**Warning**
This thread is for discussing The Colour of Magic in some depth. If you haven’t read the book then read on at your own risk – or, better still, go and read the book and join in the fun.
For those of us that are going to join in the discussion, here are a few guidelines:
Please feel free to make comparisons to other Discworld books, making sure you identify the book and the passage you are referring to. Others may not be as familiar with the book you are referencing, so think before you post.
Sometimes we’ll need to agree to disagree – only Terry knows for sure what he was thinking when he wrote the books and individuals members may have widely different interpretations – so try to keep the discussion friendly.
We may be discussing a book that you don’t much care for – don’t be put off joining in the discussion. If you didn’t care for the book, then that in itself is a good topic for discussion.
Please note: there is no time limit to this discussion. Please feel free to add to it at any time - especially if you've just read the book.
And finally:
Please endeavour to keep the discussion on topic. If necessary I will step in and steer it back to the original topic – so no digressions please!
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The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Originally published 1983
When Twoflower, the Discworld’s first tourist and his homicidal luggage meet Rincewind, the Discworld’s most inept wizard, they become pawns in a game played by the Gods. This game takes them to various exotic places that threaten to kill them in various exotic ways.
Can they survive fires, angry bears, tree nymphs, Dungeon Dimension creatures, dragons, pirates, slave masters, sea trolls, human sacrifice and falling off the edge of the Disc?
They might with the help of The Lady – just as long as they don’t say her name!
Why can’t the Gods play Trivial Pursuit instead?
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This is the one that started the whole phenomena that is Discworld. I know a lot of people don't like this one, but it is important. If this book hadn't been even a reasonable success, then we probably wouldn't be here now talking to each other via this Message Board. Stop and think about that for a while. How much difference have these books made to your life? I know that they’ve made a huge difference to me personally.
This was the first of Terry's books that I ever read and I was hooked. I read it just about the time it came out as a paperback and I've read all the books since then as they've been published.
Death is a little different in this one, but it's easy to see how he became the character we all know and, maybe even love...? Likewise Ankh-Morpork is somewhat different. What did you think of these early versions?
I've got some things to say about Twoflower later into the discussion, unless somebody beats me to it.
It's not my favourite Discworld book by a long stretch, but it is arguably a very important one. If you really hate this book, and I suspect there are some of you that really, really hate it, then tell us why you hate it some much.
These discussions are not just for people to say how much they enjoyed a book.
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Want to write the introduction for the next discussion (Making Money)? PM me and let me know if you’d like to – first come first served.
This thread is for discussing The Colour of Magic in some depth. If you haven’t read the book then read on at your own risk – or, better still, go and read the book and join in the fun.
For those of us that are going to join in the discussion, here are a few guidelines:
Please feel free to make comparisons to other Discworld books, making sure you identify the book and the passage you are referring to. Others may not be as familiar with the book you are referencing, so think before you post.
Sometimes we’ll need to agree to disagree – only Terry knows for sure what he was thinking when he wrote the books and individuals members may have widely different interpretations – so try to keep the discussion friendly.
We may be discussing a book that you don’t much care for – don’t be put off joining in the discussion. If you didn’t care for the book, then that in itself is a good topic for discussion.
Please note: there is no time limit to this discussion. Please feel free to add to it at any time - especially if you've just read the book.
And finally:
Please endeavour to keep the discussion on topic. If necessary I will step in and steer it back to the original topic – so no digressions please!
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The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Originally published 1983
When Twoflower, the Discworld’s first tourist and his homicidal luggage meet Rincewind, the Discworld’s most inept wizard, they become pawns in a game played by the Gods. This game takes them to various exotic places that threaten to kill them in various exotic ways.
Can they survive fires, angry bears, tree nymphs, Dungeon Dimension creatures, dragons, pirates, slave masters, sea trolls, human sacrifice and falling off the edge of the Disc?
They might with the help of The Lady – just as long as they don’t say her name!
Why can’t the Gods play Trivial Pursuit instead?
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This is the one that started the whole phenomena that is Discworld. I know a lot of people don't like this one, but it is important. If this book hadn't been even a reasonable success, then we probably wouldn't be here now talking to each other via this Message Board. Stop and think about that for a while. How much difference have these books made to your life? I know that they’ve made a huge difference to me personally.
This was the first of Terry's books that I ever read and I was hooked. I read it just about the time it came out as a paperback and I've read all the books since then as they've been published.
Death is a little different in this one, but it's easy to see how he became the character we all know and, maybe even love...? Likewise Ankh-Morpork is somewhat different. What did you think of these early versions?
I've got some things to say about Twoflower later into the discussion, unless somebody beats me to it.
It's not my favourite Discworld book by a long stretch, but it is arguably a very important one. If you really hate this book, and I suspect there are some of you that really, really hate it, then tell us why you hate it some much.
These discussions are not just for people to say how much they enjoyed a book.
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Want to write the introduction for the next discussion (Making Money)? PM me and let me know if you’d like to – first come first served.
