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The Discworld Companion
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs
Illustrator	Stephen Briggs
Cover artist	Josh Kirby
Language	English
Series	Discworld
Publisher	Gollancz
Publication date	1994
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	288 pp
ISBN	0-575-05764-5

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The Discworld Companion is an encyclopaedia of the Discworld fictional universe, created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.^[1] Four editions have been published, under varying titles.

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.

The first edition, published in 1994, contained information from all the novels up to Soul Music as well as the first two short stories. The second edition, published in 1997, added information up to Maskerade. The third edition was published in 2003 under the title The New Discworld Companion. It contains articles based on books up to Night Watch, as well as related books and short stories. The book also contains a ten-page interview with Pratchett under the heading "Discworld Quo Vadis?".

An updated edition of the Companion, published on 18 October 2012, was called Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion ... So Far and included information from all the novels up to and including Snuff.^[2]

In March 2021 a new edition, rumoured to be titled "The Absolute Discworld Companion", was listed for pre-order at several book stores; this was later confirmed as The Ultimate Discworld Companion, which is to be published on 11 November 2021 and is updated to include information from all forty-one Discworld novels.^[3] On 16 September 2021, Dunmanifestin Ltd announced a deluxe hardcover "Dunmanifestin Edition" to be published on 23 April 2022 which also includes additional information drawn from The Science of Discworld books.^[4]

Publication history

Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (1994). The Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-05764-5. Hardcover
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (1995). The Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-06002-6. trade paperback
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (1997). The Discworld Companion Updated. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-60030-6. Paperback
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2000). The Discworld Companion Updated. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-60030-6. Paperback, US edition
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2002). The New Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-07467-1. Trade paperback, 544 pp.
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2003). The New Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-07467-1. Trade paperback, 280 pp. Omits "Where Am I?"
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2003). The New Discworld Companion. London: Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-07555-4. Paperback, 472 pp.
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2012). Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far. London: Gollancz. ISBN 978-0-575-09118-4. Hardcover
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2014). Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-229255-1. Hardcover, US edition, 464 pp.
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2021). The Ultimate Discworld Companion. Gollancz. ISBN 978-1-47-322350-9. Hardcover, UK edition, 448 pp.
Pratchett, Terry; Stephen Briggs (2021). The Ultimate Discworld Companion. Gollancz. ISBN 978-1-47-322351-6. Trade Paperback, UK edition, 448 pp.

References

Notes

^ Clute and Grant 1997, pp. 784–785.
^ Upcoming4.me. "Turtle Recall by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs cover art reveal, release date, synopsis!". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "The Ultimate Discworld Companion". Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "The Ultimate Discworld Companion - The Dunmanifestin Edition". 16 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

Bibliography

Clute, John and John Grant. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St Martin's Press, 1997. ISBN 0-312-15897-1 / London: Orbit Books, 1997. ISBN 978-1-85723-368-1.

External links

Discworld & Pratchett Wiki
The Discworld Companion series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

[1] Clute and Grant 1997, pp. 784–785.

[2] Upcoming4.me. "Turtle Recall by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs cover art reveal, release date, synopsis!". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "The Ultimate Discworld Companion". Retrieved 26 October 2021.

[4] "The Ultimate Discworld Companion - The Dunmanifestin Edition". 16 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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-'''''The Discworld Companion''''' is an [[encyclopaedia]] of the [[Discworld]] [[fictional universe]] created by [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Stephen Briggs]].<ref>Clute and Grant 1997, pp. 784-785.</ref>
+'''''The Discworld Companion''''' is an [[encyclopaedia]] of the [[Discworld]] [[fictional universe]], created by [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Stephen Briggs]].<ref>Clute and Grant 1997, pp. 784–785.</ref> Four editions have been published, under varying titles.
-The book compiles a precise (and often quoted directly from the books concerned) definition of words, lives of historical people, geography of places and events that have appeared in at least one ''[[Discworld]]'' novel, map, diary, non-fiction book and the short stories "[[Troll Bridge]]", "[[Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld)|Theatre of Cruelty]]", and "[[The Sea and Little Fishes]]".
+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 (Discworld)|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, [[Discworld characters#William de Worde|William de Worde]] is mentioned in the first edition of the ''Companion'' six years before the publication of ''[[The Truth (novel)|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.
-The first edition was published in 1994 and listed information from all the novels up to ''[[Soul Music]]'', as well as the first two short stories.
+The first edition, published in 1994, contained information from all the novels up to ''[[Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'' as well as the first two short stories. The second edition, published in 1997, added information up to ''[[Maskerade]]''. The third edition was published in 2003 under the title ''The New Discworld Companion''. It contains articles based on books up to ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'', as well as related books and short stories. The book also contains a ten-page interview with Pratchett under the heading "Discworld Quo Vadis?".
+An updated edition of the ''Companion'', published on 18 October 2012, was called ''Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion ... So Far'' and included information from all the novels up to and including ''[[Snuff (Pratchett novel)|Snuff]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Upcoming4.me |url=http://upcoming4.me/media-news/book-news/item/10117-turtle-recall-by-terry-pratchett-and-stephen-briggs-cover-art-reveal,-release-date,-synopsis |title=Turtle Recall by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs cover art reveal, release date, synopsis! |publisher=Upcoming4.me |access-date=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221025512/http://upcoming4.me/media-news/book-news/item/10117-turtle-recall-by-terry-pratchett-and-stephen-briggs-cover-art-reveal,-release-date,-synopsis |archive-date=21 February 2013 }}</ref>
-The second edition was published in 1997, and adds information up to ''[[Maskerade]]''.
+In March 2021 a new edition, rumoured to be titled "The Absolute Discworld Companion", was listed for pre-order at several book stores; this was later confirmed as ''The Ultimate Discworld Companion'', which is to be published on 11 November 2021 and is updated to include information from all forty-one Discworld novels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discworld.com/products/books/the-ultimate-discworld-companion/|title=The Ultimate Discworld Companion|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> On 16 September 2021, Dunmanifestin Ltd announced a deluxe hardcover "Dunmanifestin Edition" to be published on 23 April 2022 which also includes additional information drawn from ''[[The Science of Discworld]]'' books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dunmanifestin.com/companion/|title=The Ultimate Discworld Companion - The Dunmanifestin Edition|date=16 September 2021|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>
-The third edition named '''''The New Discworld Companion''''' was published in 2003. It includes articles about books up to ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'', as well as ''Discworld'' related books and short stories. The book also contains a 10-page interview with Pratchett titled ''Discworld Quo Vadis?''.
-All of them also include information that exists on Pratchett's computer, but that he has not yet worked into a novel (for instance, [[Discworld characters#William de Worde|William de Worde]] is mentioned in the first edition, six years before the publication of ''[[The Truth (novel)|The Truth]]'').
-At the end of each article is an abbreviation indicating the book(s) in which the word, person, event or place appeared (if there are too many, then no abbreviation is used). The book also includes an introduction by Stephen Briggs and an interview with Terry Pratchett, both of which have also been "updated" in each edition.
 ==Publication history==
-* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Pratchett |coauthors = [[Stephen Briggs]] |title=The Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=1994 |isbn = 0-575-05764-5}} [[Hardcover]]
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=1994 |isbn = 0-575-05764-5}} [[Hardcover]]
-* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Pratchett |coauthors = [[Stephen Briggs]] |title=The Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=1995 |isbn = 0-575-06002-6}} [[Paperback#Trade paperback|trade paperback]]
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=1995 |isbn = 0-575-06002-6}} [[Paperback#Trade paperback|trade paperback]]
-* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Pratchett |coauthors = [[Stephen Briggs]] |title=The Discworld Companion Updated |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=1997 |isbn = 0-575-60030-6}} [[Paperback]]
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The Discworld Companion Updated |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=1997 |isbn = 0-575-60030-6}} [[Paperback]]
-* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Pratchett |coauthors = [[Stephen Briggs]] |title=The Discworld Companion Updated |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2000 |isbn = 0-575-60030-6}} Paperback, US edition
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The Discworld Companion Updated |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2000 |isbn = 0-575-60030-6}} Paperback, US edition
-* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Pratchett |coauthors = [[Stephen Briggs]] |title=The New Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2002 |isbn = 0-575-07467-1}} Trade paperback, 544 pp.
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The New Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2002 |isbn = 0-575-07467-1}} Trade paperback, 544 pp.
-* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Pratchett |coauthors = [[Stephen Briggs]] |title=The New Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2003 |isbn = 0-575-07467-1}} Trade paperback, 280 pp. Omits "Where Am I?"
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The New Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2003 |isbn = 0-575-07467-1}} Trade paperback, 280 pp. Omits "Where Am I?"
-* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Pratchett |coauthors = [[Stephen Briggs]] |title=The New Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2003 |isbn = 0-575-07555-4}} Paperback, 472 pp.
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The New Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2003 |isbn = 0-575-07555-4}} Paperback, 472 pp.
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |year=2012 |isbn = 978-0-575-09118-4}} Hardcover
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2014 |isbn = 978-0-06-229255-1}} Hardcover, US edition, 464 pp.
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The Ultimate Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |year=2021 |isbn = 978-1-47-322350-9}} Hardcover, UK edition, 448 pp.
+* {{cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Stephen Briggs |author2-link=Stephen Briggs |title=The Ultimate Discworld Companion |publisher=Gollancz |year=2021 |isbn = 978-1-47-322351-6}} Trade Paperback, UK edition, 448 pp.
 ==References==
 ;Notes
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ;Bibliography
 {{refbegin}}
-* [[John Clute|Clute, John]] and [[John Grant (author)|John Grant]]. ''[[The Encyclopedia of Fantasy]]''. New York: [[St Martin's Press]], 1997. ISBN 0-312-15897-1 / London: [[Orbit Books]], 1997. ISBN 978-1-85723-368-1.
+* [[John Clute|Clute, John]] and [[John Grant (author)|John Grant]]. ''[[The Encyclopedia of Fantasy]]''. New York: [[St Martin's Press]], 1997. {{ISBN|0-312-15897-1}} / London: [[Orbit Books]], 1997. {{ISBN|978-1-85723-368-1}}.
 {{refend}}
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v t e Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Novels	The Colour of Magic The Light Fantastic Equal Rites Mort Sourcery Wyrd Sisters Pyramids Guards! Guards! Eric Moving Pictures Reaper Man Witches Abroad Small Gods Lords and Ladies Men at Arms Soul Music Interesting Times Maskerade Feet of Clay Hogfather Jingo The Last Continent Carpe Jugulum The Fifth Elephant The Truth Thief of Time The Last Hero The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Night Watch The Wee Free Men Monstrous Regiment A Hat Full of Sky Going Postal Thud! Wintersmith Making Money Unseen Academicals I Shall Wear Midnight Snuff Raising Steam The Shepherd's Crown
Short stories	"Troll Bridge" "Theatre of Cruelty" "The Sea and Little Fishes" "Death and What Comes Next" "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" A Blink of the Screen
Other books	The Discworld Companion The Science of Discworld The Science of Discworld II: The Globe The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day The Pratchett Portfolio The Art of Discworld The Unseen University Challenge The Wyrdest Link The Streets of Ankh-Morpork The Discworld Mapp A Tourist Guide to Lancre Death's Domain Nanny Ogg's Cookbook The Discworld Almanak Where's My Cow? The Unseen University Cut Out Book The Discworld Diaries Once More* with Footnotes The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld The Folklore of Discworld The World of Poo Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch
Games	The Colour of Magic Discworld MUD Discworld Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? GURPS Discworld Discworld Noir Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
Films and TV series	Soul Music Wyrd Sisters Hogfather The Colour of Magic Going Postal The Watch The Amazing Maurice
Characters	Tiffany Aching Death Hex Moist von Lipwig Nanny Ogg Rincewind Susan Sto Helit Lord Vetinari Sam Vimes Granny Weatherwax
Races and creatures	Dwarfs Nac Mac Feegle
Locations	Discworld Ankh-Morpork
Organisations	City Watch Unseen University The Witches
Other	Boots theory Games of the Discworld Lie-to-children