The Discworld is an unpredictable place, what with rivers you can skateboard across (if they weren't so knobbly), rocks that like a stroll about of an evening and points of raw magic that can turn a body inside out soon as look at it. For safety's sake, you need a guide! The DISCWORLD COMPANION contains everything you need to know about the Discworld. This edition, the first major revision since HOGFATHER was published (1997), covers the eight DISCWORLD novels from JINGO onwards, including THE LAST HERO and MAURICE AND HIS AMAZING EDUCATED RODENTS, as well as the Diaries, the plays and other Discworld Spinoffery.

About the Author

Stephen Briggs lives in Oxford. As well as compiling THE DISCWORLD COMPANION and THE NEW DISCWORLD COMPANION, he has also co-authored the Discworld DIARIES, the MAPPS and has dramatised most of the Discworld novels. Terry Pratchett is the creator of the bestselling Discworld phenomena. His last twenty-one Discworld novels have reached Number One. He lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Stephen Briggs has compiled, with Terry Pratchett, the first two editions of the COMPANION and the Discworld DIARIES. He has dramatised a number of Discworld novels, including MASKERADE, WYRD SISTERS and GUARDS! GUARDS!, and has provided text for the Discworld MAPPS. He lives in Oxford.

Prizes

Terry Pratchett is one of the UK's biggest-selling writers; his Discworld is one of the world's most recognisable creations. He is published across the globe, in dozens of languages; the plays, dramatised by Stephen Briggs, are performed both professionally and by amateur dramatics associations across the continents. Stephen Briggs is recognised as Terry Pratchett's most comprehensive chronicler. THE COMPANION is essential for all lovers of Discworld. The last twenty-one Discworld novels have been Number One bestsellers. The COMPANION is both funny and useful, an invaluable compendium of all things Discworldly The COMPANION contains more than 120 line drawings, including coats of arms and shields, to illustrate the entries. Terry Pratchett's legions of fans include Booker Prize Winner A.S. Byatt: 'The Discworld is more complicated and satisfactory than Oz. It has an intelligent wit and truly original grim and comic grasp of the nature of things.'