Guaranteed to solve every minor problem by turning it into a major disaster.

 

 

 

Antihero: Rincewind

Genre: Adult Fiction / Fantasy

Citation: Pratchett, Terry. The colour of magic, London : Corgi, 1985.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In 1983 Terry Pratchett published The Colour of Magic which introduced readers to the Discworld, a universe on a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle traveling through endless space. Since then he has written 39 books set in this amazing universe, sold more than 70 million books worldwide in 37 different languages, was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in 2009.

 

The Colour of Magic is filled with completely unique and entirely unforgettable characters. The story focuses mainly on an extremely rich and supremely naïve interplanetary tourist called Two-flower and his reluctant guide Rincewind, an exceptionally pessimistic and sarcastic wizard whose spells don’t always work, as they travel throughout the Discworld.

 

Unknown to the travellers, their Journey is actually a game controlled by the Gods of the universe. Rincewind and Two-flower actions are actually being controlled by the Goddess of luck, The Lady, and must know face challenges thrown at them by other Gods playing the game. What follows is an exciting and hilarious misadventure.

 

Rincewind is a failed student of the Unseen University for wizards. He spends a large amount of time running away from the numerous people who want to kill him for countless reasons. Luckily for Rincewind although his skills at magic are exceptional poor one skill he does possess is he is a remarkable long-distance sprinter. Rincewind will often disparage and criticises the characters he sees as idiots that often are found around him. However he seemingly cannot help himself and often goes along with the ideas and plans of those he criticises usually ending up in the middle of extraordinarily absurd and dangerous situations escaping by the skin of his teeth.

 

Terry Pratchett creates a unique and imaginative world that readers will fall in love with. Readers are advised you may not wish to read this novel in public as you will not be able to stop yourself from laughing out loud.