The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novels)

Terry Pratchett

ISBN 10: 086140324X / ISBN 13: 9780861403240

Published by Colin Smythe Ltd., 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novels)
• Publisher: Colin Smythe Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 086140324X
• ISBN 13: 9780861403240
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Discworld opens with a wildly eccentric expedition across a turtle-supported world, led by Rincewind and a perilous, belief-powered luggage.

The first novel of the Discworld series. On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle, a wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There’s Rincewind, an avaricious but inept wizard, Twoflower, a naive tourist whose murderous luggage moves on hundreds of little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course, the Edge of the Discworld, and its circumference...

‘Pratchett is very good indeed’ - Standard

About the Author

Terry Pratchett's books have sold more than 55 million copies worldwide (give or take a few million). In addition to his hit novels about the fantastical flat planet Discworld, he has written award-winning children's books, including the Johnny Maxwell trilogy and the bestselling Tiffany Aching Adventures. Mr. Pratchett received Britain's highest honor for a children's novel, the Carnegie Medal, for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. Mr. Pratchett has one grown-up daughter and lives in England with his wife and many cats.

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