The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic
First edition
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Cover artistAlan Smith
LanguageEnglish
Series
Subject
GenreFantasy
PublisherColin Smythe
Publication date
24 November 1983 (1983-11-24)
Awards93rd in the Big Read
ISBN0-86140-324-X
Followed byThe Light Fantastic 

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."[2]

  1. ^ "Terry Pratchett Bibliography". booksellerworld.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ^ Why Gandalf Never Married, by Terry Pratchett, originally presented at Novacon 15 (1985), collected in Xyster 11 (1986); archived at ansible.co.uk