The Colour Of Magic

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  Già letto e amato in traduzione, sono proprio contenta ora di gustarmelo in lingua originale.

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  "Run away and leave Hrun with that thing?" he said.
  Rincewind looked blank. "Why not?" he said. "It's his job."
  "But it'll kill him!"
  "It could be worse, " said Rincewind.
  "What?"
  "It cou ... (continue)

  Già letto e amato in traduzione, sono proprio contenta ora di gustarmelo in lingua originale.

  Pag. 133:
  "Run away and leave Hrun with that thing?" he said.
  Rincewind looked blank. "Why not?" he said. "It's his job."
  "But it'll kill him!"
  "It could be worse, " said Rincewind.
  "What?"
  "It could be us"

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  Aislinn said on Oct 6, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Beautiful edition!

  "The Colour of Magic" plus "The Light Fantastic" in a single book, signed by pTerry (I've already ordered a signed copy of "Making Money", too! ^___^)

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  Il Gobb said on Jun 9, 2008 about the Paperback edition | 2 feedbacks

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  The first Discworld book

  Pratchett didn't really seem to dare to deviate from the easy path of slapstick humour with this one. Nevertheless, it's easy to see some themes touched upon that he decided to spin some more in later stories.

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  Hans said on Nov 13, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  It's a weird feeling, re-reading the first Discworld book after finishing the entire saga. You can sense quite well that the Discworld was only in its gestating stage in the mind of Pterry, relying heavily on other fantasy work (it is a parody, after all, even if a really intelligent one with an ori ... (continue)

  It's a weird feeling, re-reading the first Discworld book after finishing the entire saga. You can sense quite well that the Discworld was only in its gestating stage in the mind of Pterry, relying heavily on other fantasy work (it is a parody, after all, even if a really intelligent one with an original story tying everything together) and often contradicting what we'll learn in later books.
  This has never been one of my favourites, and it has only glimpses of the literary beauty to come (and that's the reason why I usually advice new readers to start from the 3rd book), but it's still enjoyable of course.

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  Mag said on Apr 17, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I'm not sure if it is just me or the book's problem
  I found it difficult to follow

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  Noami said on Apr 1, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  First Pratchett

  This was my first Pratchett novel ever. I liked it, but am not so sure if I like it enough to go on reading the Discworld series. We'll see....

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  Corstin said on Aug 9, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 336 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0575061650
• ISBN-13: 9780575061651
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1995
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