Sir Terry Pratchett

4 3⁄4/5

Once upon a time, on a world carried across the galaxy balancing on the backs of four mighty elephants that stand upon the back of the Mighty A'Tuin (a turtle), Rincewind the useless wizard meets Twoflower the hapless tourist. Can anything go right?
Just remember (and this is very, very important,) dragons only exist if you believe in them. There's a massive net to stop you from falling over the edge. Don't upset the gods as they tend to get pissy pretty quickly. If you hear dice rattling, pretend to be asleep, and Sapient Pearwood, ah yes, then there's that Luggage thingy, beware, it bites.

To find out what I'm going on about - read the book.

Rincewind can't get anything right, but he can run away. That's something he's really pretty good at which is a good job as he has to do it, often. One of the great e.i.g.h.t. spells is lurking around in his head and every time he gets scared it tries to get itself said, but no one (especially not Rincewind) knows what will happen if he says it. 

The Colour of Magic isn't my favourite Pratchett book. In fact had I read this one first I might not have read the others, but I didn't, I read Interesting Times first and then came back to the beginning. What I will say, and I will say it often is, "It's a five (or in this case a four and three quarters), but it's no The Fifth Elephant." You'll find out why. Give it time. And now sit back, relax and read...

4 3⁄4/5

The Light Fantastic is the light that lies on the opposite side of darkness and it's a disappointing purple colour but you'll need it when you're heading toward the sun. A sun. Or just about any big dwarf star. 

The eighth spell of the great e.i.g.h.t spells is hiding in Rincewind's mind. He has to get back to Ankh Morpork to put the spell back in the Octavo and save the Discworld. But can Trymon beat him to it and become the most powerful wizard of everything, anywhere, ever? Or will Twoflower drag Rincewind into one scrape too many that he just can't get out of in time to save the world? And, oh yeah, Will Cohen The Barbarian marry Beth?

Read the book! I'm not giving you the answers here!