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Summary: a great read
Review: I've been thinking about reading the Discworld novels for a long time, but I never got around to it because I really wanted to start at the begining. "The Color of Magic" was a tiny bit bewildering at first, but it turned out to be the perfect book with which to sit back, relax and enjoy a good laugh while my brain took a vacation from reality. I've already started "The Light Fantastic" and am looking forward to a long and pleasant romp through the carnival of the odd.
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Summary: a very good book
Review: it was a very good book, but it was a little confusing. i recomend it to anyone who is in for a good laugh!
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Summary: A superb start of the Discworld series
Review: When I read this book for the first time in 1991 (or thereabouts) I was amazed by the combination of novel humor, fine wit, and the weird story. Together with its sequel, The Color of Magic can be seen as the book that shaped Discworld (although some characters, notably Death, have changed their appearance greatly). It also introduces Rincewind, already one of literature's classic figures. I always advise readers new to the works of Pratchett to start with this book, and to read the others in chronological order. Highly recommended to read and reread.
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Summary: The Discworld Novels
Review: Reading a Discworld novel is worth twelve months of psychothreapy. So put away the prozac, cancel all the appointments with your shrink, and step into a world where reality is fantasy and fantasy reality. Where Gods and dragons exist only if you beleive in them. Where death is personified and rides a magical steed named Binky and where the world is flat and rests upon the back of four giant elephants, who in turn ride upon the back of a giant turtle travelling through space. A wonderful series, that gets funnier and more intriguing with each new book. It is not strictly necessaarily to read them in sequence, however it does help. The Colour of Magic is the first book in the series, but not the best. Get started and I'm sure you will be hooked.
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Summary: Great reading ! :)
Review: This book is funny and good written. You get caught up really sometimes. If you are a new reader start with this book, since its the first. Although the second, The Light Fantastic, is better, this is a book well worth reading!
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Summary: A fitting start
Review: I enjoyed this book enormously and went on to read the sequal: The Light Fantastic. I was put off by Equal Rites because it doesn't feature Rincewind, but when I eventually read it I went on and read loads of the series. At the time of reading the book I would have awarded 5 stars, but now having read the others, I can safely say Pratchett gets better and better and 3 stars is a comparison to his fantastic and hilarious later books. The first book is a little too obsessed by the number eight and the principles of Gods. Pratchett has eased up on the warped Adams / Rankin style and moved to a simpler and frankly more sane approach that works a dream. Now, if only Christmas would hurry up and with it a copy of the Lost Continent and the others...
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Summary: Like the rest of the Discworld novels, this one's FUN!
Review: I've read most of the discworld novels, but it wasn't until now that I picked up a copy of the first one. It was a little different than the later novels, I thought, and therefore I liked it better than a lot of the newer ones I've been reading. It was a pleasure reading it. And that's that.
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Summary: Entertaining and Fun
Review: Being a massive fan of humorous fantasy/sci-fi writers like Rankin and Adams I thought I'd give the highly popular Pratchett a try. Since The Colour of Magic is the first in the Discworld series it's the most obvious place to start. Although the novel was entertaining and fairly humorous I couldn't help but be a bit disappointed. I think I probably expected the novel to be a fantasy version of The Hitchhiker's Guide when, in fact, Pratchett relies less on the silly humour of Adams and Rankin and thus, in my opinion, is less side-splittingly funny. The Colour of Magic is never-the-less an enjoyable romp through the Discworld and I'll definately be reading the sequel The Light Fantastic.
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Summary: British humor at its very best!
Review: When thinking about funny SF/Fantasy, the first name that comes into one's mind might be Douglas Adams. Yes, Douglas Adams's books are funny and Married With Children makes me laugh. However, Douglas Adams compared to Terry Pratchett is like Married With Children compared to Yes, Prime Minister. The Americans have written perhaps a hundred times more good books than the English. However, from time to time, the latter succeed to create ultimate, universe-blowing masterpieces that (for the reason completeley beyond my comprehension) no American seems to be capable of.Mr. Pratchett's book is one of that kind. Some authors bore the reader to death with landscape descriptions or manage to fill the half of a page with details about what somebody felt while listening to a certain piece of music. If you're reading such a book in a foreign language, it won't be a problem if you don't understand all the words - you can safely skip a paragraph or two here and there without losing anything. It's different with Terry Pratchett - you can't miss a word, because you have no chance of guessing in advance when you will be attacked by another five-minute laugh. If English is not your mother tongue, get a translation if there is one. Now, a few words about the book's content. It plays in an imaginary universe, on a disk world carried by three elephants and a turtle. The world's ruled by magic and very unusual events occur when ordinary people, magicians, gods and demons interact. That's actually all you need to know, besides that it's fun as hell. Five stars are much too few to express how I enjoyed this book.
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Summary: A friend's advice!
Review: A friend recommended me to read a Pratchett book. I decided to read The colour of magic, with it being the first in the Discworld series! It was beyong my expectations! It was hillarious and made me laugh out loud on more than a few occasions. I then went on to read other Discworld books and now have a huge collection!!
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