The Color of Magic

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Terry Pratchett s profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of 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 On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle sex unknown , a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out There s an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet Read The Color of Magic By Terry Pratchett – kino-fada.fr I haven t reviewed this because I read it so long ago that all I can remember is I loved it.I ll take our very old and battered copy bought in 1987 to the hospice this weekend when I go with Celyn and see if I can t refresh my memory.RIP, Sir Terry DON T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH So to the review I ve just read this in slightly over 24 hours which is extraordinary for me I normally take a month to read a book It is, to be I haven t reviewed this because I read it so long ago that all I can remember is I loved it.I ll take our very old and battered copy bought in 1987 to the hospice this weekend when I go with Celyn and see if I can t refresh my memory.RIP, Sir Terry DON T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH So to the review I ve just read this in slightly over 24 hours which is extraordinary for me I normally take a month to read a book It is, to be fair, both a very readable and a very short book 65,000 words a short fantasy these days is 100,000 words.I was surprised to find how much of thi... Reading The Color of Magicis akin to eating an entire bowl of ice cream just a little too fastsure, it may cause your head to hurt at times, but the sweet rewards make it all worth it Filled with ambitious wizards and ruthless assassins, the city of Ankh Morpork has survived many dangers in the past, but now it faces an evendestructive force TOURISM When a rich but bored outsider named Twoflower decides to explore the city in searc...Before picking it up, I d heard that The Colour of Magic was funny Now that can mean just about anything because, let s face it, comedy is the most subjective of arts Funny is a deeply personal thing The funny peculiar and the funny ha ha might not be the same from person to person or even to the same person depending on their mood or their place in life So knowing something is funny ahead of reading it really doesn t tell me much I d read Terry Pratchett s Neil Gaiman s Good Omen Before picking it up, I d heard that The Colour of Magic was funny Now that can mean just about anything because, let s face it, comedy is the most subjective of arts Funny is a deeply personal thing The funny peculiar and the funny ha ha might not be the same from person to person or even to the same person depending on their mood or their place in life So knowing something is funny ahead of reading it really doesn t tell me much I d read Terry Pratchett s Neil Gaiman s Good Omens quite a while ago, so I expected at least a hint of satire and politically conscious wit, but I had no idea which of the authors to blame for the smart laughs in Good Omens, and my recollections really shed no illumination on what was to come So I read The Colour of Magic with as open a mind as I could and hoped for some laughs I didn t laugh much a...And so it begins Sir Terry Pratchett s wildly imaginative Discworld series begins with the 1983 publication of The Color of Magic.I have been reading science fiction and fantasy for a long time and somehow I managed to not read any of his works until I came in late to the party A friend suggested I try one, I d like it and so I read the fourth in the series, Mort and I thought so much that I decided I would climb the hill and enjoy every step.Begin with a heaping portion of British humor hum And so it begins Sir Terry Pratchett s wildly imaginative Discworld series begins with the 1983 publication of The Color of Magic.I have been reading science fiction and fantasy for a long time and somehow I managed to not read any of his works until I came in late to the...I will officially be reading the entire Discworld seriesThis must be the exception that proves the rule For years I ve been adamantly advocating reading series in publication order, whether a coherent story or a set of standalones In Discworld, that simply doesn t seem to be the best solution Everyone seems to suggest that a new reader should not start with the first book, so this must be partially my fault for doing it anyway The Colour of Magic is at best a mediocre introduction to what is supposedly the best humourous fantasy series ever writte This must be the exception that proves the rule For years I ve been adamantly advocating reading series in publication order, whether a coherent story or a set of standalones In Discworld, that simply doesn t seem to be the best solution Everyone seems to suggest that a new reader should not start with the first book, so this must be partially my fault for doing it anyway The Colour of Magic is at best a mediocre introduction to what is supposedly the best humourous fantasy series ev...I m pretty sure people have told me about Pratchett and his Diskworld series before, usually working in the phrase He s the Douglas Adams of fantasy into the description But the problem was that I always felt that I had had enough of Adams after the third Hithiker s Guide to the Galaxy book, and whenever I scanned Pratchett s section in the bookstore I was immediately put off by not knowing where to start reading among the approximately five hundred thousand Diskworld books I m glad I finall I m pretty sure people have told me about Pratchett an...This series is much beloved of my friends, both here on Goodreads and out in the wilds of meatspace he s even been referred to as Fantasy s answer to one of my favorite authors the superlatively funny and insightful Douglas Adams As such, I was excited to start the series at the beginning, hoping the wit and wisdom would overcome the warts of this early outing Unfortunately,the jokes drewgroans than guffaws, reminding me of Mark Twain s comments on the book of friend and fellow America This series is much beloved of my friends, both here on Goodreads and out in the wilds of meatspace he s even been referred to as Fantasy s answer to one of my favorite authors the superlatively funny and insightful Douglas Adams As such, I was excited to start the series at the beginning, hoping the wit and wisdom wou...Oh what fun, review to follow So here is my review I first read this I m guessing some time around 1990, and then went on to read the sequels as they were released,until sometime around the millennium, when for various reasons I moved house and lost around 5000 books Anyway I haven t read another Terry Pratchett Discworld novel since then So when I was bought the first twenty in the series earlier this year I did a little mini dance similar to the Floss ha ha and looked forward to when I Oh what fun, review to follow So here is my review I first read this I m guessing some time around 1990, and then went on to read the sequels as they were released,until sometime around the millennium, when for various reasons I moved house and lost around 5000 books Anyway I haven t read another Terry Pratchett Discworld novel since then So when I was bought the first twenty in the series earlier this year I did a little mini dance similar to the Floss ha ha and looked forward to when I could start Well that time is now and so I ve started on the series.In my op...If I hadn t already read the entire series, and if I was judging this book just by its own merits, I d still be saying that it harnesses the lightning and even finds a way to make it go side to side rather than up and down.It s really fantastic as a straight fantasy with tons of humorous elements, with a good dealworldbuilding than all the later books,obvious and harsher tongue in cheek elements, and a great setup for the Great Wizzard Rincewind.Honestly I love Rincewind I love the If I hadn t already read the entire series, and if I was judging this book just by its own merits...

The Color of Magic
  • English
  • 12 June 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 228 pages
  • 0060855924
  • Terry Pratchett
  • The Color of Magic