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Summary: A very enjoyable break from "real fantasy"
Review: I am another newcomer to the Discworld series. I am very pleased that I decided to pick this book up. I do read a lot of fantasy novels and The Color of Magic manages to be a great fantasy book while poking fun at the whole genre at the same time. The whole concept of Discworld is hilarious, and brilliantly imaginative. I will be reading more of these books and recommend that others do the same. The Color of Magic is for anyone with a love of fantasy and having it ridiculed mercilessly.
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Summary: 10 things that compare to reading The Color of Magic.
Review: 10) Diving into an outdoor pool on a 100+ degree-day. _____ 9)Drinking a glass of cold milk after eating two or three freshly bakedchocolate chip cookies. _____ 8) That first breath of dry, cool airafter coming out of a steamy shower. _____ 7) That first lick of an ice cream cone. _____ 6) Sitting by a blazing fire after walking through the snow for hours. _____ 5) Seeing a good friend after many years of being out of touch. _____ 4) Chuckling under your breath and realizing that you are the only one that got the speaker's joke. _____ 3) Seeing a clever and talented performer for the first time. _____ 2) Stepping back to admire that new piece of art that you just created._____ 1) Watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail. _____
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Summary: THIS AM GOOD BOOK
Review: IT'S TRUE. THIS REALLY AM GOOD BOOK. ME LIKE. I AM ITCHY AS I WRITE THIS. SO.....VERY.....ITCHY.
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Summary: First of Many
Review: I'm giving this, the first book in Pratchett's Discworld series 3 stars, but it doesn't really deserve it. It has it's moments, with giggles through out, but it moves with no sense of pace, and ends so abruptly that readers are left with the notion that they're being conned into reading the second book. The characters come and go with only three being truly memorable. Two are the lead characters - the cowardly wizard Rincewind and the niave tourist. Both are interesting and well drawn. The third is Death, who shows up and tries to periodically convince Rincewind to die. These three make up for the uninteresting supports who crop up, make bad puns, and then thankfully die in amusing ways. Terry tries to inject black humor, but the setting is just too cutesy for the murder and mayhem that he likes to throw in. But at least he tries hard (too hard one might be tempted to say,) and that is why he gets 3 stars.
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Summary: The Color of Magic
Review: This has to be one of the best books I've read. I had a smile on my face the whole time, and I laughed out loud multiple times. The humor is the best I've seen. It's all about Rincewind the Wizard (he runs from everything) and Twoflower the Tourist (the first of the species to evolve on the Discworld). Accompanying them are: The Luggage, loyal to its owner and homicidal to everything else; Hrun the Barbarian, who helps them through the Wyrmberg and the Sender of Eight's Temple; and, of course, Death (here's how to tell who he is: he ALWAYS SPEAKS IN CAPITAL LETTERS). A must-read for any Douglas Adams fan.
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Summary: The Color of Magic (Discworld)
Review: Pratchett is a wonderful writer. He develops characters that are heros despite themselves. Rincewind is downright human in nature and not the least afraid to show it. I loved the line, "I've faced DEATH many times, or rather HE has seen the back of my head as I ran the other way." So refreshing to see a bumbling, fumbling accidental hero! I loved it, am hooked and I don't regret it! Oh, and who will ever look at someone draging their luggage along behind the same way again?
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Summary: Totally brilliant
Review: Previous to picking up Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel I'd never read much SciFi or fantasy except the "Red Dwarf" novels. Well, I can tell you I've read lots of humorous fiction and I've never found any other book so consistently hilarious, with so many brilliant characters and dazzlingly original ideas. The pages of this book practically leak imagination out onto your fingers when you pick it up--it's THAT good. The opening chapter (especially the brilliant bits about the 'Big Bang' and 'Steady Gait' theory) set the tone for the rest of the novel: witty, frequently painfully funny but never at the expense of its charming cast of characters. Rincewind, Twoflower, the Luggage, the iconograph imp and Death Himself - all of these characters and more contained with this one novel as well as everything else, and all of them very entertaining. I'm so glad there are at least another twenty books to go - otherwise there would be a lot of people out for Terry Pratchett's blood, me included. I really really really recommend this book. I'm not a big fantasy fan myself, but this series takes the mick out of the whole genre so you don't have to be. It's top quality entertainment.
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Summary: Discworld! It's amazing.
Review: I think one of the worst things I did was pick up this book. Not because it's bad, it's one of the funniest, most entertaining books out there, but I had to them buy all the rest. There are like 25 discworld books out there. But they are an incredible read and I highly reccommend this series to everyone. You'll love 'em!
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Summary: A terrific beginning to a series that only gets better!
Review: What a surprise! What I find so fascinating about Terry Pratchet's novels (this one included) is his ability to make us laugh in one paragraph, and in the next, fashion his fantasy world in such detail, giving us view to sites that are no less than awe-inspiring. (The description of the great turtle, with comet-crusted eyes, is downright poetic) Also, I am glad not to be the only reader who had difficulty with the beginning of the book, but it quickly becomes an easier read. This novel seems to be more of a collection of short stories than his later works, with the common element being the two non-heros Rincewind and Twoflower. Again, the plot is a little week, but a very funny and yet awe inspiring read.
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Summary: Pratchett's a riot!
Review: This is my second time reading this awesome book. The first was when I was 17 and new to fantasy. This book played a huge role in getting me hooked. I had previously read only dungeons and dragons novels such as Chronicles, and this was my first step away from that. It was the funniest thing I'd ever read. Now I am revisiting it as a 25-year-old and its still a blast as his style and wit make a mockery of the epic fantasy most of us are used to. It is so refreshing! I'd give it five stars, but as someone else says, "Pratchett gets better in later books." Rincewind is a wizard, but due to a technicality- he is unable to cast a single spell throughout the book! Instead he manages to escape DEATH himself, a various assortment of Diskworld's gods, thieves, assassins, a city-engulfing fire, magicians, dragons, and monsters -thanks to an overly developed sense of cowardice and some very odd allies. They include a four-eyed insurance salesman on vacation, a talking sword, a demon camera, and a treasure-chest that run and eat people! This may sound ridiculous, but it is so well done that beginners and veteran fantasy readers alike will laugh aloud through out this one. Read The Light Fantastic afterwards. It concludes what Colour Of Magic starts without slowing down the pace and humor at all! And There's more Rincewind books after that. They are next on my list!
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