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Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion... So Far Hardcover – January 1, 2012

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The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.

It is also a global publishing phenomenon with sales of over 70 million books worldwide (but who's counting?). The publication ofSnuffbrought the Discworld canon to 39 books - not including the various guides, mapps, diaries and other side-projects. That's a lot of Discworld to keep track of - more than most people can manage with just the one head - but fear not: help is at hand!

If you're looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated - certainly the most hilarious - setting in fantasy literature...
If you need a handy guide to Discworld locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis...
If you want help telling Achmed the Mad from Jack Zweiblumen...
If your life depends on being able to distinguish the Agatean Empire from the Zoons...

...look no further thanTurtle Recall- the latest Discworld Companion, fully updated and completely up toSnuff!

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January 1, 2012
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6.26 x 1.26 x 9.45 inches
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Sir Terry Pratchett is a publishing phenomenon. Among his many prizes and citations are the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award, the Carnegie Medal, the BSFA Award, eight honorary doctorates and, of course, a knighthood. He is the author of fifty bestselling books but isbest known for the globally renowned Discworld series.
The first Discworld novel,The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, and the series is still going strong almost three decades later. Four Discworld novels -Hogfather,Going Postal,The Colour of MagicandThe Light Fantastic- have been adapted for television, with more to follow. His books have sold more than 70 million copies worldwide, and been translated into thirty-seven languages. Terry Pratchett lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire.

Stephen Briggs lives in Oxfordshire and has been involved for many years in the sinister world of amateur dramatics, which is how he came to discover the Discworld. Having read one book, he was hooked and read the entire canon over the next three weeks. Oxford's Studio Theatre Club went on to stage his adaptations ofWyrd Sisters,Mort,Guards! Guards!. . .and many, many more. As well as compilingThe Discworld Companion,The New Discworld Companionand, now,The Complete Discworld Companion, he has also co-authored the Discworld Diaries, the Mapps and has dramatised most of the Discworld novels. Stephen also now voices the UK and US Discworld audio books.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gollancz; 1st edition (January 1, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0575091185
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0575091184
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.26 x 1.26 x 9.45 inches

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Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was fifteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987 he turned to writing full time, and has not looked back since. To date there are a total of 36 books in the Discworld series, of which four (so far) are written for children. The first of these children's books, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal. A non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller, and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback (Harper Torch, 2006) and trade paperback (Harper Paperbacks, 2006). Terry's latest book, Nation, a non-Discworld standalone YA novel was published in October of 2008 and was an instant New York Times and London Times bestseller. Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire “for services to literature” in 1998, and has received four honorary doctorates from the Universities of Warwick, Portsmouth, Bath, and Bristol. His acclaimed novels have sold more than 55 million copies (give or take a few million) and have been translated into 36 languages. Terry Pratchett lived in England with his family, and spent too much time at his word processor. Some of Terry's accolades include: The Carnegie Medal, Locus Awards, the Mythopoetic Award, ALA Notable Books for Children, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Book Sense 76 Pick, Prometheus Award and the British Fantasy Award.

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Susan Carter

Quick delivery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2022

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package arrived in good shape, book condition as described, very pleased.

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Shelley

Delightful Discworld Reference!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2014

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Great companion for me as I re-read the Discworld series. I've never re-read anything before, and always wondered why my husband seemed to enjoy it. It is truly amazing what I missed or forgot the first time around. There are so many characters and places to look up, and some of the entries provide a great, long read by themselves.

I originally read the series primarily using the lovely L-space Reading Order Guide, which organizes the books by characters / theme. This time I'm reading in order of publication, and have also added the "Science of Discworld" books which I hadn't read before. Turtle Recall is great to turn to when I want my memory refreshed about a character or event that comes up again. I've found the occasional error or broken cross-reference in here, but overall it is a valuable addition that is giving me a great deal of enjoyment as I work through the series again. It may have provided too many spoilers splashed across all the pages if I'd had it when I was first reading the series.

To really go all-out on a re-reading project, I also recommend "The Turtle Moves". It is by an American author, and provides a brief synopsis of each story. I use it as my guide to story order, and enjoy the author's insights into the development of the characters and the different stages of the storytelling.

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James D. DeWitt

The Compleat Book of Discworld Knowledge

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In 1983, the Science Fiction Book Club had as a featured novel The Color of Magic . I ordered it, read it and have never looked back. Through some 40 Discworld books, a dozen or more diaries like the Discworld Thieves' Guild Yearbook & Diary 2002 , various maps like A Tourist Guide to Lancre: A Discworld Mapp (Discworld Series) , very bad cookbooks like Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: A Useful and Improving Almanack of Information Including Astonishing Recipes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld (Discworld Series) and more, I've bought them all. Including two earlier editions of the Discworld Companion. I have sagging shelves of Pratchettania.

So why buy Turtle Recall ? Well, apart from the wonderfully dreadful pun in the title, this collection brings your Discworld trivia up to Snuff , the latest Discworld novel. And its restores a number of characters and places that had been dropped from the earlier editions for lack of space. And there is a spiffy detailed map to downtown Ankh-Morpork, the largest city on the Discworld. Pratchett contributed to many of the entries, and his trademark humor, word play and even footnotes are present.

The usual warnings apply. This is a book for Discworld fans. I don't think you have to be a convention-attending, costume-waring hopeless fan to qualify. But it's really only useful to folks who have read many of the Discworld novels. And for any fan, you can lose a lot of time, chasing through linked references, and being led to re-reads of novels you had nearly forgotten.

Terrific fun for the fan, and a masterful collection.

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jackrush

Excellent Guide To DISCWORLD

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I used to have an older copy of either this book or one very similar. Unfortunatly, I lost it on a bus and neve saw it again. Since I used to read that book constantly, and being a huge fan of terry pratchett, I was so glad to find this book. I own 6 discworld books and have read most of the others .Awesome reference work for a fictional universe!

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Michael Turner

Turtle Trivia Redux

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This is a valuable resource, because no one picks up on every character, every locale, and how they relate to each other. For each item you will find out which book(s) it appears in, but more importantly you find out where it fit in, in the entire Discworld universe. It lists all the professorships and endowed chairs (overly endowed, sometimes) at Unseen University. Famous wizards? Got 'em. Philosophers? Got 'em. Heroes? Got 'em. In short everything you need to settle arguments (and start new ones). I still have trouble remembering the books that are associated with their abbreviations, but that is my fault. There are lists of songs, the rules for Cripple Mr. Onion. Alas, it is already out of date, since there are no references to "Raising Steam". That said, it is a lot of fun, and invaluable for maintaining your Discworld Geek Cred.

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Doc Dempster

Delightful item

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2021

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On time and as described.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 10, 2019

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This is a reference book for Disc World. I absolutely love the writing of Terry Pratchett. I have all the novels in this series, which is extensive. His writing just keeps getting better, sharper and funnier. But this is just an index. It could disappear tomorrow and nothing would be lost. I bought it because of the Pratchett name and was disappointed by the content.

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Profriterole

Great delivery time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 18, 2020

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Got this book in a very short time. Glad to have it. In the middle of Covid problem, so love my new books

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I A Macmillan

Invaluable reading.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 27, 2020

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Really useful for chasing up some of the esoterica of Discworld. Sadly the paperback received the now all too usual treatment from Amazon of having front and back covers bent and creased over when shoved in postage box as worker's don't have the time to be more careful: I don't blame them, it's the working practices that are at fault.

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suzukigirl

Turtle Recall: The Discworld Comapnion ... So Far by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 28, 2017

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Turtle Recall, The Discworls Companion ... So Far arrived on time and in very good condition seeing it is a second hand book. This is a brilliant book for any Discworld fan,its the perfect book for reference purposes and to be reminded of people, things and other details in Discworld, if like me youre getting a little forgetful, comes with age and fibro im afaraid1, The only thing i will say that youve probably got to be a Discworld fan for the book to make any sense, but i am enjoying greatly popping in and out. I love Terry Pratchetts Discworld . 5 stars +++

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Phil Headford

This book is Rimfall of references

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 17, 2014

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Though intended for dipping into, I found a straight read through a delightful memory-jogger. References several books I have yet to read (a few of which I have now ordered through Amazon), and understandably will need updating to include Raising Steam and (we hope) more. If you've forgotten who Bravd the Hublander is and where you first met him, this is the book for you. I loved showing the title to people; it usually raises a laugh, even if you have to explain what the Discworld is - most folks have seen the Schwartzenegger film.

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sarah123

the perfect book for the smallest room

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 11, 2013

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this is one to dip in and out of rather than sit down and read. I'm a massive discworld fan and have read everything, most of it several times, and this is the perfect book to live in the bathroom and be reminded of things, people and details that you'd either forgotten, or dearly love. wasn't sure at first but I'm a convert. recommended (although I think you'd have to be a pretty die-hard fan for it to make any sense -- if you haven't read much discworld, read it all and then get this!)

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Silent Hunter

A great little compendium, although the Kindle version has issues

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 26, 2014

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This is the fourth (IIRC) edition of this background guide to the Discworld, covering up to 2012; there has been another book since (Raising Steam) that will result in further changes. While enjoyable, the table of contents page on the Kindle does not have a breakdown by letter.

Worth getting, although you might prefer the paper form if browsing.

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