I'd always realised that The Colour of Magic parodied the "classic" fantasy genre, but as my exploration of fantasy had been limited to Tolkien and Peake I thought that I might miss some of the finer points.
In the event I should not have been so concerned. Over the pasty few years the major TV series has been Game of Thrones. As a matter of principle I do not have a satellite subscription but finally managed to catch up with all the series on DVD. In parallel I read all five novels of Martin's proposed trilogy and as soon as I started on The Colour of Magic I found I was revisiting familiar territory: horse people, wizards, dragons.
Wikipedia says that The Colour of Magic includes echoes of the novels of Fritz Leiber and Anne McCaffrey; it may do, but it stands as a novel in its own right. It is also the first part of sequence far longer than even George R R Martin will (hopefully) finally produce.
In the event I should not have been so concerned. Over the pasty few years the major TV series has been Game of Thrones. As a matter of principle I do not have a satellite subscription but finally managed to catch up with all the series on DVD. In parallel I read all five novels of Martin's proposed trilogy and as soon as I started on The Colour of Magic I found I was revisiting familiar territory: horse people, wizards, dragons.
Wikipedia says that The Colour of Magic includes echoes of the novels of Fritz Leiber and Anne McCaffrey; it may do, but it stands as a novel in its own right. It is also the first part of sequence far longer than even George R R Martin will (hopefully) finally produce.
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