By Terry Pratchett. It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A’Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is […]

By Terry Pratchett. Everybody knows there’s no such thing as a female wizard. So when the wizard Drum Billet accidentally passes on his staff of power to an eighth daughter of an eighth son, a girl called Eskarina (Esk, for short), the misogynistic world […]

By Terry Pratchett. The Discworld is in danger, heading towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, its magic fading.  It needs a hero, and fast. What it doesn’t need is Rincewind, an inept and cowardly wizard who is still […]

By Terry Pratchett. Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell […]