Book:The Ultimate Discworld Companion
| The Ultimate Discworld Companion | |
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| Co-author(s) | Stephen Briggs |
| Illustrator(s) | Paul Kidby |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz |
| Publication date | 11 November 2021 |
| ISBN | 9781473223516 |
| Pages | 448 |
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| Series | Discworld Series |
| Annotations | View |
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| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
A new and final update to the guide to all things Discworld.
It was first rumoured in March 2021, under the possible title of “The Absolute Discworld Companion”, but was confirmed in May under this title. As well as expanding the book to include all the novels and short stories (the previous edition, Turtle Recall, covering only as far as Snuff), it features three hundred illustrations by Paul Kidby, including forty-one new drawings. Like its predecessor, it treats the Science of Discworld books as only “borderline canonical”; Briggs’ introduction states that the same attitude was taken for Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook and the later diaries, to which Terry’s input was minimal. It preserves information added from many of the Discworld Diaries, even though they’d been collected separately in coffee-table format a couple of years earlier as The Ankh-Morpork Archives.
The special Dunmanifestin Edition, published in 2022, is subtitled the “Expanded Edition”. It includes extra entries drawn from the Science series, marked with a gold border to indicate their uncertain canonicity. (These include the entries in the regular edition drawn from these sources.) It also contains additional illustrations by Paul Kidby, as well as full colour versions of the new art for the regular edition, and other extras.
Blurb
The absolute, comprehensive, from Tiffany Aching to Jack Zweiblumen guide to all things Discworld, fully illustrated by Paul Kidby.
The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the back of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.
It is also the global publishing phenomenon with sales of over 70 million books worldwide (but who’s counting?). There’s an awful lot of Discworld to keep track of. But fear not! Help is at hand. For the very first time, everything (and we mean everything) you could possibly want to know has been crammed into one place.
If you need a handy guide to locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis...
If you can’t tell your Achmed the Mads from your Jack Zweiblumens...
If your life depends on distinguishing between the Agatean Empire and the Zoons...
Look no further. Compiled and perfected by Stephen Briggs, the man behind The Ultimate Discworld Companion‘s predecessor Turtle Recall, this is your ultimate guide to Sir Terry Pratchett’s beloved fantasy world.
See also
The Dunmanifestin Edition
On the 16th of September 2021, Dunmanifestin Ltd announced they would publish a limited "Dunmanifestin Edition" of The Ultimate Discworld Companion, featuring "expanded entries and information covering the events of The Science of Discworld series, additional full-colour artwork, and exclusive brand-new illustrations." It will also be "bound in a foil-embossed cover and presented in a matching presentation slipcase", and pre-orders also come with extra exclusive artwork by Paul Kidby.
The special edition was originally scheduled for 28 April, 2022, but the company later announced via pre-order outlets that this edition had been delayed due to "supply issues and COVID complications", including a shortage in paper. The book was rescheduled for the 27th of October, 2022. Paul Kidby used the time to create additional artwork for the book.
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External links
- The Ultimate Discworld Companion at Dunmanifestin