Episode 10 Season 6 – The Color Of Magic

By Andrea Menzies

Episode 10 Season 6 – The Color Of Magic

This week the FH7 book club looks at “The Color Of Magic” by author Terry Pratchett. British comedy like “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams is similar to Terry Pratchett’s “The Color Of Magic” story in that it pokes fun at popular fiction stories as it also IS one. It ridicules medieval times even as it has a medieval style setting filled with magic and adventure. I am a teacher, and do book report grading and assistance, and also play films based on popular youth books.

“The Color Of Magic” by Terry Pratchett is a New York Times best seller. In addition it is part of the “Disk World” series that won the Carnegie Medal, Locus Awards, and the ALA Best Books for Young Adults award. It also the Prometheus Award, and the British Fantasy Award. So the book transcends youth fiction, and is also a popular series to adult readers. It has been made into a movie streaming for free on Amazon Prime.

In this first book Rincewind and Twoflower are travelers working to save the world as mystery lights fill the sky. As the world starts to end they franticly try to save it, and yet the luggage turns out to be alive and killing more than the monsters they have to battle. On page 203 it says:

“The Luggage had and elemental nature, absolutely no brain, and a homicidal attitude toward anything that threatened its master.” This is a plot point that goes on for many books.

I give the book five out of five stars, and a good review. If you are having a bad day this book is sure to make you feel better. I got into reading Terry Pratchett in New Orleans when a friend named Damien gave me a copy of “Good Omens”, and it helped me not feel stressed at a stressful time. For the rest of the full review go to the blog at FH7publishing.com or frozenhistory7publishing.wordpress.com Thanks for listening, and tune in again next week for more book reviews.

P.S. Yes I have heard the bad rumors about the author N. Gaiman that co-wrote many stories with Pratchett. Please note that being a person’s co-worker in no way makes you responsible for their personal life.

It is horrible stuff, but up for a jury to decide what guilt is. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn01dynqx7ro