The Colour of Magic: Discworld Novel 1

Name: The Colour of Magic: Discworld Novel 1
Rating: 3.782563025210084 (1428 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 9780062225672

by Terry Pratchett, Leo Nickolls

3.8

(1,428 ratings)

Discworld #1288 pages75 editions2013HarperCollinsISBN 9780062225672

Fiction Fantasy

lightheartedfunnyAdventurousfastAdventurousfunnylightheartedmediumAdventurousfunnylightheartedmediumAdventurousAdventurousdarkfunnyfunnyfasttensefastslowAdventurousfunny

About this book

The beginning of the hilarious and irreverent series that has more than 80 million copies worldwide, The Color of Magic is where we meet tourist Twoflower and wizard guide Ricewind, and follow them on their always-bizarre journeys. A writer who has been compared to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams, Sir Terry Pratchett has created a complex, yet zany world filled with a host of unforgettable characters who navigate around a profound fantasy universe, complete with its own set of cultures and rules.

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780062225672
Language: en
Editions: 75

About Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, *The Carpet People*, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (*The Colour of Magic*) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his young adult novel *The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents*.