<p><b>¿Incredibly funny, compulsively readable¿ </b><i>The Times </i><br><br><b>The Discworld is very much like our own ¿ if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . </b><br><br><i>''What shall we do?'' said <b>Twoflower</b>.</i><br><i>''Panic?'' said <b>Rincewind</b> hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.</i><br><br> As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the <b>Discworld </b>could do with a hero. <br><br>What it doesn¿t need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own. <br><br>Which is a shame, because that''s all there is . . . <br>____________________<br><br><i>The Discworld novels can be read in any order but <b>The Light Fantastic </b>is the second book in the Wizards