It is known as the Discworld It is a flat planet supported on the backs of four elephants who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A' Tuin as it swims majestically through space & 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 of an eighth son Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say 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 & chauvinism in his hilarious third Discworld novel