Series: Wizards

A master of laugh-out-loud fiction . . . Pratchett has created an alternate universe full of trolls, dwarfs, wizards, and other fantasy elements, and he uses that universe to reflect our own culture with entertaining and gloriously funny results. . . . Nothing short of magical. --Chicago Tribune In this first novel in the internationally bestselling comedic fantasy Discworld series...

"Pratchett's humour is international, satirical, devious, knowing, irreverent, unsparing, and above all, funny." --Kirkus Reviews Determined to create a wish-granting demon, an inept young demonologist instead conjures the Discworld's most incompetent wizard in this devilishly humorous satirical fantasy adventure in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling series. Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the...

Discworld is more complicated and satisfactory than Oz . . . has the energy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland . . . brilliant. --A. S. Byatt When war, magic, politics, and one deliciously inept wizard collide, zany mayhem ensues in this delightful satire in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling Discworld series....

Delightful... logically illogical as only Terry Pratchett can write. --Anne McCaffrey Will the most unlikely hero in all of Discworld save the universe once again... or has his luck finally run out in this wildly funny instalment in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling series, a hilarious mix of magic, mayhem, and Luggage. Once upon a time, there was an eighth...

"If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett's unique blend of philosophical badinage interspersed with slapstick, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity." --Financial Times Chaos ensues when Discworld's deliciously hapless wizard Rincewind goes walking about in the Down Under in this wonderfully witty satire from legendary internationally bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett. There's big trouble at the Unseen University,...

Humorously entertaining... subtly thought-provoking... Pratchett's Discworld books are filled with humour and with magic, but they're rooted in—of all things—real life and cold, hard reason. —Chicago Tribune Bumbling wizard Rincewind and hapless tourist Twoflower have survived a host of misadventures on their epic journey... only to face annihilation as a red star hurtles towards the Discworld in this gloriously funny...

"Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. The prose crackles with wit and charm, and the sendups of league football, academic posturing, Romeo and Juliet and cheesy sports dramas are razor sharp and hilarious but never cruel. At its heart, this is an intelligent, cheeky love letter to football,...