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The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novel) | 
 enlarge | Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Corgi Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 1666
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
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Pages: 283
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0552124753
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780552124751
ASIN: 0552124753
Publication Date: January 18, 1985
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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, Amazon.com
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Welcome to the Discworld December 20, 2008
The one where we are introduced to incompetent wizard Rincewind, who accidentally becomes a guide to Twoflower (the Discworld's first tourist) in a series of escapades controlled by the gods, who are (literally) playing dice. Features dragons, the horribly carnivorous but loyal Luggage, and space travel - well, almost. Pratchett's humour takes a while to get used to, but stick with it - there's a whole world waiting to be discovered in the Discworld series, of which this is the very first instalment. `The Light Fantastic' picks up where this work finishes.
Wonderful fantasy world December 10, 2008
Synopsis from Amazon:
It is fantasy? No - it's a different and more eccentric reality, where the world is flat and moves through space on the back of a giant turtle, Death stalks glumly about his duties, and dragons only exist if you believe in them. And your luggage follows you around on hundreds of little legs...
Follow Twoflower the naïve tourist and his inept guide Rincewind in their hilarious search for thrills, adventure and opportunities to not get killed. Follow them all the way to the Edge - and beyond...
This is the first Pratchett novel I have read, and I am glad I did, what a funny book!
Pratchett leads us through a fantastical world filled with gods, dragons, trolls and the like. This book was not a disappointment. Everything was described in such a way that it was easy to imagine and be transported there.
I loved Twoflower, I found his character hilarious. Pretty much all he did and said was funny. My other favourite character was Death. He had some great one-liners.
My only problem with the book was there were so many events and adventures and characters I slowly forgot who was who and what had happened before. However, this didn't really spoil the story for me.
The end is nicely set up for the next in the series, and I am looking forward to carrying on the adventure :-)
8/10
 Don't start with this one if you're new to the series July 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is certainly not one to start the series with if you are new to Terry Pratchett - it is thematically quite different (which is understandable considering that it's the first of his Discworld books) and rather rough in parts. It's certainly one to read once you're familiar with the world, but you'd be better off starting with something like Mort or Soul Music to get a better flavour of what Discworld is all about.
Discworld Begins. April 30, 2008
Ok you dont need to read every discworls novel, nor do you need to start here but I think it helps. This is one of the best, Rincewind has always been my favourite Pratchett Character anyway.
I loved it April 26, 2008
I loved the book and all its characters down to the tiniest atom. Rincewind and Death are now official favourite characters of mine and I am now a Discworld fan. I have read through 13-14 books so far and hope to read more, but this one I always come back to.
People may have thought It wasn't that great, but it was better than [[The Last Continent]]!
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