Other Discworld Publications

Audio Books
There are two ranges of audio books available. The abridged versions published by Corgi (or Doubleday Audio)are all read by Tony Robinson. They are typically a little more expensive than a paperback book and simplify the story to fit onto a couple of tapes. The tapes are usually released at the same time as the hardbacks these days. Most on-line book shops supply the audio books - www.amazon.co.uk has most titles available at £8.99 each.

If it's the complete, unabridged books that you are looking for, on either Audio Cassette tapes or CD's, these are published by Isis Publishing. Recent books are read by Stephen Briggs (TheFifth Elephant, The Truth, Thief of Time, Eric, Strata, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, Night Watch, The Wee Free Men, Monstrous Regiment) with the earlier books read by Nigel Planer (Wyrd Sisters and Equal Rites are read by Celia Imrie). They typically cost more than the hardback book, at around £20-£25, but you get the complete story on up to 8 tapes, or up to 10 Compact Discs, with a running time of up to10 hours.

Isis also produced some books on a single CD for just £12.99. The files recorded in Windows Media Audio (.wma) format, will play on Windows Media Player 7 or Winamp - both are available as free downloads from the Internet (from www.microsoft.com and www.winamp.com respectively), but to download them you must be running Windows 98 or above. WMP 7 comes pre-loaded with Windows 2000. They will not play on Mac or Linux. More details can be found on the Isis website.
You can buy the unabridged books direct from www.isis-publishing.co.uk or ring Isis free on 0800 731 5637 (UK only) or outside the UK call +44 1865 250 333.
email enquiries to audiobooks@isis-publishing.co.uk

Maps

The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (published 1993)- The idea of mapping Discworld geography came from Stephen Briggs who gathered all the Ankh Morpork references from the books and produced a rough map. The job of drawing it went to Stephen Player and the result was a very detailed and impressive fold up street map of the Great City of the Discworld. Since then, there have also been The Discworld Mapp (published 1995), A Tourist Guide to Lancre (published 1998) and Death's Domain (published in 1999), with Paul Kidby taking over the artists role for the last two. Terry and Stephen contribute a thin booklet to each map providing a little insight into the subject matter.

Diaries

There have been six Discworld diaries produced, and with no diary published for 2004 it looks like there will be no more.
1998 - The first Discworld Diary followed a Unseen University theme. This was a collaboration between Terry and Stephen Briggs with Paul Kidby providing the artwork, although much of the artwork had already been seen in his Pratchett Portfolio.
1999 - Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch inspired the 1999 diary.
2000 - The Assassins' Guild Yearbook and Diary.
2001 - The Fool's Guild Yearbook and Diary got the treatment.
2002 - The Thieves' Guild Yearbook & Diary.
2003 - The (Reformed) Vampyre's Diary, sponsored by the Uberwald League of Temperance.

The Discworld Almanak

The Discworld Almanak, for the Year of the Prawn; by Terry Pratchett & Bernard Pearson, published 2004 by Doubleday. “Being an essential guide to all aspects of life and a reliable means of measuring fertility of crops & livestock. Also a boon companion in affairs of the heart & health. With notes on Husbandry, Physic, Fairs & Marts’ and other such information as will render this publication a staunch companion to Townsman & Tiller of the Soil alike”

If you are looking for back copies of the Diaries contact the Guild at gofad@btinternet.com for details of availability and prices.

The Science of Discworld

Science of the Discworld (published1999) was written by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen and takes a wry look at some modern scientific theories. Threaded through the book is a short story by Terry in which the Wizards of UU create a model of our universe in the squash courts and the alternating chapters by IS & JC look at what is actually going on.
The latest paper back edition (published 2002) has been fully revised and updated with two new chapters.

The Science of Discworld II THE GLOBE

In The Science of Discworld II The Globe (published May 2002) international science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen join forces again with Terry to see just what happens when wizards and elves meddle in Earth's human history. The Renaissance is given a push, London is replaced temporarily by a dozy Neanderthal village, the role of fat women in art is devloped and one very famous playwright gets born and writes The Play. This Discworld tale weaves between Cohen and Stewart's cuting edge scientific explorations into human evolution and the development of the human mind, culture, language, art, and science as fostered by Discworld wizards.

The Science of Discworld 111 Darwin’s Watch

The Science of Discworld 111 Darwin’s Watch (published by Ebury Press, 2005), by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen. Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety…now it’s all gone wrong again and the pace of progress has slowed right down. Darwin wrote the wrong book and now he’s got to write a different one from Theology of the Species.

Cook Books

Nanny Oggs Cookbook features recipes from Tina Hannan and text by Terry and Stephen Briggs. Paul Kidby's artwork brings the book to life as Nanny shares her "wisdom" with us.

Playscripts

Stephen Briggs has been adapting Discworld novels for the stage since his Abingdon play group decided to try something a little different in the early 1990's. Many of his scripts have been published and make enjoyable reading - they keep the spirit of the books, but cut out a lot of the detail of course.

GURPS

Role players will be delighted to know that Steve Jackson Games published a Discworld GURPS book. Terry was a bit of a role-playing fanatic before he started writing the novels and he colluded with Phil Masters on this very extensive tome.
For the last few years, events on the Discworld have been chronicled in the works of Terry Pratchett. Now, thanks to a special deal (rumoured to involve Mr Dibbler of Ankh-Morpork, special consultancy on combat rules from Cohen the Octogenarian Barbarian, a vampire lawyer, and three miles of frozen river), it's time for roleplayers to make their way to the far end of the probability curve and.......
You can see more details at the SJG web site http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/Discworld/.

The Discworld Companion

• The Definitive - And Only - Guide, written by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. Published by Victor Gollancz 1994.
  For the newcomer and old hand alike the Discworld can be a fatally confusing planet. From the great city of Ankh-Morpork, featuring a river you could skateboard across if it wasn't so knobbly, to the distant Ramtop Mountains and mysterious Counterweight Continent, the Discworld is a place where Death waits around every corner...
  For safety's sake, you need a guide. And here it is.
  What is a Quantum Weather Butterfly? What does Death keep on his desk? Would you drink Bearhugger's Homeopathic Sipping Whiskey? How are the kings of Ankh-Morpork different from the kings of Ankh?
  Everything the Discworld traveller needs to know is contained in these pages, together with useful maps and illustrations of significant places and emblems in this unique world.
• An Invaluable Guide For The Discerning Discworld Traveller - Updated. Vista edition paperback published 1997.
• The New Discworld Companion. Gollancz, Fully Revised and Updated edition published 2003.
  The indispensible encyclopaedia of all things Discworldian, from the Uberwald to the Unseen University. This, the first major revision of the Companion since the publication of Hogfather, covers the Discworld novels from Jingo onwards, including The Last Hero and Maurice and his Amazing Educated Rodents, as well as the diaries, plays and lots of other Discworld spinoffery.
  Why not take advantage of the Guild special offer, ORDER FORM

Discworld Quizbooks

The Unseen University Challenge - Compiled by David Langford - Vista paperback published 1996 with an introduction by Terry Pratchett. Cover illustration by Josh Kirby.
Trolls have smashed down the door, there's a banshee on the roof, the river's caught fire, the librarian has turned into some kind of ape, and this is your starter for ten...
Questions about figgins, DEATH, mind-destroying footnotes, carnivorous Luggage with lots of little legs, quantum butterflies, the magico-numerical significance of what we must always call twice four or seven plus one, and even the precise sex of the Great Turtle who supports Terry Pratchett's phenomenal planet (via four elephant middlemen).
This is a quizbook for fans of fantasy and fun alike - and the ultimate challenge for all Discworld afficionados.

The Wyrdest Link - David Langford, Victor Gollancz paperback published 2002. The Wyrdest link was the last Discworld cover painting by Josh Kirby.
So you think you know your way around Terry Pratchett's Discworld? Can you say offhand just where your figgin is? Do you know Orangutan well enough to tell the sympathetic noise "Oook" from the danger-warning "Oook"? Are you 100 per cent sure of how to spell WIZZARD? Or will you be... THE WYRDEST LINK? Questions in the merciless tradition of the Star Chamber, the Spanish Inquisition, and Anne Robinson. And come to think of it, is it a good or a bad thing to be...The Wyrdest Link?

Once More With Footnotes

Once More With Footnotes by Terry Pratchett, published in America in 2004, by NESFA press. This book attempted to encapsulate as many of the short stories, articles, introductions & ephemera that Terry had written between 1963 & 2004. Includes such elusive pieces as; The Hades Business, Once and Future, The Secret Book of the Dead, Hollywood Chickens, Turntables of the Night, Final Reward, Twenty Pence With Envelope and Seasonal Greeting and more.

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