Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion... So Far - Hardcover

Pratchett, Terry; Briggs, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062292552 ISBN 13: 9780062292551

Publisher: Harper, 2014

Synopsis

For every Pratchett fan, the must-have fully updated guidebook to Discworld!

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 nearly 85 million books worldwide (and counting). With 39 books in the canon, not including the various guides, maps, diaries, and other tie-in volumes, there's a lot of Discworld to keep track of--more than most fans can manage without magic.

Turtle Recall is the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated--certainly the most hilarious--setting in fantasy literature and includes a guide to Discworld locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis, as well as information to help you distinguish Achmed the Mad from Jack Zweiblumen and the Agatean Empire from the Zoons. Plus much, much more.

Covering everything from The Colour of Magic, the first Discworld novel, through Snuff!, Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far is the most up-to-the-minute encyclopedia of Terry Pratchett's extraordinary universe available.

About this title

Review:

."..[SNUFF is a] lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Brilliantly complex."--The Straits Times

"The humor is sharp and the characters are charming, and the plight of the goblins creates moments of genuine pathos that are the highlight of the book."--Tor.com

"In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett."--Booklist

[SNUFF is a] lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Brilliantly complex. --The Straits Times"

The humor is sharp and the characters are charming, and the plight of the goblins creates moments of genuine pathos that are the highlight of the book. --Tor.com"

In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett. --Booklist"

..".[SNUFF is a] lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Book Description:

The one and only official guide to all things Discworld including, but not limited to:
What to do when approached by a hermit elephant
Where to get a beer in Ankh-Morpork*
How to play Cripple Mr Onion

* and live to tell about it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062292552
• ISBN 13: 9780062292551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 451