Reddit reviews The Color of Magic (Discworld)

I've done something similar a while ago and used books on amazon marketplace is your best bet. It's actually easy to find them there if you know how.
Go to amazon.com, search for Color of Magic, the first book of the series, and look at the list of used books.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0062225677/ref=tmm_mmp_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&sr=8-1&qid=1394908702
In there, you will find some users with insane numbers of ratings (300k and more). Those are used book shops and they often have entire series available, but list every book individually on amazon. So click on one of them and search for "discworld" in their user shop. The "DailyDeal USA" shop seems to have almost, if not all of the books.
Then you can either add them all to your cart (annoying) or you can try e-mailing them. They might even give you a discount.

The consensus will be for the "Disc-world" series. That's a handy link to a recommended reading order. Here is a link to the first novel .

I've been purchasing the reissued mass market paperbacks one at a time as I finish them (currently reading small gods ). I'm pretty sure they are the only ones I've found to be a complete matching set. So far so good.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062225677/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486628973&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=discworld+collection&dpPl=1&dpID=51chrfXHMNL&ref=plSrch

A couple ape examples off the top of my head: the librarian orangutan in The Color of Magic and the various chimeras in Daughter of Smoke and Bone. And Planet of the Apes, of course.

If you're going to use nonhumans, I would much rather see them acting like nonhumans. If you want a quick read to pick up some ape behaviors, check out the graphic novel Primates (science, not fantasy).

"He was a baboon" totally makes sense, but you could also twist it so that characters were calling him that when he's another species and they're just calling attention to whatever stereotypical traits they think baboons have.

Have you tried .. every "pop" fantasy book ever?


The Shannara books are pretty popular. https://www.amazon.com/Sword-Shannara-Trilogy-Terry-Brooks/dp/0345453751


So are the Discworld books (a bit more tongue in cheek).
https://www.amazon.com/Color-Magic-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0062225677


Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is really good. https://www.amazon.com/Wizards-First-Rule-Sword-Truth/dp/0812548051

If you want to branch out into fantasy that isn't swords and wizards, you can move into things like The Deathgate Cycle. https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Wing-Death-Gate-Cycle/dp/0553286390


All of these have pretty interesting worlds with a hero that saves the day.

Lol. If you really don't like reading maybe you should try some different books. My first suggestion for anyone who wants to try something new is Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic
http://www.amazon.com/Color-Magic-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0062225677/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413836312&sr=1-1&keywords=the+color+of+magic

It's the start to his absolutely amazing Discworld series. If you like comedy, amazing worlds, fantasy, sci-fi, and interesting characters, you really need to try it!

Because you're an unlettered boor who has never read the Discworld Series? Have no fear. It's never too late to pick up the books.

If he doesn’t have much in the way of 3rd party content, I’d get him the [Tome of Beasts](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1936781565/ref=mp_s_a_1_1 ie=UTF8&qid=1523552464&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=tome+of+beasts&dpPl=1&dpID=61%2BwXcuEGfL&ref=plSrch) from Kobold Press. It’s full of enemies that are lacking in the Mm and VGtM, like high CR monsters and Fey.

Alternatively, if he likes reading, get him Matt Coville’s book [Priest](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0615512151/ref=mp_s_a_1_1 ie=UTF8&qid=1523553476&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=priest+matt&dpPl=1&dpID=41ZD3imHCkL&ref=plSrch). I haven’t read it, but I’ve heard nothing but good things. There’s also the Drizz’t series by R.A. Salvatore starting with Homeland, the Dragonlance series by Weis and Hickman, Discworld by Terry Pratchett, etc.

If he’s more into games, you could get him Divinity: Original Sin 2 on Steam. It’s basically DnD the game, if I had to describe it in a sentence.

All the books are normally around $6-10 dollars, and both the Tome Of Beasts and the game go on sale for around $30 fairly often.

I think you should start reading the Discworld series, but I'd love to see your dog wearing this, because just looking at the pictures made me laugh out loud.

Check out my WL and feel free to get what you like if you like my suggestions.

LOL..no worries, probably jsut different than what you like.

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (awesome satirical sci-fi series.

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. Classic about the Civil War -- very graphic and humanizing!

Mortal Instruments is fantasy, right? Does she dig humorous books? If yes, the Discworld series is perfect. The first couple set the world, but I much prefer the witches or Night's Watch series.

https://www.amazon.com/Samuel-Johnson-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199538336

https://www.amazon.com/Color-Magic-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0062225677/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1550233194&sr=1-1&keywords=DiscworldI highly recommend both of these.

So I'm not the best book snob out there, but what I got from your post is that you want an honest book with none of the fucking whiney bullshit that so many books have, and you want to avoid the shitty cliches that many authors use to just follow trends and try to cash in.

I'm not sure how interested you are in fantasy/sci-fi, but I would check out Terry Pratchett's Discworld, here is the first book in the series.

I love Pratchett, I feel like his stories are genuine, and are also both thought provoking and comedic. If you're fed up with stuff like Catcher in the Rye, Pratchett is an excellent reprieve from whiny bullshit.

Quick warning, his writing style is unique. Some don't like it, some do. I absolutely love it.

If not that, check out George R. R. Martin's other books that aren't GOT. Specifically, check out 'Fevre Dream', 'Windhaven', or 'Tuf Voyaging'

Shameless plug : Also, I'm a new author. Normally I wouldn't suggest my book unless I think someone might like it.

The book, 'Failure', deals with mature themes such as community vs. individuality, the moral boundaries of science, and insanity. HOWEVER, no one waxes poetic or has angsty meltdowns. There are meltdowns, but more of the insane kind because their consciousness is literally being ripped in two. Check it out here

*ps - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to recommend my own books. I found this sub a bit ago, but just lurked until now cause usually I don't comment/post cause social media is intimidating to me.

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Thanks for the raffle!

Guys! This isn't the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! This is from the Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett!

You should definitely read the book if you like this kind of humor.