Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



The color of magic [electronic resource] : A novel of discworld. Terry Pratchett.

Pratchett, Terry. (Author).

Summary:

"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, The Color of Magic and read right the way through."—Wall Street Journal In this first novel in the internationally bestselling Discworld series from legendary New York Times 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. A 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. In 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: a tourist! Twoflower 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. . . . The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but the other books in the Wizards collection include: The Light Fantastic Sourcery Eric Interesting Times The Last Continent Unseen Academicals

Electronic resources

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780061796845
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5
890 Lexile.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. New York : Harper Paperbacks, 2009. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subject: Fantasy.
Humor (Fiction).
Fiction.

LDR 03518nam a2200325Ka 4500
00114195590
003CARDINAL
006m d
007cr cn---------
008130925s2009 nyu o 000 1 eng d
020 . ‡a9780061796845 ‡q(ebook)
037 . ‡a23DA81E9-D4D2-40E5-BC70-5ABF11202341 ‡bOverDrive, Inc. ‡nhttp://www.overdrive.com
040 . ‡aTEFOD ‡cTEFOD
1001 . ‡aPratchett, Terry. ‡0(CARDINAL)355473
24514. ‡aThe color of magic ‡h[electronic resource] : ‡bA novel of discworld. ‡cTerry Pratchett.
260 . ‡c2009.
300 . ‡a1 online resource
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡acomputer ‡bc ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡aonline resource ‡bcr ‡2rdacarrier
4900 . ‡aDiscworld, ‡v1
520 . ‡a"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, The Color of Magic and read right the way through."—Wall Street Journal In this first novel in the internationally bestselling Discworld series from legendary New York Times 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. A 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. In 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: a tourist! Twoflower 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. . . . The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but the other books in the Wizards collection include: The Light Fantastic Sourcery Eric Interesting Times The Last Continent Unseen Academicals
5210 . ‡aText Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5
5218 . ‡a890 ‡bLexile.
533 . ‡aElectronic reproduction. ‡bNew York : ‡cHarper Paperbacks, ‡d2009. ‡nRequires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
650 7. ‡aFantasy. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)238255
650 7. ‡aHumor (Fiction). ‡2OverDrive
65017. ‡aFiction. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)238499
85640. ‡uhttp://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=867&titleID=144602 ‡zClick for more information. ‡7einc ‡9AMY ‡9BHM ‡9BLADEN ‡9BRASWELL ‡9BROWN ‡9BURKE ‡9CASWELL ‡9CLEVELAND ‡9DAVIE ‡9FARMVILLE ‡9FRANKLIN ‡9GRANVILLE ‡9HARNETT ‡9LEE ‡9MADISON ‡9MAUNEY ‡9NANTAHALA ‡9PERRY ‡9PERSON ‡9SAMPSON ‡9SCOTLAND ‡9STANLY ‡yClick for online content. ‡9ROBESON
901 . ‡a14195590 ‡beinc-script 6d66a28269dbdf606ae722c8c768bdad182ebfb1 83e50c9c2d4b4fffa7a5af3f5774f78005cebaba ‡c14195590 ‡tbiblio ‡selectronic