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| {{Book Data
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| |title=The Light Fantastic
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| |cover=[[File:Cover The Light Fantastic.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]]
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| |coauthors=
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| |illustrator=[[Josh Kirby]]
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| |date=May 1986
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| |publisher=Colin Smythe
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| |isbn=9780861402038
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| |pages=217
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| |rrp=
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| |series=Rincewind Series
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| |characters=[[Rincewind]], [[Twoflower]], [[the Luggage]]
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| |annotations=yes
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| |notes= Book #02
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| }}
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| ==Blurb==
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| As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]] has only one possible saviour. Unfortunately, this happens to be the singularly inept and cowardly wizard called [[Rincewind]], who was last seen falling off the edge of the world ....
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| ==Characters==
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| ===Major Characters===
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| * [[Rincewind]]
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| * [[Twoflower]]
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| * [[the Luggage]]
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| * [[Ymper Trymon]]
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| * [[Cohen]] (first appearance)
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| ===Minor Characters===
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| * [[Galder Weatherwax]], 304th Archchancellor of Unseen University
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| * [[Swires]], a gnome (possibly the first appearance of [[Buggy Swires]], though this is not confirmed)
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| * [[Bethan]]
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| * [[Horse People]], collective name for the Horse Tribes in the [[Hubland]] steppes
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| * [[Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan]] (first appearance)
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| * [[Kwartz]], a homophone of {{wp|Quartz|Quartz}}
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| * [[Chrysoprase|Krysoprase]] (first appearance), a homophone of {{wp|Chrysoprase|Chrysoprase}}
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| * [[Breccia (troll)|Breccia]], a troll; not to be confused with 'the' [[Breccia]], a troll crime syndicate, though the latter is possibly named after the former; named after {{wp|Breccia|Breccia}}
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| * [[Jasper]], a troll; named after {{wp|Jasper|Jasper}}
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| * [[Beryl]], a troll; named after {{wp|Beryl|Beryl}}
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| * [[Old Grandad]], nickname for a troll whose real name we do not learn
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| * [[Weems]], Morpork mercenary
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| * [[Lackjaw]], dwarf jeweler
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| ===Cameos===
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| * [[Death]]
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| * the [[Librarian]] (first appearance)
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| * [[Greyhald Spold]]
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| * [[Belafon]], a surprisingly modern [[druid]] whose job title is "computer hardware consultant"
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| * [[Zakriah]], colleague of Belafon's
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| * [[Professor of Astrology]]
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| * [[Ysabell]] (first appearance)
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| * [[Jiglad Wert]]
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| * [[Lumuel Panter]]
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| * [[Ganmack Treehallet]]
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| * [[War]] (first appearance)
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| * [[Famine]] (first appearance)
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| * [[Pestilence]] (first appearance)
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| * [[Gancia]], leader of a gang of Morpork mercenaries
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| * [[Dahoney]], demagogue of the [[Star People]]
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| ===Mentions===
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| <!-- creating this section so we have links to pages that haven't been created yet-- not listing everything mentioned in book-- things that are mentioned in the book but are minor and already have pages are not listed below -->
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| * [[the Luggage|A box with many little legs that looks malevolently upon you without eyes]] -- sometimes seen by hallucinogen-enhanced shaman. However, this one is for real...
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| * [[Ancient Ones]] -- omniscient multi-verse beings who know everything about all the universes
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| * Azimrothe, T'chikel, Yrriph, Kcharla, Cheliliki, and Orizone -- supernatural entities by which Death can presumably be commanded (though Galder Weatherwax may just be posturing, especially since Death is answering questions freely anyway)
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| * [[Sky God]] and [[Celestial Cow]] -- possible creators of the universe according to some theories
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| * [[Skrelt Changebasket]] -- wizard
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| * [[Cimbar]] -- an Assassin
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| * [[Creosote]] -- [[Seriph]] of [[Al Khali]] in the expression "as rich as Creosote"
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| * [[Dean of Liberal Studies]] -- swallowed by the Luggage
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| * [[Captain Eightpanther]] -- creator of [[Captain Eightpanther's Travellers' Digestives]], a type of biscuit (full name given in {{COM}}, though possibly the human equivalent of [[dwarf bread]])
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| * [[Moon goddess]] -- who virgin druids meet when they are sacrificed (later in the book, we learn there are several moon goddesses)
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| * [[Olaf Quimby II]] -- a Patritian of Ankh with views on descriptive writing
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| * [[Rhunlet Vard]] -- apparent successor to Greyhald Spold (but opposed by Trymon)
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| * [[Ly Tin Wheedle]] -- famous philosopher
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| * [[Granny Whitlow]] -- witch who built a candy cottage (even though it sounds more like something [[Aliss_Demurrage|Black Aliss]] would do)
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| * [[Woo Hun Ling]] -- owner of Woo Hun Ling's [[Oriental Exotica and Martial Aids]], a shop on [[Heroes Street]]. Interestingly, the shop name does appear to be "martial" (relating to war), not "marital" (relating to marriage), possibly a typo, but perhaps an intentional joke. It's also interesting that the shop's name contains the word "Oriental": on the Disc, shouldn't this be Agatean? (or perhaps ''Auriental'' as this variant is used elsewhere).
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| ==Things and Devices==
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| * [[Book of Going Forth Around Elevenish]] -- book written by rather lazy [[Llama]]ic sect
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| * bronze torc -- apparently a small unit of druid currency
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| * [[Bumper Fun Grimoire]] -- book possibly containing last original joke in the universe
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| * Chant of the Trodden Spiral -- software-like chant designed for "concentric circle computing"
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| * charm, persuasion, uncertainty, bloody-mindedness -- according to druids, the universe's operation depends on these four forces
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| * Cupumuguk snow runes -- a language that the Eight Spells appear in briefly
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| * [[Iyt Gryet Teymple hyte Tsort, Y Hiystory Myistical]] -- a book (perhaps the only one) about the [[Pyramids]] of Tsort.
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| * I Don't Know, What? -- a geographical feature of unknown type with a silly name
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| * Just A Mountain -- a mountain with a silly name
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| * [[manicreach]] -- creature whose entrails can be used for scrying purposes
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| * [[Mirror of Oversight]] -- magical device
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| * [[Necrotelicomnicon]] -- a famous [[Grimoire|grimoire]]
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| * [[Nosehinger on the Laws of Contract]], a book Twoflower gives the Four Horseman to learn [[Contract Bridge (game)|bridge]]
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| * [[Potent Voyager]] -- research vessel
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| * Runes of M'haw
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| * [[Seal of Eightfold Stasis]] -- magical seal with considerable stopping power
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| * [[Seven League Boots]] --a somewhat tricky means of transportation
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| * [[Skelde, Spirit of the Smoke]] -- sometimes seen by hallucinogen-enhanced shaman
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| * [[The Little Folks' Book of Flower Fairies]] -- a book about pixies that Twoflower read as a child
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| * [[Topaxci, the God of the Red Mushroom]] -- sometimes seen by hallucinogen-enhanced shaman
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| * [[Umcherrel, the Soul of the Forest]] -- sometimes seen by hallucinogen-enhanced shaman
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| * [[Wandering Shop]] -- theoretical galactic empire controlled by shopkeepers (reminiscent of Robert Asprin's Deva?)
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| * [[YMPA|Young Men's Pagan Association]] -- parody of the Young Men's Christian Association ({{wp|YMCA|YMCA}})
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| ==Locations==
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| * [[Ankh-Morpork]]
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| ** [[Unseen University]] (first appearance)
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| *** [[Great Hall]]
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| *** [[Tower of Art]]
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| * [[Death's Domain]]
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| * [[Dungeon Dimensions]]
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| * [[Krull]]
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| * The [[Octavo]] (in certain metaphysical respects)
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| * The [[Red Star]]
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| * [[River Smarl]], a river connecting to the [[Circle Sea]]
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| * [[Skillet, Wang, Yrxle!yt, Bunglestiff, Cwmlad and Patel]], a [[tabernae vagantes|wandering shop]] appearing inside brick wall
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| * [[Skund]]
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| * [[Trollbone Mountains]]
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| * [[Vortex Plains]]
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| * [[Your Finger You Fool]], a forest in [[Skund]], rimwards of the [[Ramtops|Ramtop Mountains]], including:
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| ** [[Mount Oolskunrahod]], a mountain whose name translates to "Who is this Fool who does Not Know what a Mountain Is"
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| ==Sentient Species==
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| *[[Dwarfs]]
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| *[[Humans]]
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| *Giants (mentioned)
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| *[[Gnomes]]
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| *[[Trolls]]
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| ==Supernatural Entities==
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| *[[Creator|The Creator]] (mentioned)
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| *[[Demons]] (mentioned)
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| *[[Death]] & the [[Four Horsemen|Horsemen]] of the the [[Apocralypse]]
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| *[[The gods|The Gods]] (mentioned)
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| *[[Ice Giants]] (mentioned)
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| *[[Imps]]
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| *[[Dungeon Dimensions|Horrors from the Dungeon Dimensions]]
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| ==Adaptations==
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| {{TV Data
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| |title=Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
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| |cover=[[File:Magic DVD.jpg|thumb|200px]]
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| |asin=B001EM1E8A
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| |imdb=1079959
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| |date=23-24 March 2008
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| |channel=Sky One
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| |director=Vadim Jean
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| |producer=Rod Brown & Ian Sharples
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| |cast=David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, Christopher Lee (voice)
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| |duration=184 minutes
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| |episodes=2
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| |notes=
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| |series=Rincewind Series
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| |prev=[[TV and Film:Hogfather|Terry Pratchett's Hogfather]]
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| |next=[[TV and Film:Going Postal|Terry Pratchett's Going Postal]]
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| }}
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| ===[[TV and Film:The Colour of Magic|Television]]===
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| The plot of 'The Light Fantastic' was the focus of the series second episode.
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| Cast:
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| *[[Rincewind]] - [[Wikipedia:David_Jason|David Jason]] (''Only Fools And Horses, A Touch Of Frost, The Darling Buds of May, Open All Hours)
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| *[[Twoflower]] - [[Wikipedia:Sean_Astin|Sean Astin]] (''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, ''The Goonies'')
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| *[[Trymon]] - [[Wikipedia:Tim_Curry|Tim Curry]] (''The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Legend'')
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| *[[Death]] (voice) - [[Wikipedia:Chistopher_Lee|Christopher Lee]] (''The Wicker Man, The Man with the Golden Gun, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars Episode II: The Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith)
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| *[[Lord Vetinari]] - [[Wikipedia:Jeremy_Irons|Jeremy Irons]] (''Die Hard with a Vengance, Dead Ringers'')
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| *[[Cohen the Barbarian]] - [[Wikipedia:David_Bradley|David Bradley]] (''Harry Potter'' series, ''Hot Fuzz'')
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| *[[Bethan]] - [[Wikipedia:Laura_Haddock|Laura Haddock]] (''Honest, How Not To Live Your Life'')
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| *[[Galder Weatherwax]] - [[Wikipedia:James_Cosmo|James Cosmo]] (''Highlander, Braveheart, Trainspotting'')
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| *[[Librarian | Head Librarian of the Unseen University]] - [[Wikipedia:Nicolas_Tennant|Nicolas Tennant]] ([[TV and Film:Hogfather|''Terry Pratchett's Hogfather'']])
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| *[[Liessa]] - [[Wikipedia:Karen_David|Karen David]]
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| *[[Herrena]] - [[Wikipedia:Liz_May_Brice|Liz May Brice]]
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| *[[Arch-Astronomer]] - [[Wikipedia:Nigel_Planer|Nigel Planer]] (''The Young Ones'')
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| *[[The Luggage]] - [[Wikipedia:Richard_Da_Costa|Richard Da Costa]]
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| *[[Lumuel Panter]] - [[Wikipedia:Roger_Ashton-Griffiths|Roger Ashton-Griffiths]]
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| *[[Zlorf Flannelfoot]] - [[Wikipedia:Miles_Richardson|Miles Richardson]]
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| *[[Kring]] - [[Wikipedia:James_Perry|James Perry]]
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| *[[Broadman]] - [[Wikipedia:Stephen_Marcus|Stephen Marcus]] ([[TV and Film:Hogfather|''Terry Pratchett's Hogfather'']])
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| The TV adaptation also adds characters not referenced in the original book like [[Hector Tugelbend]] and [[Ransak Boggett]], who are essentially "placeholder" characters added for completion who are referenced only once, with minimal information, and then disappear again.
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| ===[[Game:The Colour of Magic|Video Game]]===
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| {{TCOM}} and The Light Fantastic were adapted into a text adventure video game [[Game:The Colour of Magic|''The Colour of Magic'']] in 1986.
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| ===[[Book:The Discworld Graphic Novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic|Graphic Novel]]===
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| The novel was adapted into a series of four comics illustrated by Steven Ross. These were then collected into a single edition in 1993 and then later in 2008 combined with the other collected edition based on {{TCOM}} into the omnibus [[Book:The Discworld Graphic Novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic|''The Discworld Graphic Novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic'']].
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| In 2008 {{TCOM}} and The Light Fantastic were reprinted together in a 25th anniversary edition with illustrations by [[Stephen Player]].
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| ===[[Theatre Adaptations|Theatre]]===
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| Elements of the book were used in the playtext [[Book:The Rince Cycle|''The Rince Cycle'']] by [[Stephen Briggs]] in 2015.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery mode="nolines" heights="120px">
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| File:LF First.jpg|First Edition Cover by [[Josh Kirby]]
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| File:LF Compact.jpg|Compact Edition 1995
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| File:LF Black.jpg|Paperback 2004
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| File:LF Tape.jpg|Audio Cassette
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| File:LF CD.jpg|Audio CD
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| File:LF US1.jpg|US Cover 2005
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| File:LF US2.jpg|US Cover 2013
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| File:TCOM LF Illustrated.jpg|Illustrated Edition by [[Stephen Player]]
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| File:TCOM LF Movie.jpg|Omnibus with TV Cover
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| File:LF Zoom.jpg|Paperback 2012
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| File:LF Unseen.jpg|[[Unseen Library]] Edition
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| File:LF CL.jpg|[[Discworld Collector’s Library]] Edition
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| File:LF_2022.jpg|Paperback 2022
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| </gallery>
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| ==External links==
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| [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/the-light-fantastic.html ''The Light Fantastic'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File]
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| {{series|before=The Colour of Magic|series=Discworld|after=Equal Rites}}
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| {{series|before=The Colour of Magic|series=Rincewind|after=Sourcery}}
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| {{series|before=The Colour of Magic|series=Wizards|after=Sourcery}}
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| [[Category:Rincewind Series]]
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