Die Farben der Magie. Ein Roman von der bizarren Scheibenwelt.

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Terry Pratchett: Die Farben der Magie. Ein Roman von der bizarren Scheibenwelt. (Paperback, German language, 1992, Heyne)

Paperback

German language

Published July 1, 1992 by Heyne.

ISBN:
978-3-453-05860-6
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4 stars (2 reviews)

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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5 stars

This review is crossposted from my blog here: daariga.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/the-color-of-magic/

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many years, I had been hearing the name Terry Pratchett and about his fantasy novels. I had never bothered tasting any of his books since I am not really a fan of fantasy and I assumed his books were for folks who play Dungeons and Dragons and so on. You get the picture. An Economist obituary after his demise in 2015 piqued my interest so much that I picked up The Color of Magic, his first book in the Discworld series. Within the first few pages itself I was hitting myself for waiting this long and was well and truly hooked.

You see Pratchett has nailed a genre that I had never previously imagined: fantasy parody! Drawing from Hindu mythology, the world of the book rests on four elephants which are standing on an ancient turtle. Our so-called …