{"id":2734,"date":"2014-04-23T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2014-04-30T00:07:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T07:07:13","slug":"mark-predicts-the-light-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2014\/04\/mark-predicts-the-light-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Predicts &#8216;The Light Fantastic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">You know, until my lovely moderator nanceoir updated the schedule to include predictions for <i>The Light Fantastic<\/i>, I didn&#8217;t even know if predictions were going to be a part of this experience. Alas, it&#8217;s time to public embarrass myself for the <i>Discworld<\/i> fandom. LET&#8217;S DO THIS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><!--more-->If you&#8217;ll bear with me, I do want to make sure to re-iterate the rules, particularly for this sort of post. A lot of times, my first prediction post for a new series I&#8217;m reading or watching brings out a whole lot of spoilers, so let&#8217;s make sure y&#8217;all know that this is not the time to break the rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>1) Do not spoil me<\/b>. Don&#8217;t tell me in any way if a prediction of mine is right or wrong. Don&#8217;t make a tally of this. Don&#8217;t openly quote things and laugh at them or say I&#8217;m unprepared because of it. Please be careful. I realize that this may limit discussion in some ways, but this type of post is the only way I can publicly post my thoughts about upcoming books in a series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>2) Don&#8217;t spoil other people<\/b>. If you are reading <i>The Light Fantastic<\/i> for the first time, you are welcome to post your own predictions! Please treat these people with the same respect and courtesy that you would extend to me. Don&#8217;t spoil them in anyway either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>3) Don&#8217;t pretend to be unspoiled and post predictions that end up being correct<\/b>. This hasn&#8217;t happened in a while, granted, but it was an unfortunate thing in the past. My moderators will know when you do this, and you&#8217;ll be banned from commenting. Don&#8217;t ruin a good thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And with that, LET&#8217;S TRY TO DO THIS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Mark&#8217;s Predictions for <i>The Light Fantastic<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">We will learn how Rincewind survives the fall off the Discworld.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">We will learn what happened to Twoflower and Tethis.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">All three characters survive.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">So does the Luggage because it&#8217;s the Luggage and it has to.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">I&#8217;m guessing that A&#8217;Tuin doesn&#8217;t have a gender.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">I&#8217;m also guessing that they&#8217;ll land on new world, but they&#8217;ll be separated.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">The next book will switch POV between Rincewind and Twoflower.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">We&#8217;ll also be introduced to a new character who will show up in future novels. (I realize I won&#8217;t be able to determine if this is true until later, but I just wanted to guess this.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">We&#8217;ll learn what spell Rincewind has in his head because he&#8217;ll have to use it.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">He&#8217;ll survive it&#8217;s use and be able to learn new magic!<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Twoflower will also get to go home after the events in <i>The Light Fantastic<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">My guess is that the title of <i>The Light Fantastic<\/i> refers to a form of magic that we&#8217;ll learn about.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">I don&#8217;t even know how to predict anything else.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\">Well, let&#8217;s see how I fare! I start <i>The Light Fantasic <\/i>on Friday morning!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; If you would like to support this website and keep Mark Does Stuff running, <a href=\"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2013\/09\/help-keep-mark-does-stuff-running\/\"><span class=\"s1\">I&#8217;ve put up a detailed post explaining how you can!<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Please check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/markdoesstuff.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">MarkDoesStuff.com<\/span><\/a>. All Mark Watches videos for past shows\/season are now archived there!<br \/>\n&#8211; My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=815s3sbr8clhdi9tn8k7r3tim4%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America\/Los_Angeles\"><span class=\"s1\">Master Schedule<\/span><\/a> is updated for the near and distant future for most projects, so please check it often.<br \/>\n&#8211; I will be at quite a few conventions and will be hosting numerous events throughout the US, Canada, and Europe in 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/tour-dates-appearances\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Please check my Tour Dates\/Appearances page often to see if I&#8217;m coming to your city!<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Inspired by last year&#8217;s impromptu park event in London, I am taking Mark in the Park on the road! <a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2014\/02\/the-official-mark-in-the-park-tour-2014\/#idc-cover\"><span class=\"s1\">You can see all the currently-planned dates and pitch your own city here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, until my lovely moderator nanceoir updated the schedule to include predictions for The Light Fantastic, I didn&#8217;t even know if predictions were going to be a part of this experience. 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