The Streets of Ankh-Morpork [Mass Market Paperback]

Stephen Briggs (Author), Terry Pratchett (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1994

A full-colour fold-out map (A1 size) detailing the streets of the Discworld's most important city, Ankh-Morpork. It includes all the landmarks of the novels, including the Unseen University, the Shades and the Mended Drum.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 16 pages
• Publisher: Corgi (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552141615
• ISBN-13: 978-0552141611
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.3 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Enjoyable, December 7, 1999

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wallawallan (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a Map of the City of Ankh Morkpork. If you have't heard of Ankh Morpork you're missing out on one of the best fantasy series ever (Discworld)! The Streets of Ankh Morpork includes a big map, I hung it on my wall, and a small booklet describing the map, and the locations on the map. The map is very detailed, with all major (and many not-so-major) streets identified, important parts of the city labeled, like the Shades, and lots of interesting illistrations around the borders. After reading the Discworld books centering on Ankh-Morpork, I found this map gave new life to the famous city that all roads lead away from.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where in the Name of Offler Am I?, March 22, 2011

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Stephen Mann (NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (Mass Market Paperback)

You'd have to be mad to ask directions from anyone in Ankh-Morpork, so obviously a visitor to the city needs a Mapp showing all the places to avoid at all costs.

I bought mine because I'm contemplating running a Discworld RPG game and everyone knows y'can't play without Ye Mapps. Thus I was spared the angst shown by some down at the bottom of the review list who feel It Shoulde Notte Have Beene Donne.

I love the fact that the Mapps look like UK tourist maps I've owned, with a sturdy, book-like cover, a gazetteer glued to the inside of the left cover and the map attached awkwardly to the right one so that the weight of the gazetteer fights you if you try and open Ye Mapp outside or one handed. Ten out of ten for verisimilitude.

The mapp itself is (of course) a work of art well worth the cost of ownership, printed in glorious colour on glossy paper. It's huge. Should you be adrift on a raft it should make a very serviceable spinnaker.

The accuracy is a matter of heated debate, but it's not a debate I involve myself with because a) It is a mapp of an imaginary place which stands on it's own merit, 2) Pratchett was consulted by Briggs often during it's production and therefore obviously approved of its production and $) If you think the idea is doctrinally flawed you shouldn't buy it in the first place. If you've already bought it your choices would seem to be to not look at it, to sell it or to gouge out your eyes.

Personally, I enjoy looking at it, and I'm thinking of getting another copy to mount on a backboard so I can hange yt on ye wall.

It would be an excellent prop for people contemplating running the Discworld (HC), as would The Discworld Mapp.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very well done map., May 16, 2009

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Bonham (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (Mass Market Paperback)

Very cool map. Well designed and implemented (i.e. it has a nice 'look and feel' about it). Nice 'cover' and inside book for information about the map.

Only complaint is that it would be nice if it was made out of studier material not just poster paper type quality.

Regarding the post saying this ruined Ankh-Morpork... if you feel that way, don't buy it/use it. It doesn't mean the product itself is bad in and of itself.