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Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . So Far Kindle Edition

by Terry Pratchett (Author), Stephen Briggs (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 447
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For every Pratchett fan, the must-have fully updated guidebook to Discworld!

The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants that, 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 about eighty-five million books worldwide. The publication of Snuff brought the Discworld canon to thirty-nine books—not including the various guides, maps, diaries, and other side projects. That's a lot of Discworld to keep track of—more than most people can manage with just 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 than Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far—now fully updated and completely up to Snuff!

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Editorial Reviews

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“…[SNUFF is a] lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Brilliantly complex.” — The Straits Times

“The humor is sharp and the characters are charming, and the plight of the goblins creates moments of genuine pathos that are the highlight of the book.” — Tor.com

“In short, this is as busy and as daft as any other Discworld yarn, which means it is the quintessence of daft. Nobody writes fantasy funnier than Pratchett.” — Booklist

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For every Pratchett fan, the must-have, fully updated guidebook to Discworld!

The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants that, 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 about 85 million books worldwide. The publication of Snuff brought the Discworld canon to thirty-nine books—not including the various guides, maps, diaries, and other side projects. That's a lot of Discworld to keep track of—more than most people can manage with just 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 than Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far—now fully updated and completely up to Snuff!

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DB3D7QW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper; Reprint edition (April 8, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 8, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7957 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 467 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0062292560
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 447

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Terry Pratchett

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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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Shelley
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars The Compleat Book of Discworld Knowledge
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012
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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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Speed Demon
4.0 out of 5 stars A tough one
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2023
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This was a rough book to get through, but worth it in the end. I have not read any of the previous editions but this one is just so packed with information. I've read all the regular Discworld books but not the peripheral books mentioned at the beginning. I now understand so many things from the series even better than before. All the knowledge imparted here can be hard to digest but if you are a fan of the books then take the time to read this one. Plus the interview and more at the end is amazing. Cripple Mr Onion will never be the same for me just knowing that someone made a complete deck and laid out an almost understandable set of rules. Playing it should be fun. The book is alphabetical if you are looking for some particular reference from the books.
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Susan Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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jackrush
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guide To DISCWORLD
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2021
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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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Doc Dempster
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful item
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2021
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On time and as described.
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RKent
3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not a novel
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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C. T. Spence
5.0 out of 5 stars DISCWORLD LOVERS WILL LOVE THIS
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2018
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Can't say more than that I smiled the entire time I went through this book (over and over) - great fun as a review - great fun as a preview - great fun as a reference. GOTTA LOVE THE DISC!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2021
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David Ian Jolly
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2021
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A great reference book for all the Terry Pratchett books. Reminded me of characters I had read about but had forgotten plus all the well known ones. It was great fun.
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Amazon-Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Eine schöne Ergänzung für Pratchett-Fans
Reviewed in Germany on May 12, 2014
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Turtle Recall ist ein Lexikon der wichtigsten Charaktere, Einrichtungen, Länder, Gegenstände usw. der Discworld. Gemeinsam mit dem berühmten Audible-Vorleser der Pratchett-Romane, Stephen Briggs, lässt Terry seine Welt revuepassieren. Für echte Fans sicherlich ein Muss, für Pratchett-Neueinsteiger allerdings eher ungeeignet, da die meisten Scherze und Anspielungen nur verstanden werden können, wenn bereits ein maßgebliches Grundwissen zur Discworld besteht. Meiner Meinung nach daher eher für Menschen, die bereits viel Pratchett gelesen haben.
Das Buch ist qualitativ hochwertig gebunden, ein schön gestalteter Umschlag, gutes Papier. Das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis stimmt denke ich.
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Alessandro
4.0 out of 5 stars Non male!
Reviewed in Italy on February 20, 2013
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Un gran bel glossario per raccapezzarsi nel grande mondo di Terry Pratchett insieme alle altre mappe! Soddisfatto davvero! =) =)
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suzukigirl
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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