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Colour of Magic

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CORGI BOOKS, Sep 18, 2012 - Discworld (Imaginary place) - 286 pages

The first Discworld novel, revamped for a new generation of readers.
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. It plays by different rules. Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers.
But just because the Disc is different doesn't mean that some things don't stay the same. Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the arrival of the first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. But if the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death is a spectacularly inept wizard, a little logic might turn out to be a very good idea.
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The Colour of Magic""is the first novel in Terry Pratchett's acclaimed Discworld series, of which some 20 million copies have been sold. This special hardcover edition is reissued to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of its first publication by Colin Smythe Limited in 1983. Since then the Discworld has spawned a further thirty-one titles and become one of the most popular and celebrated sequences in English literature.

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A laugh! A great book and a great writer - weRead
... terrible starting point for new Discworld readers. - weRead
Brilliant introduction to disk world. - weRead
The plot is super hilarious. - weRead
I hope he keeps writing through the disease. - weRead
Brilliant introduction to the Discworld. - weRead

Review: The Color of Magic (Discworld #1)

User Review  - Christopher - Goodreads

I haven't read anything about these books at all. I had no idea what they were about, what the writing style was like, or anything. So I don't know if other people compare this too The Hitchhiker's ... Read full review

Review: The Color of Magic (Discworld #1)

User Review  - Galen Rappe - Goodreads

Not the best place to start with the Discworld series, The Color (or colour, rather) of Magic is basically four short parodies of specific fantasy series that were common in the pre-Tolkien era. There ... Read full review

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About the author (2012)

TERRY PRATCHETT is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. His first Discworld novel for children, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.

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