The Colour of Magic

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The Colour of Magic
2012 paperback cover
2012 paperback cover; art by Josh Kirby
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Audio read byTony Robinson (abridged)
Nigel Planer (unabridged)
Colin Morgan (new)
Cover artistJosh Kirby
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDiscworld
Release number
1
Sub-seriesRincewind
GenreFantasy
PublisherColin Smythe, Gollancz/Corgi
Publication date
1983-11-24
Followed byThe 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

Footnotes

  1. Post with info only; audio no longer available.