The Discworld Companion
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Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs |
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| Illustrator | Stephen Briggs |
| Cover artist | Josh Kirby |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Series | Discworld |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | 0-575-05764-5 |
The Discworld Companion is an encyclopaedia of the Discworld fictional universe created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.[1]
The book compiles a precise (and often quoted directly from the books concerned) definition of words, lives of historical people, geography of places and events that have appeared in at least one Discworld novel, map, diary, non-fiction book and the short stories "Troll Bridge", "Theatre of Cruelty", and "The Sea and Little Fishes".
The first edition was published in 1994 and listed information from all the novels up to Soul Music, as well as the first two short stories.
The second edition was published in 1997, and adds information up to Maskerade.
The third edition named The New Discworld Companion was published in 2003. It includes articles about books up to Night Watch, as well as Discworld related books and short stories. The book also contains a 10-page interview with Pratchett titled Discworld Quo Vadis?.
All of them also include information that exists on Pratchett's computer, but that he has not yet worked into a novel (for instance, William de Worde is mentioned in the first edition, six years before the publication of The Truth).
At the end of each article is an abbreviation indicating the book(s) in which the word, person, event or place appeared (if there are too many, then no abbreviation is used). The book also includes an introduction by Stephen Briggs and an interview with Terry Pratchett, both of which have also been "updated" in each edition.
Latest edition of the companion was published on 18 October 2012 and is called Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far. It includes information up to, and including, Snuff.[2]
Publication history
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (1994). The Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-05764-5. Hardcover
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (1995). The Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-06002-6. trade paperback
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (1997). The Discworld Companion Updated. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-60030-6. Paperback
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2000). The Discworld Companion Updated. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-60030-6. Paperback, US edition
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2002). The New Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-07467-1. Trade paperback, 544 pp.
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2003). The New Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-07467-1. Trade paperback, 280 pp. Omits "Where Am I?"
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2003). The New Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-07555-4. Paperback, 472 pp.
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2012). Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-09118-5. Hardcover
- Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2014). Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-229255-1. Hardcover, US edition, 464 pp.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Clute and Grant 1997, pp. 784-785.
- ↑ Upcoming4.me. "Turtle Recall by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs cover art reveal, release date, synopsis!". Upcoming4.me. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- Bibliography
- Clute, John and John Grant. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St Martin's Press, 1997. ISBN 0-312-15897-1 / London: Orbit Books, 1997. ISBN 978-1-85723-368-1.
External links
- Discworld & Pratchett Wiki
- The Discworld Companion title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Discworld Companion Updated title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The New Discworld Companion title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
