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Title of the book: The Color of Magic
Author: Terry Pratchett
Series: - Yes. Discworld
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Humour
Short summary of the story: Welcome to Discworld! This is the very first story of the series. We learn about the Disc of the World which is supported by four giant elephants (Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon and Jerakeen) who stand on The Great Turtle, A'Tuin. A tourist comes to Ankh-Morpork, which is one of the larger cities of Discworld. The tourist, Twoflower, meets up with a wizard, Rincewind, and this is a chronicle of some of their adventures. Mentioned in this story, sometimes very briefly, are folks who will later on command full books and stories of their own. But in this, the introductory story, we follow Twoflower, Rincewind and Twoflower's sapient pearwood wooden chest, the Luggage.
We also find out a lot about the magic of Discworld and how it functions, and also how it doesn't function.

This is what Goodreads says about The Color of Magic

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.

On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet...

The Color of Magic is Pratchett's first book in Discworld series and coincidentally, the first book of his that I ever read.

Best thing about the book is definitely the humor. Some authors can only come up with a great funny moment once or twice during the story, but Pratchett seems to be able to pull one off in just about every page. There is a ton of witty dialogue all throughout the book and some great comedy of errors.

I think that the book was too much of a satire though, at least at times. While Pratchett makes fun of a lot of overused (even at the time of the book release) fantasy tropes, some jokes might go over a reader's head if they are not intimately knowledgeable about deeper clichés of the genre.

Overall, a decent read, though not one of the author’s best works, but it serves as a nice introduction to the Discworld megafantasy.



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