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.

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

You know, you're rather amusingly wrong.

It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's American editors.

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.

Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity.

As we all know, the Discworld is a flat planet - like a geological pizza, but without the anchovies.