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The Color of Magic

Terry Pratchett

A failed wizard and Discworld’s first tourist blunder through a wildly absurd, satirical fantasy world.

First published 2005 · Discworld

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Rincewind is an inept, disgraced wizard whose mind has room for only one dangerous spell. When Twoflower, the Disc’s first tourist, arrives in search of adventure, Rincewind becomes his unwilling guide across a strange flat world.

Their journey moves through a series of misadventures in cities, wild places, and the edge of the Disc itself, while gods, dragons, criminals, and other forces keep interfering. Twoflower’s optimism, gold, and magical luggage make him an unlikely magnet for trouble.

The story is told as a succession of connected episodes that build the Discworld’s cosmology, magic, and absurd social systems. Along the way, the book satirizes fantasy conventions, tourism, and everyday institutions while introducing recurring elements of the wider series.

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Authors
Terry Pratchett
First published
2005
Genres
Fantasy, Humor, Comedy, Science Fiction, Magic, Adventure, High Fantasy
Subjects
Discworld (Imaginary place) · Fiction · Romans · Merveilleux · Fantasy · Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character) · Rincewind · Twoflower (fictional characters) · parody · humour · Dollhouses · Doll furniture · Miniature objects · Collectors and collecting · Miniature dolls · Fiction, humorous · Fiction, fantasy, general · Discworld (imaginary place), fiction · Fiction, humorous, general · Rincewind the wizard (fictitious character), fiction · Fiction, satire · Geographical myths · Dollhouses -- Collectors and collecting · Miniature dolls -- Collectors and collecting · Doll furniture -- Collectors and collecting · Miniature objects -- Collectors and collecting · English literature · Wizards · Tourism · Satire · Humorous stories · Fantasy fiction
ISBN-13
9780060855925

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