'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The Times The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. And the whole thing's just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge. Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself. Rincewind is the world's worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course. ' Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination. HIGHLY recommended, and if I could adore Pratchett anymore than I already do, I would.NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS 'It was octarine, the colour of magic. Boy was I ever wrong.įrom the Big Bang Hypothesis, to the Cliffhanger ending, I was teeheeing and snorting through the entire clever, funny, action-packed and reference-rich tale. In a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unkn. The Colour Of Magic: The first book in Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld series Kindle Edition by Terry Pratchett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 22,251 ratings Part of: Discworld (41 books) See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Like the books, the reading order is rather convoluted, so theoretically I'm starting with #1, then persisting with some sort of chronological reading order, within the general story arcs.Ī part of me expected this to be a weak entry in Discworld, given that it is book #1, and as a general rule, I've found initial books-in-series to lack development. Read 12,017 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. I figured it was high time I started at the (sort of) beginning. Since then, I've read several books in the Discworld series. It took me quite awhile to figure that out, and to read anything in the Pratchett-universe. Some of the ideas, being very Gaimanesque, led me to the rest of Gaiman's books, but the snarky, playful humor is (mostly) all Pratchett. The first thing I ever read by him was Good Omens, which of course, he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

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