Talk:The Colour of Magic

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Anyone seen the version with the cover by Stephen Player? ISBN 0-552-13893-2

Anyone up to splitting the game out into its own article? --Phil | Talk 08:15, Feb 2, 2005 (UTC)

Added a redirect from The Color of Magic to The Colour of Magic. See: amazon.com Probably a common spelling in America? At least that's the version I have :) Ash Lux 6 July 2005 00:05 (UTC)

Wierd, the Brittish version is called The Colour of Magic. Did they rename it for the American market? Or is it a typo on the cover? Have they Americanized the spelling in the book too? :) Í'm curious about the story of the different spellings. Maybe something about this could be added to the article. But you are right about adding a redirect since that spelling of the title is used. Jeltz talk 6 July 2005 09:47 (UTC)

I'd imagine it's been renamed for the American market. It's probably worth mentioning briefly. Something like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (US) and The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (UK). Interstingly, both of my copies of these books are on loan right now :P Ash Lux 23:12, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Editors have a terrible habit of butchering books (including titles) for other markets. Philosopher's stone, anyone? ::Didactylos 07:32, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Chapters? It isn't split into chapters at all. It is in four sections, like Pyramids. Plus, Chapters links to the bookshop. And young adults? Children, I think. Any objections if I edit this? ::Didactylos 07:51, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

About it being a children's book: yes, I object.

Should we possibly mention that Ankh-Morpork itself is a parody of Lankhmar? It's even visible in the name:

 Ankh-Morpork
Lankh mar

Adam Cuerden 07:29, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Terry Pratchett has stated himself that it isn't a parody of Lankhmar.

"Bravd and the Weasel were indeed takeoffs of Leiber characters – there was a lot of that sort of thing in The Colour of Magic. But I didn't – at least consciously, I suppose I must say – create Ankh-Morpork as a takeoff of Lankhmar."[1]

Lankhmar could have inspired Pratchett, which he admits himself. Jeltz talk 12:33, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Certainly not ALL of Ankh-Morpork, no. I think, though, it started out closer to Lankhmar, but rapidly grew in other directions after it became a setting for more than Bravd and the Weasel. In orther wrods, as long as it was just a setting for a Lieber parody, it wasn't important, but as soon as it became important, it grew to something distinctly Pratchett.

The guilds are very Lankhmar, thought. Adam Cuerden 12:57, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I own a few Discworld novels and inside is a list of Terry Patchett's published works. One of which was a graphic novel version of 'The Colour of Magic' (there was one for 'The Light Fantastic' as well), but no mention to this is made and there is no separate article on it. I also believe that there's a screenplay of it by Stephen Briggs.

[edit] Translation

I've changed the translation section a bit, hopefully for the better. I've added a bit of structure by making the section into a table and added bookcovers from the foreign versions. The round-trip translations back to English are interesting I think, especially when they translate to something other than "The Colour of Magic". Eldestone 13:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Graphic Novel

The book was adapted into a graphic novel in 1992. It would be great if someone who has read it could add a few lines about it. Eldestone 14:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)