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Sep 18 '11
Pros: Some terrific satire on some classic fantasy fiction.
Cons: It feels just a touch off, but still, it's pretty darn good.
Summary: Considering how long the Discworld series has been going on for, I'm pretty much a late-comer to the books. It wasn't until my partner read Going Postal and pressed it into my hands with the words that he had enjoyed it very much, that I finally ... read more
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Nov 22 '10
Pros: Some funny parts, interesting concept.
Cons: Writing was all over the place.
Summary: I'd heard a lot about these books. The Disc World series is huge and even has a few movies to its name. I decided it had to be good right? Well, to be honest, I was very disappointed in this book. It wasn't near what I expected from all the hype ... read more
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Aug 23 '08
Pros: Excellent reading of a hysterical tale
Cons: Transition to footnotes is confusing to listen to
Summary: I have long been reading the Discworld series, and have been reading them in publication order, with this being the first book in the Discworld series, I read it quite some time ago. I purchased the audiobook for one specific reason - an 8 hour car trip ... read more
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May 30 '07
Pros: hilarious, entertaining, a vaction from everyday blahs
Cons: Will cause fits of uncontrollable laughter, not for the serious reader
Summary: "In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling stars waver and part...See...Great A'Tuin the turtle comes, swimming slowly through the interstellar gulf, hydrogen frost on his ponderous limbs, ... read more
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Jul 15 '05
Pros: Great read, Introduces Discworld and it's inhabitants
Cons: Not as complex as later books
Summary: I’ve been quite the fan of Science Fiction novels ever since I was a young teenager, and one of my favourite series of books is the Discworld novels written by Terry Pratchett. Although I’ve read countless of the books, it came as a bit of a shock to ... read more
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Sep 24 '04
Pros: Great idea, first book in a wonderful series
Cons: Not well crafted
Summary: Ok, maybe not the most original or clever way to start out a review, but I think it is the fastest way to get the most people to understand the basic concept of the book. The book is one part typical fantasy world and one part comedic satire, smashed ... read more
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Aug 25 '04
Pros: Imaginative, brilliantly funny, DEATH.
Cons: Realizing I'm a twit for not reading this series until now.
Summary: The Colour of Magic - The First Discworld Novel - Terry Pratchett Fantasy/Science Fiction 1983 The Colour of Magic is the first in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Loved by millions, I came to the series much later than many and ... read more
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Jul 17 '04
Pros: Great Humor (especially economics jokes), The Sending of 8 was great!
Cons: Weak Plot, Leaves You Wanting More
Summary: I'd never read any Discworld books so I figured the first one would be a good place to start. Well, I was wrong. What is Discworld you ask? Well "It's a world kind of like ours but different (Terry Pratchett said that). Its flat and on the back of ... read more
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Dec 16 '03
Pros: If you liked Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you should try this
Cons: Of course, if you didn't like the Guide, you should try cyanide
Summary: Octarine, the eighth color of the spectrum, the color of magic that can only be seen by wizards. It's been described as kind of a purpleish-greenish orange. On the back of Great A'Truin the turtle stands four elephants. On the back of the four ... read more
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Jan 21 '03
Pros: Second half of book is funny
Cons: First half of book is boring, not necessary to start reading the series here
Summary: The book that started off the Discworld series, The Colour Of Magic is primarily concerned with the escapades of the Disc's first tourist, Twoflower, and an inept wizard, Rincewind. Rincewind is incapable of becoming a capable wizard, as one of the ... read more
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Aug 21 '02
Pros: Light and fluffy, quick read, British Humour
Cons: British Humour, quick read
Summary: I've put off reading Terry Pratchett for quite a long time. I have many British friends whose email signatures are littered with hilarious excerpts from Pratchett's books. I was always more of a serious science fiction/ fantasy reader, and wasn't sure I ... read more
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Nov 27 '01
Pros: wonderfully funny book, start of a great series
Cons: slightly costly addiction :)
Summary: I first heard about the discworld series online, referred to by someone who was posting about I don't even remember what anymore. Maybe it was a quotation that seemed funny. It took me awhile, but after looking at Terry Pratchett fan sites I finally ... read more
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Jul 21 '01
Pros: Pratchett's descriptive style is captivating and unique.
Cons: This is a "fluff" novel. It doesn't teach anything and requires no thought to process.
Summary: It seems so odd that a world as varied as the Diskworld would just now be getting its first tourist, but that's just the case in The Color of Magic. This is the first of the Diskworld novels and takes us all over the disk as we follow its first ... read more
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Jun 01 '01
Pros: Takes you to a whole new world
Cons: pretty darn confusing!
Summary: Every since I was young, I have enjoyed a good science fiction or fantasy novel. I love being taken away to places that exist only in my and the author's mind. I love trying to imagine what the people/aliens really look like, and what it would be ... read more
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Jan 07 '01
Pros: Interesting characters, not a long book.
Cons: Dry, satirical humor. Not something "everyone" will like.
Summary:
I'm currently trying to bump up the number of books I read. I'm an aspiring author, and knowing what's out there, and most importantly, reading the "greats" is important. So, I picked up The Color of Magic because it's the first of ... read more
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