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What andyl was trying to get at is that you don't have in your personal library The Colour of Magic, you have 'The Color of Magic / Terry Pratchett (ISBN 0061020710)' or 'The Colour of Magic / Terry Pratchett (ISBN 0552124753)' or one of an unbelievable number of other editions. They may have ...

... sedaris is always funny 35. mrs dalloway - virginia woolf much preferred to the lighthouse, excited for the waves 36. the color of magic - terry pratchett i had to speedread something i don't usually read in order to get my head cleared up; i can't honestly say that i enjoyed this but it ...

6. Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett The Discworld series was a rather late discovery for me, but so far (only two books actually) I really enjoy it.

>138 kcs_hiker, that's disappointing, though after reading about 50 pages in Color of Magic not entirely surprising. I have to say I really enjoyed the first several Pratchett books I read -- the Tiffany Aching series really suited my (admittedly odd) sense of humor. >148 dchaikin, I might ...

#138 kcs_hiker - for what it's worth, The Color of Magic is Pratchett's first discworld book, and it's generally considered one of his weakest. If you ever try again, consider Small Gods. But, as for the SFF aspects, well Pratchett is really more about satire (and silliness) than fantasy.

... me in on that group read... I've actually never read The Mists of Avalon ... and I probably need to >120 Bell7: I read The Color of Magic... and haven't touched a Pratchett since, despite having repeatedly heard him touted as one of the best SFF authors ever.

... A Walk in the Woods, and The Dark is Rising Currently listening to -- Captain Alatriste Stopped reading -- The Color of Magic Edited to fix touchstones

I stopped reading The Color of Magic for now. Eventually I'll return to it, but I just have to be in the right mood to enjoy the humor. I finished listening to The Tenth Circle today. I enjoyed it, though the ending was not unexpected. I've started reading A Walk in the Woods for ...

... I enjoy these rather more than I think someone my age should... :-) Still working on The Mysterious Island and The Color of Magic. I'm hoping that having a vacation from one of my part-time jobs this coming week will aid in shortening my over a foot high pile of library books and ...

... counting down the pages. 2/5 stars. Edited to add -- Currently reading: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne and The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett Currently listening to: The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

... book and partly because I didn't really care for it. Two days ago, I started The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne and The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (only my second Discworld novel), but haven't read far in either. Last night, I read the first 2 volumes in Ouran High School Host Cl ...

... discworld group. Or google for Lspace - a fan site with a good reading ordre guide. Basically the first two - colour of magic and light fantastic aren't as good as the rest. After that there are several different mini themes, following various characters, each of which are best ...

katttg in The Green Dragon : Rereading? (Jul 28, 2008, 8:43am)

... it. I don't generally reread books I've hated, but I do reread books I couldn't finish, or just didn't like very much. The Color of Magic is one of those that I have never been able to actually get through, despite the fact that I adore Terry Pratchett.

I'd heard so many raves about the Discworld series, so I figured best to begin at the beginning. Unfortunately, The Colour of Magic was disappointingly dull, and I had to really work my way through it. As most of the commenters mention that to be the case, I will return to Pratchett at some ...

I started The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett, but put it down when my mother was diagnosed with an illness and came to my house for an extended stay. I heard so many good things about the book, and I wasn't finding it funny. I wanted to wait until that was at least a possibility. So, ...

... Wednesday Sisters before I start on The Host, but it'll be tough! Then I'll likely start the Bartimaeus Trilogy, or The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. At any rate, I'll be reading any two or three of those for the next week or two.

... and Team of Rivals, and in RL: Invader, The Annotated Alice in Wonderland, The Annotated Wizard of Oz, Clapton, The Color of Magic, American Pie Slices of Life and Pie from America's Back Roads and finally, the first few pages of several TBR books. I will not list them - much too ...

... need to describe Diskworld. They don't all like it ?! but they know what to expect. The hardest partid those who've tried colour of magic and didn't like it, but who may like some of the later ones. Explaining how they're different is difficult.

... the Farseer Trilogy and the Tawny Man series George RR Martin: Song of Ice and Fire Terry Pratchett: Discworld series Charles Delint: the Newford series Tad Williams: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

... to read something that was so unpredictable and so well written. today, during our seven hour car ride, we listed to the colour of magic. we haven't finished it yet because we didn't start it right away and then we had some trouble with one of the tapes, so far it has been enjoyable, but I ...

Robertgreaves in 50 Book Challenge : 50@50 (Jun 8, 2008, 7:24am)

Finished No. 71 Starting No. 72 Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic Given that The Colour of Magic ends with a ummm cliff-hanger I thought I'd carry on with the next in the series. A re-read not taken from the TBR pile. Still 59

Robertgreaves in 50 Book Challenge : 50@50 (Jun 7, 2008, 8:45pm)

Starting No. 71 Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic I have enough of a cold and general feeling of being run down to want something a bit lighter than the Ovid, which is proving heavy going. This is a re-read, and not from the TBR pile, which is therefore unchanged at 59.

33.The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 34.Life the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams 35.Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Reaper Man and The Colour Of Magic, bought while I was working at Barnes & Noble. I was laughing so loudly in the back room that the manager lectured on me 'maturity.' I also bought Night Watch in Paris, France, at the original Shakespeare & Co. bookstore. I just like telling people that.

has to have a colour in the title not the word colour itself, e.g colour of magic black thorn, white rose by Ellen Datlow snow white, blood red by Ellen Datlow blue diary by Alice Hoffman golden (once upon a time) by Cameron Dokey green angel by Alice Hoffman

... As far as the first in the series not necessarily being the best, that is where the summary will come in. For instance, "The Colour of Magic is the first book in the series; however, Equal Rites is the best book to start with in the series," could be written.

... encourage them. For example, a kind friend decided that as I hadn't at that stage read any Pratchett, she would lend me The colour of magic. Out of politeness, I finished it, but wasn't moved to pick up another. Only a year-and-a-half later did I look at Equal Rites (no. 3 in the series) ...

... du cyberspace by Johan Heliot 6. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold 7. Matter by Iain M. Banks 8. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett 9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon 10. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay 11. ...

... ad Watership Down A Midsummer Night's Dream The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories Stardust Le Morte d'Arthur The Colour of Magic Good Omens The Little Prince A Christmas Carol Redwall The Belgariad The Borrowers The Neverending Story

... :) Yesterday I bought a couple of books at a sale. I got Katharine Kerr's The Spirit Stone, Terry Pratchett's The Colour of magic & a couple of Kids books that were just gorgeous, one of them is a Jigsaw Puzzle book called Wizards, its got 4 jigsaw puzzles of wizards & a story ...

... nuts at Amazon..ordered eleven..including more Cormier!! I think something's wrong with me..I keep going to start The Colour of Magic, and can't get past the prologue! HELP! I seriously need to update this thread everytime I finish a book rather than procrastinating on the reviews--I ...

How'd you like Maurice (and also how was The Wee Free Men)? I tried starting The Colour of Magic and can't get past the prologue.. :( I see you took over the Distubring Books stuff..EEE!! Thanks!! How's school?

... I liked enough to finish but didn't like enough to immediately run out to buy the next one in the series. Just started The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. A lot of heavy things are going on in my life, and I can't tell quite yet if this will lighten them or if I'm just not going to ...

... Of Kings. My review is here http://www.librarything.com/work/24435/details/22695917 Nancy, How about reading The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett I know alot of people love Terry Pratchett but for me this book was just okay. I'd be interested to know your opinion on it. ...

Finished The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. I liked this book. The drastic differences in the main characters , Twoflower (who is up for anything), and Rincewind (very serious and would rather stay home), was entertaining. The luggage was my favourite. A real quick read. 2008 book ...

My favorite is probably Thud or Night Watch; I'm a HUGE Vimes fan. Least favorite would be The Color of Magic.

... is Mort, although I loved Eric. Both of them had me laughing out loud over and over again. Least favorite was Colour of Magic. I'm glad I kept going after that one, because I liked it all right, but not enough that normally I would have bothered reading any more by him, if I hadn't ...

If you enjoy fantasy, you might try any of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books--the first is The Color of Magic although you can start anywhere in the series. They are so funny and also great social commentary.

... Pullman (27 votes) Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory (22 votes each) The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (21 votes) The Borrowers by Mary Norton

The thing about Color of Magic is that it's not really representative of the series as a whole. And the newer books absolutely blow my mind . . . I tend to recommend Guards! Guards! as a starter, or else Wyrd Sisters, the latter especially for Shakespeare fans. Color of Magic I think ...

mpramanik - Just be patient with Discworld. If you don't love Colour of Magic, try Guards!, Guards! or one of the other beginnings to a series within the series. Then if you don't like it, perhaps it isn't your thing. I really loved Color of Magic though. And welcome!

... Instrument (Sayers and Heyer respectively). Sorta like comfort food. I have Pratchett's The Light Fantastic and The Color of Magic - his first two I think - but when I started reading him it was just not the right time. Which is a deviation on not being able to read anything "long" ...

Oh, you guys, I'm getting totally out of control!! Here was my order from Amazon on Sunday night: The Colour of Magic Thirsty Burger Wuss Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos Tenderness Dreamside The Wish House Among the Dolls Harvey Walden's No Excuses! Fitness Workout T ...

... everything doesn't always turn out spic and span for the main characters! 2008 book total: 14 I have already started The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, and I am also starting A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

... definitely recommend his books that have Rincewind as the main character, those would be the first few books in the series: Colour of Magic, the Light Fantastic, and a few others. Oh, and Reaper Man is my favorite DEATH book.

20. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 21. The Kin by Peter Dickinson

My first one was Colour of Magic. I liked it, but I wasn't blown away, by any means. I'm so glad I kept going!

I would add The Wicker Man, Chocolat and anything from Studio Ghibli. Hogfather and The Color of Magic ...

I know I started with the Colour of Magic and that I gave that away several years later to get someone else started. Consulting my bookshelves I find my copy of the Light Fantastic dates from 1986, so I probably bought both in the mid-80s in the days The Forbidden Planet was a small shop in Den ...

... tucked behind the Dan Simmons book I was checking out. Then it dawned on me it was series. I immediately bought The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic and I've been a fan ever since. There was a rough patch in the fall of '02 when I couldn't get Mort, Sourcery or Eric ...

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

I started with Monstrous Regiment, but then went and restarted with The Colour of Magic. I've had many of my friends bug me about Pratchett and so when I went to the Oakland Museum's White Elephant Sale, I went looking for cheap used copies. MR was the only Pratchett still available when I ...

... I enjoyed Mort more; it made me laugh more. Those are the only two Terry Pratchett books I've read recently, but I did read The Colour of Magic a long time ago. I don't remember much about it now, other than Rincewind and the walking chest. Mort and Reaper Man have me hooked, though; I'd say ...

I started at the beginning with The Colour of Magic when it first came out in paperback ... 1983 ... and have bought and read every one of the "main" Discworld series as it's been published in paperback.

... Discworld novels it seems that tastes vary a lot. I'd recommend reading the first books of the various story arcs (e.g. Colour of Magic (Rincewind), Mort (Death), Equal Rites or Wyrd Sisters (Witches), Guards! Guards! (Night Watch) to see which ones you like. In my experience, after ...

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 221 pages / 1983 / 3.5 stars / Fantasy The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's introduction to the concepts, characters and ideas that he will build on to make his Discworld series. It suffers a little from what I call "first-book-in-a-serie ...

... knew before reading this book where Terry Pratchett got his style from. Even the lengthy footnotes are dead-set the same as the colour of magic. It was a little eerie: a sci-fi Pratchett novel, yet not Pratchett... Personally, I like Pratchett better, though still have nothing against Douglas ...

... book" I'm counting series as one.... *ominous music* To my shame, I've only read three Terry Pratchett books - The Color of Magic, Guards, Guards, and one of the ones with Death in it (probably The Light Fantastic, but I don't remember.) I reallly need to get those read. I ...

The problem is that everyone's opinion varies. I'd put the 5 to Buy Last Only For The Sake of Completeness as: Colour of magic Light fantastic Small Gods Eric and maybe interesting times Several of these have appeared on others buy first lists. Is this your first exposure ...

... You will eventually anyway. ;) The five I've enjoyed most so far: Guards!, Guards! Hogfather Carpe Jugulum The Color of Magic The Light Fantastic That being said, I just haven't read any of the beginning Witches or Death novels. I'm working my way through the Watch first. Y ...

... Friedman Coldfire trilogy Paul Park Starbridge Chronicles Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, starting with The Colour of Magic (not particularly brilliant) most notably Hogfather and Witches Abroad (from the 'miniseries' about the witches) Robert Holdstock The Mythago ...

discworld by Terry Pratchett - 36 books so far The Colour of Magic The Light Fantastic Equal Rites Mort Sourcery Wyrd Sisters Pyramids Guards! Guards! Faust Eric Moving Pictures Reaper Man Witches Abroad Small Gods Lords and Ladies Men at Arms ...

I would certainly count Beowulf. What about for things like Colour of Magic to reference in the description that it is the first in the series but the quality varies and then give the name of one of two of the best? Hmm, short story collections. I can think of a few books that I have that ...

... - with maybe a * to indicate that it is the beginning of a series. But with say Discworld this is tricky the initial book colour of magic is poor, and probably not worth a place on the list, but you don't want to individually list the other 25+ really excellant works either. Short story ...

7. the Color of Magic. I have to say, if this is what others consider one of the weaker books of the Discworld series, I cannot wait to read the others!

6. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett

... but nonetheless great books, and I'm just finishing up Diane Duane's The Book of Night with Moon and Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic edited because the stupid link kept comeing up wrong. I actually read the first 5 volumes but I didn't put them all up.

nancyewhite in 888 Challenge : Nancy's 888 (Jan 4, 2008, 11:38pm)

... Arthur 3. You Suck by Christopher Moore 4. Blood Lines by Tanya Huff 5. Blood Pact by Tanya Huff 6. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett 7. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke**** 8. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer**** Potential Alternates ...

... of the best reads of the year. 49. Plain Truth, Picoult I find her books very disturbing but love to read them 50. The Color of Magic, Pratchett My first adventure into Discworld-LOVED IT! 51. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak One of the best reads of the year-stayed with me long ...

... at the same time, and even managing to catch up with some magazine reading thanks to the extra holiday down time. 13 Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett 5/5 Finished 28/12/07 One of my walking to work audiobooks. Fantastically read by Nigel Planer. It's amazing the difference a good ...

I always recommend starting with Guards Guards to get a good feel of the Discworld itself, then go back and start with Colour of Magic and work your way forward from there in published order...

The Colour of Magic was the first Discworld novel I read and it is also the first in the series. The next one is The Light Fantastic which I have on my bookshelf but haven't read yet. Then comes Equal Rites I think. I have read that you don't have to read them in any particular order though.

... and Vadim Jean is available in both hardback and paperback as of 1 November. The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett available in hardback from 16 June 2008. Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collector's Edition Calendar 2009 ( ...

I agree that my least favourite DW book was The colour of magic but I have quite a few 'best' ones! There are themes and groups of people that run through the series and that is why I think it is quite good to read them chronologically. Although this is only really necessary for the witches ...

Finished The Colour Of Magic, which was very funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and kind of love Rincewind. Am still working on The Crimson Petal and the White, which is great but slow going, as well as Food: A Culinary History, of which I only read about one article a day, as it otherwise ...

Still on the same three books... apparently working at a bookstore kills your reading time... the colour of magic food: a culinary history the crimson petal and the white They're all really good books, it's just I have literally no time to freaking read. It's actually really ...

... Spindle's End by Robin McKinley Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon From PBS The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett From BookMooch Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen Other Powers by Barbara Goldsmith 3 of 7 author's touchstone ...

Food: A Culinary History The Crimson Petal and the White The Colour Of Magic Good Omens was quite funny, incidentally.

... d: Life With Jeeves Fell Vol. 1 Good Omens 2008 Writer's Market I Am America (And So Can You!) Reaper Man The Color Of Magic Gonzo: The Life Of Hunter S. Thompson A Pocket Style Manual The Gonzo Way: A Celebration Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson What does this say about ...

... . I have recently purchased: Gonzo: The Life Of Hunter S. Thompson (I LOVE Hunter S. Thompson. Love him. Soul mates.) The Color Of Magic Reaper Man (I'm trying out Discworld, after you guys have inspired me. It's ALL your fault!) (touchstone for Hunter is wonky. BLASPHEMY!)

Truckers, probably on the basis of having seen Cosgrove Hall's animated adaptation. Then its sequels, then The Colour of Magic...

ellevee in The Green Dragon : Discworld? (Oct 21, 2007, 2:36am)

I just started The Color Of Magic, and so far think it's pretty good. Don't love it yet, but I did just start.

The Colour of Magic was my first book, which I really didn't like. I was too new to sci-fi/fantasy and didn't get all the in-jokes. It's been tw