The Colour of Magic - Discworld Reading Challenge

Published: 1983

Plot Summery: The central character is an incompetent wizard called Rincewind who has involuntary become the guide to the Discworld's first ever tourist - Twoflower. Their adventure, or rather their misadventure is the result of Gods playing a board game - but of course?! The book actually ends with the beginning of the The Light Fantastic and as such can, and is, often consider part 1 of 2 of a single story, 

Adaptations: It has been turned into a graphic novel (1992); a computer game which was originally released in 1984 but which I came to some years later and which I never completed - although was hilariously good fun; and most recently and probably best known - a Sky One two part TV production, which was aired Easter 2008

Favourite Quotes: "Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards"

"It is at this point that normal language gives up and goes and has a drink"

"You can't map a sense of humour. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs"

Reading Time: Started Saturday 14th March - Finished Thursday 19th March 2015