The character is lovable because all his faults are mundane to the point of being reasonable he looks out for himself, and he wants nothing more than peace and quiet-peace that, of course, he can’t have as the protagonist of the story. His greed is untempered by courage, and he is never hampered by altruism. Rincewind is a comic foil to the traditional swash and buckle hero. I mean, when I’ve got over that then I’ll have time to be decently frightened of you” (10). Rincewind knows exactly what kind of person he is he tells them, with full honesty, “I’m so scared of you my spine has turned to jelly, it’s just that I’m suffering from an overdose of terror right now. When Rincewind is first introduced, fleeing the burning city of Ankh-Morpork, he runs into Bravd and the Weasel, who had been poised for a robbery. He is a coward and a rogue, but his pragmatism keeps him alive when braver men would perish. The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.The Discworld’s most hapless wizard is the perfect protagonist (the picaro) for a picaresque adventure. 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The Times 'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself.Īnd the whole thing's just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge. Rincewind is the world's worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course. Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own.

It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination.

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