On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet...

the first discworld novel.

i loved it!

RELEASE NOTES:

left on the shelf near the near of the store

I caught the book at my favourite releasing point -- the Starbucks that was once Albert Britnell's bookstore, at Yonge & Bloor in Toronto. A grey, rain-threatening day after too little sleep, dragging my pathetic posterior into my local caffeine dispenser and, suddenly -- TERRY PRATCHETT! Changed my whole day, that did. THANK YOU BOOK FAIRY! And the first one, too. (Mind-boggling: who knew there was a first one?!). I will read and re-release quickly. Or maye I will read it, pass it on to my daughter, and then re-release it. Or maybe.... reading is right up there, though. Also releasing. But although time sometime stops, duration ... you know ... continues. Or something. Did I mention it's not yet nine a.m.?

I have read several other Terry Pratchet books and have high hopes for this one. I found this book while I was in Toronto, and a good friend gave it to me to take back home, all the way across Canada!