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The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of only 506 copies. [ 1 ] Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns ."
The Colour of Magic is the second live-action adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, following the highly successful Hogfather, which was broadcast over Christmas 2006 to an audience of 2.6 million. [6] After the success of Hogfather, Pratchett was easily persuaded to release the rights for The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic ...
Rincewind is the main character of the text adventure The Colour of Magic, based on the book of the same name. Rincewind is also the player character of the 1995 Discworld video game . After a dragon is spotted in Ankh-Morpork, Unseen University's archchancellor sends Rincewind to find the source of the trouble.
The colour of magic on the Discworld, also referred to as the eighth colour. This fictional colour is strongly indicative of magic and can only be seen by wizards and cats, who both possess "octagon cells" in addition to the normal cones and rods possessed by humans. (See tetrachromacy for the real-world equivalent.). Rincewind, a wizard ...
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006), an adaptation of Hogfather with Ian Richardson as Death, David Jason as Albert and Michelle Dockery as Susan Sto Helit. It was first broadcast in December 2006. [55] [56] Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008), based on both The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, starring David Jason as Rincewind ...
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic; W. The Watch (TV series) Wyrd Sisters (TV series) This page was last edited on 11 July 2024, at 03:25 (UTC). Text is ...
It is the third in a series of adaptations, following Terry Pratchett's Hogfather and Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic. It was announced as part of an investment of at least £10 million into adaptations of novels, including Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Skellig by David Almond. [2] Filming began in May 2009 in Budapest. [3]
A subset of the stories in the book take place in an early version of what would become Pratchett's Discworld – the first book of which was the 1983 The Colour of Magic; "hint[ing] at the world Sir Terry would go on to create". [13] [4] [7] [1]