It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of fou
r elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A'Tuin as it swim
s majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all
of creation.
The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a
bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son o
f an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to sa
y misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex...
Terry Pratchett turns his acute satirical eye on sexual equality and chauvinism
in his hilarious third Discworld novel.
