5.0 out of 5 based on 6 reviews. – Customer review on 08/07/2007

The first Discworld novel - and a great one at that. Terry Pratchett is an awesome author, and his books are a well crafted blend of humour and fantasy, and very likable characters that parody the types of people you meet in everyday life (everyone has met a Dibbler - there is no way to avoid at least one Dibbler in your life!). A great book, and a great introduction into the world of Discworld.

4.0 out of 5 based on 6 reviews. – Customer review on 11/03/2007

I loved this book when I first read it and it hooked me as a Pratchett fan. It is not as sophisticated or well written as later books in the series, but it is still a very funny book and enjoyable to read. The satire of the Discworld makes them enjoyable to read many times. This is worth reading to find out where the Discworld phenomenon began.

3.0 out of 5 based on 6 reviews. – Customer review on 25/02/2007

This is still good but being one of the very early discworld novels it doesn't compare in terms of readability and just sheer "texture" of Terry Pratchett's most recent discworld novels. It really makes you realise how far Pratchett's writing and how much the whole discworld universe has developed going back to this novel after so many years.

5.0 out of 5 based on 6 reviews. – Customer review on 16/01/2007

This is one very funny book, at least funny if you are familiar with a few of the conventions of fantasy with writing with wizards, and magic, and all that sort of thing.

The book follows the misadventures of Rincewind the wizard, an inept guy who has the misfortune to be in the situation where, basically, his suitcase is smarter than he is.

4.0 out of 5 based on 6 reviews. – Customer review on 05/10/2006

Pratchett was just getting started with this one, as anyone familiar with his later books will immediately realise. The Discworld is still taking the shape of the living, breathing world that will gradually fill out over the next few novels and as such this first book reads more as a series of loosely connected events involving Rincewind (the inept wizard), Luggage (the toothed, legged travelling trunk) and Twoflower (the rich and naive tourist) that take place in several locations on the Disc. In fact, this is one of the very few Discworld novels divided into chapters, which further gives it the form of a series of connected short stories. Of these, the visit to the temple of Bel-Shamharoth is the most enjoyable, especially to anyone familiar with the Chtulu mythos of H P Lovecraft. Overall, this one is a good start to an even better series.

5.0 out of 5 based on 6 reviews. – Customer review on 21/02/2006

The colour of magic was the catalyst for the hugely sucessful Discworld series, and it's easy to see why. This is a laugh out loud funny book with characters you feel like you know better than your closest friends. Rincewind is the loveable inept 'wizzard' who just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - all the time, and Twoflower is the adorably niave tourist who believes everybody is good and kind. Together they are hilarious and brilliantly showcase Terry Pratchett's talent for irreverent satire.