The colour of magic

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Published March 25, 1985

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978-0-451-15705-8
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The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of only 506 copies. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns."

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"Jerome K. Jerome meets The Lord of the Rings (with a touch of Peter Pan)"

That sentence was on the front cover of the edition I've read (although I usually despise comments places there apart from title/author) and it was quite on the spot for once: the style and irony of Jerome K. Jerome applied in an archetypal fantasy novel. Not sure about the Peter Pan's part of that comment, as I didn't read it yet, but I guess: Twoflower makes for it?

In any case, it was a very slow reading compared to the first one I've discovered from the Discworld saga ("Sourcery"), so the enthusiasm went a bit down and it's understandable I found it less appealing also given it's the first one -but I've liked it nonetheless as an absurd/whimsical reading! ;)

Whimsical introduction to Discworld

I love Ricewind story and I loved plentiful allusions to nerd culture of the 80s, but it almost reads like a really good Discworld fanfic than a Discworld book.

The storyline was scattered and it felt like three or four short-stories stitched together (by a genius).

I loved re-reading it, but it truly shows how amazing other works of Pratchett are.

Imagine dragons!

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