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The Colour of Magic

Discworld, Book 1

By Terry Pratchett

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| Paperback | 9780552124751

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The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that..Continue

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Finalmente un libro fantasy divertente

Finalmente un libro fantasy divertente, leggero e cinico quanto basta che mi ha preso fin da subito.
Nonostante questo però non riesco a dare un punteggio alto all'opera perchè spesso e volentieri la narrazione salta da un evento all'altro un po' troppo bruscamente. Chi ha già letto altri libri del ... (continue)

Finalmente un libro fantasy divertente, leggero e cinico quanto basta che mi ha preso fin da subito.
Nonostante questo però non riesco a dare un punteggio alto all'opera perchè spesso e volentieri la narrazione salta da un evento all'altro un po' troppo bruscamente. Chi ha già letto altri libri della saga mi ha assicurato comunque che questa cosa è confinata ai primi volume della serie, lo spero vivamente!
Se già vi piace il genere fantasy non lasciatevi scappare questo libro, anche solo per conoscere due dei personaggi: Luggage (il Bagaglio), un baule con le gambe che nonostante non abbia un volto riesce a fissarti male; e Death (Morte), talmente cinico e divertente che non si può non amarlo!

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MrCippo said on Feb 23, 2011 | 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 | 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 | Add your feedback

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 | Add your feedback

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

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 | Add your feedback