But what is the actual Discworld then? Well, it's
a flat planet which rests atop four huge elephants, who themselves
stand on the gigantic space faring turtle, Great A'Tuin. Makes sense.
The disc(as it's often called) varies greatly from place to place,
from the natural beauty of the ramtop mountains to the desert land of
Klatch to the sprawling(And really quite smelly) metropolis of
Ankh-Morpork. A variety of species inhabit the disc including
dwarves, werewolves, trolls, gnomes, vampires and, of course, humans.
As you might have guessed the planet has a strong magical field
leading to witches, wizards, orangoutan librarians, super villain
shopping malls and all sorts of other insane goings on Basically, the Discworld books are very, very good
and very, very interesting(I bet you can't phrase it better). And as
I've already mentioned they're not just run of the mill Dungeons and
Dragons style affairs. For some more info. go to the books and
characters
sections. For a taste of what the disc has to offer you can read
"Theatre of
Cruelty". 
The Discworld books are a series of comic
fantasy books written by Terry Pratchett set on a flat planet called
Discworld. The first book was "The Colour of Magic" and was released in 1983. It was a parody of various other
sci-fi/fantasy stuff around at the time and was not expected to grow
into what discworld is today. But grow it did. TCOM was so popular
that it didn't take long for it's sequel "The Light Fantastic" to be released. The books are now well into their 20's but
the Discworld phenomenon doesn't stop there. For those that are
interested there are diaries, t-shirts, candlesticks, computer games
and even a cook book. And what makes Discworld so popular? Most
likely, the thing that seperates it from the rest of it's genre - the
fact that it's funny. So many aspects of our own life are parodied on
the Discworld - you'll see just how stupid we can be. But it's not
just the parodies that'll make you laugh, some things are funny just
because they are and would work in any book or t.v. programme or
film.
