Besides being the most comprehensive guide to Discworld, this special edition also includes expanded entries and information covering the events of The Science of Discworld series, additional full-colour artwork, and exclusive brand-new illustrations. Bound in a foil-embossed cover and presented in a matching presentation slipcase, this book is the ultimate companion to your Discworld library. Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2021). The Ultimate Discworld Companion. Gollancz. ISBN 978-1-47-322350-9. Hardcover, UK edition, 448 pp.

Besides being the most comprehensive guide to Discworld, this special edition also includes expanded entries and information covering the events of The Science of Discworldseries, additional full-colour artwork, and exclusive brand-new illustrations. Bound in a foil-embossed cover and presented in a matching presentation slipcase, this book is the ultimate companion to your Discworld library.This is, unfortunately, a disappointment. The cover declares "The Ultimate Discworld Companion - containing Everything... and more besides", which is a lie, (apart from the word 'ultimate' in its meaning as 'the last one'). First, the good stuff: Paul Kidby's illustrations are wonderful, and several included here I have not seen before. The new entries for books published since "Turtle Recall" are also covered in reasonable detail, which is good. Here be dragons . . . and barbarians, luggages, druids, gods, portals to fairyland and cities of a thousand surprises . . .

The Companion contains precise definitions of words, people, places and events that have appeared in at least one Discworld 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 the Companion six years before the publication of The 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. From Sator Square to The Tower of Art, explore the buildings and grounds of Unseen University, Discworld’s foremost magical educational establishment, and in our opinion the finest and funniest school of wizardry in literature!

The absolute, comprehensive, from Tiffany Aching to Jack Zweiblumen guide to all things Discworld, fully illustrated by Paul Kidby.

Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2012). Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far. London: Gollancz. ISBN 978-0-575-09118-4. Hardcover This beautiful volume is the essential guide to Discworld’s characters, concepts and creatures, assembled by Terry’s long-time collaborators, Discworld archivist Stephen Briggs and official Discworld artist Paul Kidby. Your guide to the entirety of Discworld®, from The Colour of Magic to The Shepherd’s Crown, and everything in between. The Ultimate Discworld Companion covers the riotous, intricate, and exuberant world that is the life’s work of master storyteller Terry Pratchett.