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| Author | Terry Pratchett andStephen Briggs |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Stephen Briggs |
| Cover artist | Josh Kirby |
| Language | English |
| Series | Discworld |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover andPaperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | 0-575-05764-5 |
The Discworld Companion is anencyclopaedia of theDiscworldfictional universe, created byTerry Pratchett andStephen Briggs.[1] Four editions have been published, under varying titles.
TheCompanion contains precise definitions of words, people, places and events that have appeared in at least oneDiscworld novel, map, diary or non-fiction book, or in one of the three short stories "Troll Bridge", "Theatre of Cruelty", and "The Sea and Little Fishes". Material is often quoted directly from these sources, but, in each successive edition, also includes information that had not yet been worked into the novels. For instance,William de Worde is mentioned in the first edition of theCompanion six years before the publication ofThe Truth, the novel in which he is introduced. At the end of each article is an abbreviation indicating the book(s) in which the word, person, event or place appears, though if there are too many, no abbreviation is used. The book includes an introduction by Stephen Briggs and an interview with Terry Pratchett, both of which have been updated in each edition.
The first edition, published in 1994, contained information from all the novels up toSoul Music as well as the first two short stories. The second edition, published in 1997, added information up toMaskerade. The third edition was published in 2003 under the titleThe New Discworld Companion. It contains articles based on books up toNight Watch, as well as related books and short stories. The book also contains a ten-page interview with Pratchett under the heading "Discworld Quo Vadis?".
An updated edition of theCompanion, published on 18 October 2012, was calledTurtle Recall: The Discworld Companion ... So Far and included information from all the novels up to and includingSnuff.[2]
In March 2021 a new edition, rumoured to be titled "The Absolute Discworld Companion", was listed for pre-order at several book stores; this was later confirmed asThe Ultimate Discworld Companion, which is to be published on 11 November 2021 and is updated to include information from all forty-one Discworld novels.[3] On 16 September 2021, Dunmanifestin Ltd announced a deluxe hardcover "Dunmanifestin Edition" to be published on 23 April 2022 which also includes additional information drawn fromThe Science of Discworld books.[4]
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