Die Farben der Magie

by Terry Pratchett

German language

Published May 11, 2015

ISBN:: 978-3-492-28062-4

The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of only 506 copies. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns."

23 editions

artfors reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

En galen resa som man inte vet vart den ska sluta.

4 stars

Gillar man galna karaktärer, tokiga äventyr och fanatsy så är hela bokserien om Diskvärlden något man borde läsa. Bara inledningen att välden, som är en platt disk, vilar på fyra elefanter som står på ryggen av en stor sköldpadda som svävar genom universum borde ge en ledtråd till vad som komma skall, och det gör det.

Colour of Magic handlar om en mer eller mindre misslyckad trollkarl som blir guide, eller följeslagare till en turist som leder dem in på en galen resa och knäppa karaktärer, till och med döden själv dyker upp vid ett par tillfällen för att försöka göra slut på deras resa.

Optional reviewed Die Farben der Magie by Terry Pratchett

Doesn't pop

1 star

On re-read I was very disappointed. It focuses too much on the comedy and forgets to tell a story.

Full review here.

Matthew reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)

Torn between 3 and 4 stars

3 stars

Enjoyed it - a fun read!

Discworld and Sir Terry were a big part of my life growing up, he had a large impact on who I became.

I'm not sure for newcomers to his writing I'd fully recommend The Colour of Magic - I believe Sir Terry himself said to start from book three (Sourcery) - but this is an interesting historical artefact.

I plan to read through the entire Discworld series in the coming months (and years, I guess - I don't plan to only read Discworld non-stop), so starting from the very beginning to experience how Sir Terry's style developed was a key choice for me.

I did enjoy it a lot though! Torn between 3 and 4 stars. It's good! But I feel like 4 stars requires a level of excellence not quite attained here - it does feel a little disjointed …

Enjoyed it - a fun read!

Discworld and Sir Terry were a big part of my life growing up, he had a large impact on who I became.

I did enjoy it a lot though! Torn between 3 and 4 stars. It's good! But I feel like 4 stars requires a level of excellence not quite attained here - it does feel a little disjointed at times, and some scenes don't really seem to have any purpose.

Hyperlink Your BOOKS reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)

A good start

4 stars

I almost didn't want to re-read this one because it is so overshadowed in my mind by the series it would spawn. It's weirdly structured and unfocused - more like four sequential short stories than a novel - but it's still an incredible romp across the freshly imagined Discworld (and beyond).

Toni Widmo reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)

Funny, silly

3 stars

Not the best diskworld novel by a long shot, but still very funny. Pratchett's writing is less mature here, and the humour more silly than later Diskworld novels but the book does have its high points. The luggage being the real star of this book.