The first series of books that really sparked my imagination was Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. Terry’s mix of comedy, incredible plot lines and social commentary, set against the backdrop of a rich fantasy universe, is an phenomenal work genius.

I was introduced the Terry’s books by a school friend in the early ’90s. Having just woken up to life altering notion of reading via Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy books, I took to the Discworld series like a vulture feasting on a fresh corpse. Since then I’ve read every Discworld b...