The Colour of Magic

Paperback, 288 pages

English language

Published Aug. 13, 1990 by Corgi.

ISBN:
978-0-552-12475-1
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OCLC Number:
12583368

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4 stars (67 reviews)

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins--with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.

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Review of 'The Color of Magic' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

An incompetent wizard is tasked with protecting a visitor from a faraway land. A fantasy novel for people who don't like fantasy novels.

I’ve read a lot of fantasy in my day but nothing quite like this. Somehow I had never read anything by Terry Pratchett, so I decided to read the first novel (of many) set in his Discworld universe.

The Colour of Magic is a fantasy book for people who’ve grown tired of fantasy tropes and for people who are looking for a talented (British) writer to poke fun at those tropes while using the fantasy setting to poke fun at the real world. All the while celebrating oddballs and weirdos by putting them center stage and relishing in their weirdness.

I read this book at the right time and the right place and I can’t wait to read more from Terry Pratchett.

Review of 'The color of magic' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The color of magic is the first installment of Pratchett's disc world series. It follows Rincewind, a wizard who only knows one spell, and Twoflower, a dangerously curious tourist from the other side of the disc.

I think Pratchett's way of telling the story isn't my style. Too much detail, too much unnecessary information, which would've been suitable for some sort of sequel, but not for the first book of a 40+ book series.

Nonetheless, I did enjoy this book. I think this fantasy series has a lot of potential, and Pratchett's creativity and fantasy is astoundingly surprising, which constantly makes me wonder how in the world he came up with this novel.

His creativity is very entertaining yo read, Nx I thoroughly enjoyed it.

4/5

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