Oh, come on. Revelation was a mushroom dream that belonged in the Apocrypha. The New Testament is basically about what happened when God got religion.

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. [Fred. Free.]

Sometimes you can think that 'I've had enough of wizards!' And sometimes fantasy is not just about wizards.

Next comes the realist phase ("After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a door at the top.")

For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves.

There are no inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.

Fantasy doesn't have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head in the clouds. The cute dragon that sits on your shoulder also craps all down your back, but this makes it more interesting because it gives it an added dimension.