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The Color of Magic
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Overview
The Color of Magic (1983) by Terry Pratchett is the first of 41 books in his beloved Discworld series. This satirical fantasy series plays with the vagaries of human nature, culture, literature, myth, and religion. The Color of Magic has been published as a graphic novel and produced as a video game. It was produced for television in 2008 as the first half of a two-part miniseries featuring Sean Astin, Tim Curry, and Christopher Lee.
Other works by this author include Dodger, Thief of Time, and Monstrous Regiment.
Page numbers are from the e-book (HarperCollins e-books; Reissue edition, October 13, 2009).
Plot Summary
The story is structured as four novelettes, loosely interlinked and progressing toward the conclusion.
In Part 1, “The Color of Magic,” the wizard Rincewind first meets Twoflower, an insurance adjuster from the Agatean Empire, when the little man strolls into an inn by the waterfront. Rincewind is not a very good wizard, but he can recognize priceless sentient pearwood when he sees Twoflower’s magical Luggage. Outside of the Empire, Twoflower is fabulously wealthy, but he is too innocent to recognize how much danger he is in in the criminal town of Ankh-Morpork.
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