The Colour of Magic
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0753107082 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 6 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A world of gods, wizards, heroes, trolls and dragons. A world where the first tourist decides to visit the city of Ankh-Morpork for fun, accompanied by his hundred-legged luggage. Twoflower is the innocent at large and all of Ankh-Morpork is queuing up to fleece him.. A flat world, supported by four elephants standing on the back of Great A'Tuin, a giant turtle (sex unknown). Discworld, a world where magic works - sometimes
The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. Mushrooms, too."). The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. --Blaise Selby. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure
""Sure," said Rincewind. "What heroes like best is themselves."" according to Peter Carrier. Wow. I don't know how it is I've never read a novel of the Discworld before, but I am tremendously grateful to have rectified this oversight.A failed wizard. A tourist from an unknown place. Semi-sentient luggage. A somewhat easily thwarted Death. These are the characters we follow across a world that ranges from sort of traditional fantasy to science fantasy. In the course of this tale, they will encounter great heroes, sometimes mis. "The start of a wonderful journey." according to James B.. I waited far, far too long to start reading this series, but now that I've started, I'm never going to be able to stop. Pratchett earns his title of one of the best fantasy writers in existence, combining large scale, intricate world building with hilarious prose.The story starts off with telling us what's so special about Discworld. Disworld is actually a flat plan, a 'disc', if you will, resting on the back of four giant elephants, . Alan Mills said First in the Discworld seriesgood intro, but they get MUCH better. This is the first entry in the Discworld series. Discworld is a world very much like oursbut turned sideways and viewed through the eyes of an author with a brilliant, if somewhat juvenile, sense of humor (whichfull disclosureis right up my alley). In each book, some modern things are explained.from the Discworld perspective. Here, for example, insurance policies are explained as a mis-pronunciation of a foreign word, brought to Discw