{"product_id":"the-discworld-graphic-novels-the-colour-of-magic-and-the-light-fantastic-isbn-9780061833106","title":"The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic","description":"\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e“Discworld is more complicated and satisfactory than Oz.”\u003cbr\u003e—A.S. Byatt\u003cspan style=\"COLOR: black\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"COLOR: black\"\u003eThe Color of Magic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"COLOR: black\"\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Light Fantastic—\u003c\/em\u003ethe first two volumes of Terry Pratchett’s phenomenally successful, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling Discworld series—are now available in this special anniversary graphic novel edition. \u003c\/span\u003eStrikingly illustrated and painstakingly adapted, \u003cem\u003eThe Discworld Graphic Novels \u003c\/em\u003ebrings Prachett’s bizarre, outrageous—yet strangely familiar—universe of wizards, witches, vampires, bureaucrats, policemen, golems, dwarves, and living luggage to bold, visual life. The \u003cem\u003eHouston Chronicle \u003c\/em\u003ecalls Terry Pratchett, “J.R.R. Tolkien with a sharper, more satiric edge.” The  \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003ecompares him to Geoffrey Chaucer, while the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e admires his “Monty Python-like plots.” But in truth there’s no one quite like the incomparable Pratchett—on this world or any other. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine a flat world sitting on the backs of four elephants who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle. The Discworld is a place (and a time) strikingly parallel to our own—but also very different. But also very similar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of the Discworld, the first two volumes of the remarkable Terry Pratchett's equally remarkable—and phenomenally successful—series were made available together, right here, in graphic novel form. These beautifully illustrated renditions of \u003cem\u003eThe Colour of Magic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Light Fantastic\u003c\/em\u003e show and tell the bizarre misadventures of the spectacularly inept wizard Rincewind and Twoflower, Discworld's very first—and possibly,  portentously its very last—tourist. Not to mention the Luggage, which has a mind of its own. And teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A master of laugh-out-loud fiction . . . Pratchett has created an alternate universe full of trolls, dwarfs, wizards, and other fantasy elements, and he uses that universe to reflect on our own culture with entertaining and gloriously funny results.  It’s an accomplishment nothing short of magical.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Most writers would have been reduced to repeating themselves by now; Pratchett finds a mother lode of ore every time he returns to the vein.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ingenious, brilliant and hilarious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is his unexpected insights into human mortality that make the Discworld series stand out.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“At this point Discworld and its recurring cast seem more like a rather quirky orchestra that isn’t limited to one style or set of tunes but can do whatever the composer desires, interweaving themes and shifting from major to minor at the slightest twitch of a baton.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889286443237,"sku":"NP9780061833106","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061833106.jpg?v=1730230931","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-discworld-graphic-novels-the-colour-of-magic-and-the-light-fantastic-isbn-9780061833106","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}