Terry Pratchett's Discworld is a strange place even in the best of times, but when a wild idea gets loose, the havoc caused is a merry romp for the reader. Pratchett skewers almost every Hollywood cliche in this book. The actors go into a daze during filming and are never entire sure what they did or said. Gaspode the Wonder Dog, an actual talking dog, becomes canine agent for Laddie, an incredibly beautiful and equally dumb dog-actor. A troll changes his name to Rock.
Advertising is discovered, much to the chagrin of the directors.
However, it takes much more to stop the horror from Holy Wood from taking over squalid Ankh-Morpork. This delightfully silly addition to the Discworld series is sheer entertainment. Movie buffs will find themselves hunting for the Pratchett version of cinema legends and stories. Anyone who enjoys B movies, silly high fantasy and the other Discworld novels will roll through this book laughing.