The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic

Terry Pratchett

Harper Collins, Oct 6, 2009 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 272 pages

In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly . . .

Imagine a flat world sitting on the backs of four elephants who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle. The Discworld is a place (and a time) strikingly parallel to our own—but also very different. But also very similar.

To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of the Discworld, the first two volumes of the remarkable Terry Pratchett's equally remarkable—and phenomenally successful—series were made available together, right here, in graphic novel form. These beautifully illustrated renditions of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic show and tell the bizarre misadventures of the spectacularly inept wizard Rincewind and Twoflower, Discworld's very first—and possibly, portentously its very last—tourist. Not to mention the Luggage, which has a mind of its own. And teeth.

About the author

Sir Terry Pratchett's many honors include the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Printz Honor, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Britain's Carnegie Medal, the American Library Association's Margaret A. Edwards Award for lasting contribution to young adult literature, and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. His books have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide. Knighted for his "services to literature," Sir Terry lives in England with his wife and many cats.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic; Discworld series, Terry Pratchett
• Author: Terry Pratchett
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
• ISBN: 006183310X, 9780061833106
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy