Book description
The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs
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 a global publishing phenomenon with sales of over 70 million
books worldwide (but who's counting?). The publication of Snuff
brought the Discworld canon to 39 books - not including the various
guides, mapps, diaries and other side-projects. That's a lot of
Discworld to keep track of - more than most people can manage with just
the one head - but fear not: help is at hand!
If you're looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most
heavily populated - certainly the most hilarious - setting in fantasy
literature . . .
If you need a handy guide to Discworld locales from Ankh-Morpork to
Zemphis . . .
If you want help telling Achmed the Mad from Jack Zweiblumen . . .
If your life depends on being able to distinguish the Agatean Empire
from the Zoons . . .
. . . look no further than Turtle Recall
- the latest Discworld Companion, fully updated and completely up to Snuff
! Sir Terry Pratchett is a publishing phenomenon. Among his many
prizes and citations are the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award, the
Carnegie Medal, the BSFA Award, eight honorary doctorates and, of
course, a knighthood. He is the author of fifty bestselling books but
isbest known for the globally renowned Discworld series.
The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic
, was published in 1983, and the series is still going strong almost
three decades later. Four Discworld novels - Hogfather
, Going Postal
, The Colour of Magic
and The Light Fantastic
- have been adapted for television, with more to follow. His books have
sold more than 70 million copies worldwide, and been translated into
thirty-seven languages. Terry Pratchett lives near Salisbury in
Wiltshire. Stephen Briggs lives in Oxfordshire and has been involved for
many years in the sinister world of amateur dramatics, which is how he
came to discover the Discworld. Having read one book, he was hooked and
read the entire canon over the next three weeks. Oxford's Studio Theatre
Club went on to stage his adaptations of Wyrd Sisters
, Mort
, Guards! Guards!
. . . and many, many more. As well as compiling The Discworld Companion
, The New Discworld Companion
and, now, The Complete Discworld Companion
, he has also co-authored the Discworld Diaries, the Mapps and has
dramatised most of the Discworld novels. Stephen also now voices the UK
and US Discworld audio books.
