It is my curse to be compulsively atruistic in sharing things that will improve your quality of life. (Perhaps yours too...)
If you ever want to read something light, Terry Pratchett is a prolific author of novels that are gentle satires on that genre that can be described as a blend of sword & sorcery and science fantasy. They are written at the "young adult" level, although one who is *quite* well read. Has the most magnificent puns, as good or better than Peter de Vries. At one point his Discworld novels accounted for 1% of the book sales in the United Kingdom. The BBC has made two or three TV series based on the novels, but the only one that I have seen that I think is really good and reflects the books well, is *Going Postal* Another comparison would be a kinder, gentler version of Monty Python.
And I haven't seen this one--a show based on the first in the Discworld series, *The Colour of Magic*
Rincewind (incompetent wizard) and Twoflower (naive tourist) meet Cohen the Barbarian, with cameo by The Luggage (made of sentient pearwood). Fanatically loyal to Twoflower but can be a danger to others.
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