{"product_id":"the-color-of-magic-a-discworld-novel-9780063373662","title":"The Color of Magic: A Discworld Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In the history of comic fantasy, Mr. Pratchett has no equals for invention or for range. . . . Those who don't [know him] can do no better than to buy installment No. 1, \u003cem\u003eThe Color of Magic\u003c\/em\u003e and read right the way through.\"--\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this first novel in the internationally bestselling Discworld series from legendary \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett (and the first in the Wizards collection), the fate of the Discworld depends on the survival of a naïve--and first-ever--sightseer. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer of brilliant imagination favorably compared to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams, Sir Terry Pratchett created a complex, satirical universe with its own set of cultures and rules, populated with wizards, witches, academics, fairies, policemen, and other creatures both fantastical and remarkably ordinary (including Death himself). Welcome to the Discworld . . . a parallel time and place that sounds and smells very much like our own, but looks completely different--because it's a flat world sitting on the backs of four elephants who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, the maiden voyage through Terry Pratchett's ingeniously twisted alternate dimension, the well-meaning but spectacularly inept wizard Rincewind encounters something previously unknown in the Discworld: \u003cem\u003ea tourist!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwoflower has arrived to take in the sights. Unfortunately, he's cast his lot with a most inappropriate tour guide--a decision that could result in his becoming not only Discworld's first visitor . . . but quite possibly, its last. And, of course, he's brought Luggage along, a companion with feet--and a mind--of its own. And teeth. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Discworld novels can be read in any order, but the other books in the Wizards collection include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Light Fantastic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSourcery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEric\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eInteresting Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Continent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnseen Academicals\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063373662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Terry Pratchett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43672907940021,"sku":"9780063373662","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_88c50ad2-df39-4d4e-9459-89e336a6baf8.jpg?v=1709051766","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-color-of-magic-a-discworld-novel-9780063373662","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}