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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty funny, though sometimes it dragged or seemed too hard to be funny.  <br/><br/>Unfortunately now I'm curious what that spell is that Rincewind has stuck in his brain. :-S I might check out some of the other Discworld bookss. I bought this one on a whim in the Chicago O'Hare Airport.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Terry Pratchett is to fantasy what Douglas Adams is to Science Fiction.  The Colour of Magic (I read it in England, thus the added u in colour) is a comedic introduction to the Discworld series in which we follow the inept wizard, Rincewind as he is unwantingly roped into guiding the clueless touris...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6422765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tried to start him at the beginning, as many of my dear friends love him. However, this book showed no particular charm nor skill of construction. It is an ealry piece, so this unpractised work is to be expected.<br/><br/>I later tried one of his 'better' books, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34510.Moving_Pictures_Discworld_Book_10_" title="Moving Pictures (Discworld, Book 10) by Terry Pratchett">Moving Pictures</a>, which I found no m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8353086">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_Trilogy_Book_1_" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy, Book 1) by Douglas Adams">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a> ... only for Fantasy.  The two main, hapless characters lurch from scene to scene (or storyline to storyline) in what might be considered a classic epic ... If the scenes actually had anything in common other then the main characters.  Along the way, Prac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26804978">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel I found Discworld Very late in the game. There are like 30 books in the series now and the is a shit load to catch up on. I figured the best place to start in this epic series was with book 1, although I have been told that you can really pick up any of them and understand where you are in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26617367">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like Douglas Adams did with science-fiction, Terry Pratchett takes the typical conventions of fantasy and turns them on their head for comic effect with his popular DiscWorld series.  <br/><br/>By having a slightly skewed view of fantasy conventions, Pratchett points out the strengths and the fall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23766970">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really funny beginning to the Discworld series. It's the funniest book that I've read in quite awhile, and I'm now looking forward to the rest of the series.<br/><br/>The book tells the tale of Twoflower and Rincewind. Twoflower is a care-free tourist from a rich land, and Rincewind is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7862637">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to take breaks between reading Terry Pratchett books. My friend summed it up the best, I think, when he asked “Do you ever get the feeling that Terry is sitting in a room, writing and laughing to himself?” Yes, I do get that feeling. It’s kind of like one of those long-running jokes bet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6009585">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I admit it.  I am probably not the intended audience for this book.  I don't like elf and sword fantasies and have not read many.  Regardless, I thought a parody of that sort of fantasy would be a laugh for me and I've had countless people recommend Terry Pratchett to me over the years.  Unfortunate...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38804229">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More like a two-and-a-half stars...I'm not a big fan of fantasy, but I read the 3 Tiffany Aching books (also Discworld) and liked them, so I thought I'd start at the beginning.<br/><br/>Well, it was his first try at Discworld. Entertaining. Kind of. I would have found this funnier in high school, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18277702">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always hated fantasy, and I still do.  This book was disorganized to the point that reading it made my soul hurt.  I guess part of that could have been trying to read it while sick, but even then, I didn't see that it really helped me any to put this in my brain.  From what I understand, the bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15285010">more...</a>]]></body>
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