastic	2024-04-23	Terry Pratchett	Harper	978-0-06-337367-9	$17.99^?$: US dollar	272	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Light Fantastic	date unknown	Terry Pratchett	Signet / New American Library	0-451-16241-2	$3.95^?$: US dollar	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	date unknown	Terry Pratchett	Roc / New American Library	0-451-16241-2	$5.99^?$: US dollar	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby
The Light Fantastic	date unknown	Terry Pratchett	HarperTorch	0-06-102070-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar	241	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ben Perrini
The Light Fantastic	date unknown	Terry Pratchett	HarperTorch	0-06-102070-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar	241	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ben Perrini
The Light Fantastic	date unknown	Terry Pratchett	Corgi	978-0-552-12848-3	C$12.99^?C$: Canadian dollar	285	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Josh Kirby

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Reviews

Review by Barbara Davies (1986) in Vector 134
Review by Pauline E. Dungate [as by Pauline Morgan] (1986) in Fantasy Review, November 1986
Review by Wendy Graham (1986) in Adventurer, December 1986
Review by Ken Lake (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #63
Review by Neil Gaiman and Wendy Graham (1987) in Adventurer, January 1987
Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #97 October 1987
Review by John C. Bunnell (1988) in Dragon Magazine, July 1988
Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
Review [German] by Klaus Erichsen (1990) in Fantasia 49/50
Review [French] by Marc Lemosquet (1993) in Yellow Submarine, #106

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