Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic

Terry Pratchett - the very name reeks of legend. If you've only recently arrived on Earth and haven't heard of this guy, let me fill you in: I like to think of Pratchett as the Douglas Adams of fantasy. He's most famous for having written the Discworld series, starting with 1983's "The Colour of Magic". 38 books and 29 years later, his readers have an absolutely delightful "literary sandbox", from which each novel can be read as a standalone book, although there are a number of recurring themes and characters.

The Colour of Magic is, to quote Wikipedia quoting Pratchett, "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns." I've never seen the movie, but this quote certainly intrigues me! Now, rather than write about the plot, I shall direct any n00bs to the book's Wikipedia article warning them about the spoilers that are obviously contained therein. But I'm not going to stop there, for I shall in fact provide you with a link whence you can download this and several other of his novels! Hell, even I haven't read most of the other books from the related files! It's almost a pity I can't stand reading this sort of stuff from a computer screen. That's all, so goodbye my faithful, adoring readers. Goodbye FOR NOW.