The Colour of Magic
 2012 paperback cover; art by Josh Kirby | |
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Tony Robinson (abridged) Nigel Planer (unabridged) Colin Morgan (new) |
| Cover artist | Josh Kirby |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | Discworld |
Release number | 1 |
| Sub-series | Rincewind |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Colin Smythe, Gollancz/Corgi |
Publication date | 1983-11-24 |
| Followed by | The Light Fantastic |
Blurb
On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet...
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-10 | Radio Morpork | "Pungeons and Dragons" | wordpress.com |
| 2016-09-21 | Ankh-Morpork Public Radio | "The Color of Magic" | shoutengine.com |
| 2018-11-14 | The Death of Podcasts | "The Colo(u)r of Magic" | aalgar.com |
| 2018-12-08 | Pratchat | "City-State Lampoon's Disc-Wide Vacation" | pratchatpodcast.com |
| 2019-01-28 | Wyrd Sisters | “The Colour of Magic” | wyrdsisters.podbean.com |
| 2019-11-04 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | "Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry, Zlorf Flannelfoot" (1/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2019-11-11 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | "Tentacles, Suddenly" (2/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2019-11-18 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | "Purring Jellyfish" (3/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2020-01-14 | The Compleat Discography | “The Colour of Magic” | compleatdiscography.page |
| 2020-04-05 | Desert Island Discworld | "Jo Graham and The Colour of Magic" | desertislanddiscworld.com |
| 2020-06-02 | Who Watches the Watch | "Oppa Rincewind Style" (1/2) | pinecast.co |
| 2020-06-09 | Who Watches the Watch | "With or Without You Rinceflower AMV" (2/2) | pinecast.co |
| 2020-07-01 | The Disc-Course | "Hierarchy of Tourists" (1/4) | acast.com |
| 2020-07-15 | The Disc-Course | "Bel-Shamrockshake" (2/4) | acast.com |
| 2020-07-29 | The Disc-Course | "Imagine Dragons" (3/4) | acast.com |
| 2020-08-12 | The Disc-Course | "No One Will Ever Hear This" (4/4) | acast.com |
| 2020-10-20 | Stuck on Arrakis | "Discworld Book One" | buzzsprout.com |
| 2020-11-29 | Disc Coverers | “The Colour of Magic” | anchor.fm |
| 2021-04-11 | Ook! | "The Colour of Magic" | anchor.fm |
| 2021-10-28 | Nanny Ogg's Book Club | “The Colour of Magic” | fireside.fm |
| 2022-06-09 | Hubward Bound | "Colour of Magic: Episode One" (1/?) | podbean.com |
| 2022-09-18 | I’ve Never Read Discworld | "The Colour of Magic" | anchor.fm |
Other appearances
Episodes in which there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-08 | The Pratchett Podcast | “The Pratchett Podcast episode 7” | thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com[1] |
| 2019-05-16 | Tales From the Drum | “Big Pictures” | N/A |
| 2019-06-02 | Tales From the Drum | “This Mortal Coil” | N/A |
| 2021-02-17 | Fiction Fans | “Who Fears Death & The Color of Magic” | fictionfanspodcast.com |
Adaptations
- Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic was the second of three two-part Discworld adaptations for Sky television made by The Mob. It combines the plots of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, with each part roughly covering the content of each book, but mixed together. It starred David Jason as Rincewind, Sean Astin as Twoflower, Tim Curry as Trymon and David Bradley as Cohen the Barbarian. Notably Jeremy Irons, Nigel Planer and Terry Pratchett also appear, with Christopher Lee as the voice of Death (having previously played the part in the Cosgrove Hall animated adaptations) and Brian Cox providing narration.
- A comic book adaptation was published in four parts - each covering one of the “books” from the novel - in 1991. It was adapted by Scott Rockwell with art by Steven Ross, though according to Internet lore the first issue had to be redrawn after Pratchett was shown the artwork and disliked it. It was published as a collected volume by Corgi in 1992, and later in the hardcover The Discworld Graphic Novels along with the adaptation by the same team of The Light Fantastic.
External links
- The Colour of Magic at the L-Space Wiki
- The Colour of Magic on Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ Post with info only; audio no longer available.