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A review by danarama
The Colour of Magic: Graphic Novel by Scott Rockwell, Steven Ross, Terry Pratchett
3.0
I read this way back in like 1990 or 1991 probably but had absolutely zero recollection of anything that happened. Even rereading it I never had a moment of "Oh yeah that happened!" I guess it must not have left much of an impression on me at the time because I never ended up reading any of the other Discworld books.
But this time I enjoyed it! Entertaining and there were some good laughs. My favourite character is far-and-away the Luggage, with Rincewind as a pretty close second.
People say Pratchett was the Douglas Adams of fantasy but that's not quite right I guess. Pratchett is sending up fantasy tropes but Adams to my mind always went more for absurd humour and satirizing modern society. The weakest parts of Colour of Magic were definitely were where it was acting like a straight up sword-and-sorcery novel. (I'm thinking the section where they're captured by the dragon riders)
But this time I enjoyed it! Entertaining and there were some good laughs. My favourite character is far-and-away the Luggage, with Rincewind as a pretty close second.
People say Pratchett was the Douglas Adams of fantasy but that's not quite right I guess. Pratchett is sending up fantasy tropes but Adams to my mind always went more for absurd humour and satirizing modern society. The weakest parts of Colour of Magic were definitely were where it was acting like a straight up sword-and-sorcery novel. (I'm thinking the section where they're captured by the dragon riders)