Customer Reviews
Welcome to the Discworld - By: Jeremy Bevan, 20 Dec 2008 
The one where we are introduced to incompetent wizard Rincewind, who accidentally becomes a guide to Twoflower (the Discworld's first tourist)in a series of escapades controlled by the gods, who are (literally) playing dice. Features dragons, the horribly carnivorous but loyal Luggage, & space travel - well, almost. Pratchett's humour takes a while to get used to, but stick with it - there's a whole world waiting to be discoveredin the Discworld series, of which this is the very first instalment. `The Light Fantastic' picks up where this work finishes.
Wonderful fantasy world - By: Ms. K. Marsh, 10 Dec 2008 Synopsis from Amazon:
It is fantasy? No - it's a different & more eccentric reality, where the world is flat & moves through space on the back of a giant turtle, Death stalks glumly about his duties, & dragons only exist if you believein them. And your luggage follows you around on hundreds of little legs...
Follow Twoflower the naïve tourist & his inept guide Rincewindin their hilarious search for thrills, adventure & opportunities to not get killed. Follow them all the way to the Edge - & beyond...
This is the first Pratchett novel I have read, & I am glad I did, what a funny book!
Pratchett leads us through a fantastical world filled with gods, dragons, trolls & the like. This book was not a disappointment. Everything was describedin such a way that it was easy to imagine & be transported there.
I loved Twoflower, I found his character hilarious. Pretty much all he did & said was funny. My other favourite character was Death. He had some great one-liners.
My only problem with the book was there were so many events & adventures & characters I slowly forgot who was who & what had happened before. However, this didn't really spoil the story for me.
The end is nicely set up for the nextin the series, & I am looking forward to carrying on the adventure :-)
8/10
Don't start with this one if you're new to the series - By: Mr. Michael Heron, 16 Jul 2008 
This is certainly not one to start the series with if you are new to Terry Pratchett - it is thematically quite different (which is understandable considering that it's the first of his Discworld books) & rather roughin parts. It's certainly one to read once you're familiar with the world, but you'd be better off starting with something like Mort or Soul Music to get a better flavour of what Discworld is all about.
Discworld Begins. - By: genejoke, 30 Apr 2008 Ok you dont need to read every discworls novel, nor do you need to start here but I think it helps. This is one of the best, Rincewind has always been my favourite Pratchett Character anyway.
I loved it - By: discmythnut, 26 Apr 2008 I loved the book & all its characters down to the tiniest atom. Rincewind & Death are now official favourite characters of mine & I am now a Discworld fan. I have read through 13-14 books so far & hope to read more, but this one I always come back to.
People may have thought It wasn't that great, but it was better than [[The Last Continent]]!
