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{{NDC}} is the second major edition, and third revision, of {{DC}}. It was revised again for the paperback edition. Like the updated edition of the original Companion, it removed many older, shorter entries to make way for significant new characters. As noted in the blurb below, it also incorporated material from the first few [[:Category:Diary Series|Discworld diaries]], four of which had been published since the previous edition. | |||
==Blurb== | ==Blurb== | ||
The | The [[Discworld]] started out as fantasy, but now it's real. The seasoned Discworld traveller knows exactly how to get from [[Lady Roberta Meserole|Madam]]s' Gardens to [[the Mended Drum]] (left up [[Easy Street]], right onto [[Welcome Soap]], fork left onto [[Filigree Street]] and the Drum is on the left, just opposite the [[Short Street]] turn). Travelling around a world so well-defined, but dangerous, without a guide, could be a very courageous choice. | ||
Since the last revision to [[Book:The Discworld Companion|The Discworld® Companion]], new areas of the [[Discworld (world)|Disc]] have been explored, new characters discovered. We've trembled under the chandelier at the [[Ankh-Morpork]] [[Opera House]], we've flown with [[vampires|vampyres]] over the mysterious country of [[Überwald]], we've sliced through time with the [[History Monks]] and we've marvelled at [[Mr. Wintler]]'s humorously shaped vegetables. | Since the last revision to [[Book:The Discworld Companion|The Discworld® Companion]], new areas of the [[Discworld (world)|Disc]] have been explored, new characters discovered. We've trembled under the chandelier at the [[Ankh-Morpork]] [[Opera House]], we've flown with [[vampires|vampyres]] over the mysterious country of [[Überwald]], we've sliced through time with the [[History Monks]] and we've marvelled at [[Mr. Wintler]]'s humorously shaped vegetables. | ||
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This new, revised edition of the best-selling guide to the world's most famous fictional world covers its [[Discworld Stuff#Flora, Fauna, and Peoples|flora and fauna]], its [[List of Pratchett characters|outstanding personalities]], its customs, its [[Discworld Stuff#Organisations and groups|institutions]]. | This new, revised edition of the best-selling guide to the world's most famous fictional world covers its [[Discworld Stuff#Flora, Fauna, and Peoples|flora and fauna]], its [[List of Pratchett characters|outstanding personalities]], its customs, its [[Discworld Stuff#Organisations and groups|institutions]]. | ||
The paperback edition (2004) adequately covers all topics relating to books as far as no. 31, | The paperback edition (2004) adequately covers all topics relating to books as far as no. 31, {{WFM}}. | ||
Any specific or new topics raised in books from no. 32 {{MR}} onwards, however, are going to have to wait for the [[Book:Turtle Recall|''next'']] revision. This edition of the companion also contains material from the - necessarily ephemeral - Diaries and Yearbooks, ie the Watch Yearbook, the assassin's diary and the fools and Clowns' Yearbook. | Any specific or new topics raised in books from no. 32 {{MR}} onwards, however, are going to have to wait for the [[Book:Turtle Recall|''next'']] revision. This edition of the companion also contains material from the - necessarily ephemeral - Diaries and Yearbooks, ie the Watch Yearbook, the assassin's diary and the fools and Clowns' Yearbook. | ||
== | == See also == | ||
* {{DC}} | * {{DC}} | ||
* {{TR}} | * {{TR}} | ||
Latest revision as of 04:45, 6 January 2026
| The New Discworld Companion | |
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| Co-author(s) | Stephen Briggs |
| Illustrator(s) | Stephen Briggs |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| ISBN | 0575075554 |
| Pages | 480 |
| RRP | |
| Main characters | |
| Series | Discworld Series |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
The New Discworld Companion is the second major edition, and third revision, of The Discworld Companion. It was revised again for the paperback edition. Like the updated edition of the original Companion, it removed many older, shorter entries to make way for significant new characters. As noted in the blurb below, it also incorporated material from the first few Discworld diaries, four of which had been published since the previous edition.
Blurb
The Discworld started out as fantasy, but now it's real. The seasoned Discworld traveller knows exactly how to get from Madams' Gardens to the Mended Drum (left up Easy Street, right onto Welcome Soap, fork left onto Filigree Street and the Drum is on the left, just opposite the Short Street turn). Travelling around a world so well-defined, but dangerous, without a guide, could be a very courageous choice.
Since the last revision to The Discworld® Companion, new areas of the Disc have been explored, new characters discovered. We've trembled under the chandelier at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House, we've flown with vampyres over the mysterious country of Überwald, we've sliced through time with the History Monks and we've marvelled at Mr. Wintler's humorously shaped vegetables.
This new, revised edition of the best-selling guide to the world's most famous fictional world covers its flora and fauna, its outstanding personalities, its customs, its institutions.
The paperback edition (2004) adequately covers all topics relating to books as far as no. 31, The Wee Free Men.
Any specific or new topics raised in books from no. 32 Monstrous Regiment onwards, however, are going to have to wait for the next revision. This edition of the companion also contains material from the - necessarily ephemeral - Diaries and Yearbooks, ie the Watch Yearbook, the assassin's diary and the fools and Clowns' Yearbook.