If you’ve seen the film The Color of Magic, this book contains the first half of the film while The Light Fantastic relates the events from the second-half of the film.

In this novel, Pratchett introduces us to the workings of the Disc – its mechanics, metaphysics, morality, etc – through the eyes of the Disc’s first Tourist, Twoflower. This is the first published Discworld novel it is also the first in the Rincewind Cycle – the series of books that follow the misadventures of the “WIZZARD” Rincewind. The quotes I share should not be considered the whole of Sir Terry’s excellent prose indeed, there are the tasty appetizers to a succulent, nourishing meal.

With the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett and the publication of The Shepherd’s Crown, I embarked on an epic re-reading of all 41 official Discworld novels, with the goal of finishing by 31 December, 2016.įamous for its wit and wisdom, the series offers countless quotable quotes on a variety of subjects.

'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.No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away 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. NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS 'It was octarine, the colour of magic.

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