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The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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The Discworld series is widely acclaimed by critics and readers alike. It's been compared to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, among other things. And you know, it's terribly clever. The idea of the Discworld itself, a plate of a world spinning on the back of a turtle and supported by elephants, is delightfully preposterous and is only enhanced by the collection of bizarre characters that inhabit it. I would have gobbled up this series with relish...about ten years ago. Now, while I found it to be a very light and fun read, I do not feel inspired to search out any of the other books. ( )
  melydia | Oct 28, 2009 |
I must admit I was disappointed. I expected more.I played the PC Discworld games years ago and they were great. Based on this one book I'm not sure I see why the series is so popular. The book was funny in parts, but it just jumped around so much you got frustrated. I might read the next one and see if it is better. ( )
  Neale | Sep 22, 2009 |
Pre09:

Yes, it is kind of a fantasy Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Characters: I really just didn't care for many of them here. Rice doo-wah was wishy washy.
Plot: The short stories kind of strung together, but it was more about the humor than the doing.
Style: This is why you read this books. It indeed is funny. And there really is no reason for a map in any fantasy book. 'Here be Dragons' is more than enough. ( )
  Isamoor | Aug 31, 2009 |
This is the first book of the discworld series, introducing us to such favorites as Rincewind, Luggage, the Patrician, the Wizards, Thieves, Assassins and Merchants Guilds and of course Death himself. Terry Pratchett started a series here which was full of witty social commentary presented in a brilliantly funny fantasy world. Fans of Douglas Adams, Robert Aspirin and of laughing in general will love these books. ( )
  DBJones | Aug 28, 2009 |
Okay, first of all I would like to say that I love ALL Terry Pratchett's books, so I am only going to highlight certain ones. I enjoy English humor for one and the way that his hapless universe somehow gets by. To begin The Color of Magic we meet the failed wizard (or "Wizzard") Rincewind, and the Discworld's first ever tourist, Twoflower in the city of Ankh-Morpork. Rincewind learns that being a tour guide is more dangerous than staying in Ankh-Morpork under the Patrician's "benevolent" gaze. Feeding the tourists strange appetite for what Rincewind considers everyday things while keeping him from destroying the whole of the Disc maybe more than Rincewind bargained for. ( )
  ravenwood0001 | Aug 20, 2009 |
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In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part...
Quotations
Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot"
"Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'."
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Canonical titleThe Colour of Magic
Original publication date1983
SeriesDiscworld (1), Discworld: Rincewind (1)
People/CharactersRincewind, Twoflower, The Luggage, Death, Hrun the Barbarian, Tethis (show all 8)
Important placesDiscworld, Ankh-Morpork, Discworld, Temple of Bel-Shamharoth, Wyrmberg, Krull, The Circumfence, Discworld
Awards and honorsWaterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years (2007, No 15), BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 93), Guardian 1000 (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
First wordsIn a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part...
QuotationsTourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot", "Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'."
Last words(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
BlurbersPeters, Elizabeth, McCaffrey, Anne, Ellison, Harlan, Pournelle, Jerry, Anthony, Piers , Moorcock, Michael
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0061020710, Mass Market Paperback)

The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that ... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400)

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