The Colour of Magic (Discworld) - Hardcover

Pratchett, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312150849 ISBN 13: 9780312150846

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1983

Synopsis

A slightly disorganized and somewhat naive interplanetary tourist named Twosome joins up with a bumbling wizard and embarks on a chaotic voyage through a world filled with monsters and dragons, heroes and knaves

About this title

Review:

The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. 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. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby, Amazon.com

Review:

"'One of the best and funniest English authors alive'" (Independent)

"In the tradition of classic British humour...Incidentally informative about everything from quantum physics to the behaviour of camels. He may parody history and myth, but at the same time he resuscitates and animates them." (Guardian)

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0312150849
• ISBN 13: 9780312150846
• Binding: Hardcover