Discworld The Colour of Magic, (Hardcover)

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The Color of Magic was the first book published in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, but I do not recommend starting with it. If you're interested in reading the Discworld books, I would suggest picking up one of the later novels – Guards! Guards!, Going Postal, or maybe Small Gods. The Color o...

from MrsLee

The first book in the Discworld series, this one is often disparaged as "not my favorite" or "I didn't like it much" or "don't start with this one." It is an adventure of Rincewind the wizard as he strives to outwit Death and every other creature out to get him. Told in four parts, each of which ...

from RebeccaAnn

I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, so I thought I'd give Pratchett's Discworld series a try. It has a similar voice as Good Omens, but sadly, I didn't find it nearly as entertaining. There were a few moments when I sort of giggled, but I was expecting something along t...

from tiamatq

Yay! I finally read a Discworld novel. I was introduced when a friend insisted I watch Hogfather, which I did, and I was intrigued (and slightly confused). So I decided to start at the beginning. The basic premise is that Twoflower, a tourist with perhaps the most dangerous luggage in existence, ...

from Zathras86

This was my first Discworld book and at the time I thought it was possibly the most hilarious thing I'd ever read; rereading it now, after I've made my way through most of the series, I can see that it lacks a lot of the subtlety and human insight of the later books. In The Colour of Magic Pratch...