Terry Pratchett Colour of magic. Is it worth reading to the end??

[Narketta]

After years of telling myself that one day I will read all of Terry Pratchetts disc world books I've finally started reading The colour of magic and I just can't get into it.

I'm reading it on my Kindle and apparently i've only read 7% of the book, so those of you that have read disc world should I carry on or give up? Does is get any better? I'd been told that I would love these books by a friend and so far I am not loving it at all.

Your mistake was to start from the beginning - try reading a certain arc in order instead.

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The Colour of Magic is kind of dull and quite far removed from the newer ones. I'd start with the Watch arc. :)

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I like the Colour of Magic, but those first few books are quite different to the newer ones. Give it a bit longer maybe to get into it

I'd start with the Watch books too, or maybe the witches ones.

The COM and The Light Fantastic are a bit dull compared to the newer ones.

Leave it for now and start on another one. Any other one really. Then if you get into them go back and read Colour of Magic later.

They are wonderful stories in general.

The one that got me into the Discworld series was Equal Rites - it was book of the week on Women's Hour (many some years ago). I loved the way in which the education of a female wizard included weeding the herb patch and mucking out the goats. And Granny Weatherwax is still the person I want to be when I grow up!

Colour of Magic is not one of the better ones...

I adore TP and have reread them all again and again - except for the first couple.

I second toboldlygo's advice.

I would defintely start with one of the witch ones although I think my first one was Going Postal (late starter [hblush] although I have made up for it now [hgrin])

The witch ones rock too. Lords & Ladies is one of my fave books ever, really fits in with the true folkloric nature of the fay...

The Rincewind ones are not the best - try to Witches ones or the City Watch.

Wyrd Sisters got my DD hooked.

Agree the Watch ones, but I love Soul Music too

It's not the easist of his books to read; I am re-readinf Wyrd Sisters at the moment for Halloween, it's great. You should start with that.

I also started with Equal Rites. My Grandad lent me the witches trilogy book. Love the witches, especially Witches Abroad.

i don't rate COM or LF.

Oh I love the Watch ones, I am reading Snuff at the moment on my Kindle.

Start with Men At Arms, or Wyrd Sisters.

what's Snuff like? I hadn't realised it was out.

I am a few books behind in the Discworld series, and trying to eek them out as long as possible, as there probably won't be many more to come.

belgo I know, so very very sad :(

I am loving Snuff, but Sam is my favourite so I am biased

Argh don't tell me about Snuff yet! DH snaffled the copy I ordered from Amazon before I got to it, not read it yet. He does spitefully keep sniggering as he's reading it, so I assume it's funny...

TCOM is mostly a spoof of other fantasy fiction. If you haven't read Anne McCaffery's Dragonflight books (don't bother...) then the bit with the dragons is pointless, and ditto the last bit.

I'd ignore TCOM and Light Fantastic and start with Equal Rites, or Mort or Pyramids.

Read all of tp books. Just finished snuff, loved it. But can't remember what colour of magic is about!

I started with the hog father when I was eight. Faves are that, the reaper man and mort. Love DEATH character :)

The pace of Colour of Magic isn't consistent, it's always seemed to me like it's been written over an extended period of time - so some bits do read differently to others. Personally I'd say stick with it - even re-read the first bit again, perhaps it'll benefit from another go.

Failing that, and I can understand if you want to skip it for now, by the time he gets to The Light Fantastic (just) and certainly the ones after it (Equal Rites & Mort) it all seems to settle-down a bit and is much easier to read - possibly (and feel free to burn me now) too easy.

Here's me getting all poncy and critical of the works of Sir Terry - he's a Knight of the realm fer'chrissake and and I'm in no way entitled to do so.

I started with Mort, then Pyramids, then Equal Rites. -fistbumps notcitrus-

Thanks everyone for all the replies and sorry i've not been back sooner I've got a poorly DS.

I think I'll maybe try Colour of magic for a while longer and if I'm still struggling with it I'll try one of the others. I've always wanted to read TP and judging by all of your posts it seems like I'll enjoy the books once I get into them:)

I haven't read these books for about fifteen years, probably when they were published. I remember they are bloody good (and can still remember vast tracts of feminism according to Granny Weatherwax in Equal Rites). Must re read.

I'd skip TCOM if I were you and start with either Guards Guards (vaguely Chandler-esque police story set in a medieval fantasy city with dragons) or Wyrd Sisters (Macbeth played for laughs from the witches' POV) - depends which you find appealing.