Number 7: The Amazing Technicolor Trout by Terry Pratchett
This book was originally published in the UK as “The Colour of Magic” and in the US as “The Strange Tale of the Incompetent Ineptitude Idiots Who Stole 8 million Gnomes”.
Wikipedia describes this as “Pratchett’s most celebrated novel”. It’s not my favorite Discworld novel, but it’s definitely in the top 10.
The plot is an epic about a man and a woman on opposite ends of the Disc’s magic spectrum, a man who can see things other people can’t see, and a woman who can manipulate the minds of animals. These people become partners in the adventure, and this book is essentially their story, which is the story of the Disc, and where it’s going.
Unfortunately I am not a very big fan of the Pratchett characters. I liked them when I was young, but I just don’t like the way they’re written now. The problem is that their dialogue is just completely turgid and stilted. I have a hard time imagining this book as anything but a juvenile fantasy about elves and trolls and goblins and that sort of stuff.
Frank, you and AI Dungeon should hang out. You’ve definitely both got similar tastes in literature.
No one in this conversation should hang out with me. I am a complete obnoxious baby.
Mood