The Colour of Magic: Discworld, Book 1

I don’t know how many times I have read this story but it always makes me laugh. Thanks again for the memory of Terry

Fascinating, confusing, enjoyable just keep concentrating or you will get lost along the way, worth the effort of reading .

Terry Pratchetts genius though not as refined as some of his later works shines through in the entertaining and comical tale of rincewind and twoflowers adventures

What a mind to think of this, incredible!!

The Colour of Magic is the first book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld universe, not that that this really matters as there is no overarching story between books as in the Wheel of Time or Harry Potter canons. It is fun, easy reading with enough wit to stop it being fluffy.What's Good About This Book:The Colour of Magic is written with a razor-sharp understanding of humans and their follies, pretensions and overall daftness. It uses a parody version of fantasy, complete with inglorious versions of such tropes as the Barbarian and the Wizard, to throw a sharp light on our own world.The plot is also great fun. The main protagonists, the feckless, failed wizard Rincewind and childlike Twoflower, bounce between imaginative adventure after imaginative adventure without any loss of pace until the satisfying conclusion.What's Bad About This Book:Ultimately, there's not that much philosophical meat on the bones of this story. It's mostly entertainment but with a good dash of parody and philosophy thrown in for interest.It's also quite short. It came to 278 pages on my Kindle which, for many, might not be a huge amount of bang for your buck, especially in the fantasy genre with its many groaning tomes.Would I Read The Colour Of Magic Again?Probably not. It was great fun and I am very happy to have read it but I don't think there is enough depth to bring me back for a second reading.The Colour of Magic is ultimately a fast-paced, witty adventure bursting with imagination, although anyone looking for deep philosophising might find themselves unsatisfied.

Got it for my kindle to help travel light. Good read. Only wish I had a trunk like that

While this book is full of charm, wit and invention, it does show that it was Pratchett's first Discworld novel. It establishes a lot, and while the plot is fun, it's also rather aimless, and Pratchett often feels the need to constantly remind the reader of things. He seems to do this in each of the book's four parts, but I doubt most would leave it long enough between each to forget such details. The first part is told in a non-linear fashion, which isn't made as clear as it could be.There's also something odd about the formatting of the Kindle version, in that it brought up the "book complete" text at 93%, while I still had several pages to go. There's also "THE END" written between paragraphs, then again at the actual end, which is weird. Was that in the original book, or is it a mistake?

How much magic, peril and adventure, how many wizards, heroes, dragons and trolls, how much wit and laughter is it possible to squeeze onto a disc carried by just four elephants standing on a single, albeit giant, turtle? The sky is the limit, but only if your name is Terry Pratchett.The Colour of Magic will take you out of the grim reality of the year of the pandemic and into multiple fantasy worlds where everything is completely other-worldly and belly-laughingly hilarious.Twoflower, a tourist who arrives in the city of Ankh-Morpork (on its rougher side) acquires special protection from a (failed) wizard Rincewind, primarily because of his Luggage which is filled with riches the criminal fraternity of the city has never seen before. Like a caterpillar, The Luggage travels of its own accord, using its many busy feet, and that’s not even the most puzzling thing about it . Rincewind and Twoflower meet villains, dragons, trolls and all matter of characters who either assist or obstruct them on their travels. And then they come to the edge of the disc. I can’t say anymore but the story doesn’t end there – not quite, not once, and not in the conventional sense of the word.I reached for The Colour of Magic to shake off the blues of last year. I remembered reading I Shall Wear Midnight many years ago with my daughter, and I wanted to recapture that old magic. I definitely achieved that.

Well packed.

I had this book in my wish list for several years, finally took some time this summer to read it and it was very enjoyable. It reminds me a bit of Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy meets fantasy. I have read several others in the series and I agree with many of the reviewers, the writing and stories get better as you go along (I think this is true with most writers, I liked the "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" better than the first two Narnia books). But I did enjoy both "The Color of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic" enough to keep going. "Mort" has been my favorite so far . . .I am going to focus on the different editions you can purchase.A+ - the hardback copies by Gollancz, very high quality. The paper is a nice feel, the print is very good, the covers are a soft cotton, they do not have dust-jackets (like all their hardback books), but the covers are designed very uniquely. I hope they have the entire series, looks like they have a lot of them.B+ - the paperback copy by Harper. This was the first copy I obtained, it is also very good, the paper, cover, and print are very high quality. The only down side to these, is there is no uniform editions. I believe they only printed the first three books, then after that another publisher stepped in and so the appearance of the books look very different from the others.C+ - the mass market paperback copy by Harper Collins. This was a very cheaply produced book. The first two books I got, were good quality (all ordered new from amazon, btw), paper was good, cover, and print were all good. Then the third and fourth books were definitely low quality. The print was poorly done, some passages appeared blurry, poor print job. The upside to these are the uniform look. The downside, terrible quality production.If you are looking for an interesting set of fiction, I absolutely love Pratchett's imagination and writing style, I bought all his other story collections, then I would definitely check out this series. I don't have any preference about where you start, some reviewers really are not fans of the first two, I thought they were good enough for me to keep going, but I definitely think they get better. I also like the stand alone nature of the stories, so I can pick the themes I enjoy the most to focus on and read.As far as which edition to buy, you might want to start with the mass market, they are cheaper, then if you like them, go with the other paperbacks. I have enjoyed the first five or so that I have read, I am now buying only the hardback editions.Enjoy! . . .

Read it. Thank me later!

Excelente para el viajero constante, :)

Had quite a laugh about the funny adventures of Rincewind, the tourist and its luggage. Very refreshing compared to usual sf or fantasy. It is a do reader if you are young of mind and sharp of wit.