5/31/2023 0 Comments Pratchett the light fantastic![]() ![]() The events of the novel The Light Fantastic are a direct continuation of those in the preceding book, The Colour of Magic (the only novel in the Discworld series to follow on in this manner).Īfter the wizard Rincewind has fallen from the edge of the Discworld, the Octavo magic book saves his life and he lands back onto the world. "While she danced on her light fantastic toe, Those lyrics were probably inspired by "The Ballet Girl", a song popularized by Tony Pastor at his Bowery "Opera House" in the mid-19th century that had as the chorus: ![]() "Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke Milton's line was popularized in the American song "Sidewalks of New York" (melody and text by Charles B. ![]() The phrase "He did trip it / On the toe" was used in a 1608 song "Since Robin Hood" which was set to music by Thomas Weelkes. Milton may have been referencing Miranda in Shakespeare's The Tempest when she says: The title is a quote from the poem L'Allegro by John Milton, "Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe" and in the original context referred to dancing lightly with extravagance. The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. ![]()
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