The Colour of Magic

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... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby, Amazon.com

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Don't start with this one if you're new to the series - Rated
This is certainly not one to start the series with if you are new to Terry Pratchett - it is thematically quite different (which is understandable considering that it's the first of his Discworld books) and rather rough in parts. It's certainly one to read once you're familiar with the world, but you'd be better off starting with something like Mort or Soul Music to get a better flavour of what Discworld is all about.

Discworld Begins. - Rated
Ok you dont need to read every discworls novel, nor do you need to start here but I think it helps. This is one of the best, Rincewind has always been my favourite Pratchett Character anyway.

I loved it - Rated
I loved the book and all its characters down to the tiniest atom. Rincewind and Death are now official favourite characters of mine and I am now a Discworld fan. I have read through 13-14 books so far and hope to read more, but this one I always come back to.
People may have thought It wasn't that great, but it was better than [[The Last Continent]]!

A joyous new journey. - Rated
Having read about Terry Pratchett in the press a lot recently, I decided I'd give his Discworld series a bash and am I glad I did. In this first book in the series we meet the characters Rincewind and Twoflower in the city of Ankh-Morpork and follow them through a series of bizarre quests and adventures that take them to the very edge!
A few hours into the book I was calling my wife who was out shopping at the time and begging her to pick up the next installment as I feared I would finish this one and have nothing to help me continue my own Discworld foray.
Terry Pratchett has given me a momentous escape; another place to where I can escape for a while and live vicariously the fantasy within the books.
Dive in and smell the magic. Though that might be the aroma of the River Ankh. You'll soon recognise it.

slow - Rated
i read thud!, a later discworld book, and i hoped that this book would b as good. i was disappointed.

i felt the book was too slow and confusing on how it was several short stories that somehow liked togetther

still good