I was apparently very out of the Terry Pratchett loop.  This is the first of many novels based in the Discworld.  It’s very much like Middle Earth on acid, meaning more fun and full of sarcasm.  This particular story follows Rincewind, an unfortunately bad wizard who has stumbled upon an out-of-towner named Twoflower and his loyal Luggage.  Rincewind and Twoflower end up accompanying each other on a ridiculous journey through all the different lands of the Discworld.  The Discworld, of course, is a world shaped flat like a disc, carried on the backs of four elephants, who just so happen to be standing on the back of a giant turtle.  

Once you wrap your mind around the nonsense that is the Discworld, and realize that as much as you would love just one picture or even a map, you won’t get one, you’ll start to carve it out of your imagination from scratch.  A task which is actually quite rewarding.  About twenty pages in, I found myself wanting to be able to read this book at the end of the day.  Therefore I deem it to be well worth your time, and I certainly look forward to exploring the many, many more adventures of all the crazy characters in the Discworld, of which there are thirty eight…and counting.