The Colour of Magic

, #1

Tapa dura, 207 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 12 de octubre de 1989 por Colin Smythe.

ISBN:
978-0-86140-324-0
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Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins--with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.

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"Jerome K. Jerome meets The Lord of the Rings (with a touch of Peter Pan)"

That sentence was on the front cover of the edition I've read (although I usually despise comments places there apart from title/author) and it was quite on the spot for once: the style and irony of Jerome K. Jerome applied in an archetypal fantasy novel. Not sure about the Peter Pan's part of that comment, as I didn't read it yet, but I guess: Twoflower makes for it?

In any case, it was a very slow reading compared to the first one I've discovered from the Discworld saga ("Sourcery"), so the enthusiasm went a bit down and it's understandable I found it less appealing also given it's the first one -but I've liked it nonetheless as an absurd/whimsical reading! ;)

Whimsical introduction to Discworld

I love Ricewind story and I loved plentiful allusions to nerd culture of the 80s, but it almost reads like a really good Discworld fanfic than a Discworld book.

The storyline was scattered and it felt like three or four short-stories stitched together (by a genius).

I loved re-reading it, but it truly shows how amazing other works of Pratchett are.

Imagine dragons!

Temas

  • Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • English Science Fiction And Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Fantasy
  • Fantasy - Series
  • Fantasy - General