About this title: This book provides the introduction to author Prachett's Discworld, a flat planet that sits atop the backs of four immense elephants who, in turn, ride the shell of an enormous space turtle. In this installment, a tourist is shown around by a largely incompetent wizard.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780552124751ISBN:0552124753
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780552124751ISBN:0552124753
Description: Fair. 0552124753. Good sound copy, pages clean and bright. Uncreased spine. Some wear/creasing to cover edges/corners. First class daily dispatch from Devon.; A Discworld Novel; 0.87 x 6.77 x 4.17 Inches; 283 pages. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780552124751ISBN:0552124753
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780552124751ISBN:0552124753
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780552124751ISBN:0552124753
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Description: Reader copy. Corgi paperback 1985. Good reading copy. A clean copy. Small crease to a few page corners. Cover edge wear with three small creases to cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Adult
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780552124751ISBN:0552124753
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780552124751ISBN:0552124753
Description: Very Good. Fiction. On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious buy inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear l ittle legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course th e edge of the planet. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Corgi Books, London
Date Published: 1997
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Paperback. Publisher: Corgi, 1997. 285 pages. Very Good, slight wear to edges/corners, white label to lower rear cover. Internally very clean throughout. A very good, sound, used copy. read more
"Pretty funny, though sometimes it dragged or seemed too hard to be funny.
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."
"I've never really been a fan of British comedy. I see the attraction to stuff like Monty Python, Faulty Towers, et al, but the humor's vastly different then what I enjoy. I think it's the propriety or formality that throws me off. People compare Terry Pratchett's work to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide series and that seems pretty approriate. Both are outlandish and filled with silly inanity. That being said, it's not my cup of tea. There always seems to be those scenes where characters apologize for having to kill one of the protagonists, as if they'd rather not, but it's their duty. There's also a number of times Pratchett takes the story in some completely new direction - with the gambling G-ds overseeing everything. I know this is what attracts a lot of readers, but not me. I prefer my science fiction (comedy or otherwise) to have its rules grounded and clear. I also like stories with beginnings, middles and ends. This one doesn't really have that. I understand the Discworld series gets better over time and I might pick up the second one if I run across it, but I'm not going to go out of my way to get it."
"Why did I wait 25 years to read this book? Of course, until recently, I wasn't even aware of it's existence. I have to thank the online book club here for introducing me to Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series.
It was a wild ride keeping up with the mad cap adventures of an improbable tourist, his indestructible over-protective luggage and his cowardly, incompetent wizard of a guide.
If you're looking for wit, humor and head-spinning antics, this is the novel for you!"
"Read this years ago but had forgotten all about it until I was looked at it in the bookshop and recognised the cover. It's next month's book for the science fiction and fantasy group, so it'll be interesting to read it again after all these years. It's the very first Discworld book and I originally read it to see if I liked it, but I didn't so I never read any of the other Discworld novels. Then again, I really can't remember anything about it! (Don't worry, I'll write a fresh review when I've re-read it!)"
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