The Best Discworld-Related Gifts
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If you love Pratchett, or have a fan in the family, then you'll know that a new Discworld book is welcomed with the restraint of a kitten being fed for the first time in four whole hours. The latest book is usually published around October or November - slightly awkward for Christmas, as that's just enough time for them to have managed to get their hands on it already! So what else can you give your Discworld addict?
Turns out there's a fair few things! From paper models, to Discworld maps, to a selection of interesting non-fiction books that dissect and discuss the Discworld stories - or you could even buy them a Great A'Tuin turtle pendant or Librarian toy!
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A List Of Possible Gifts
Table of Contents
- The Art of Discworld
- Discworld Miniatures
- The Unseen University Cut-Out Book
- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
- Discworld Collector's Edition Calendars
- The Discworld Mappes
- The New Discworld Companion
- The Folklore of Discworld
- Once More With Footnotes and Other Short Story Anthologies
- Where's My Cow?
- Games From the Discworld
- Discworld Boardgames
- Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbooks
- Non-Discworld Books By Terry Pratchett
- The Librarian!
- Turtles! Buy Them A Great A'Tuin Of Their Own
- The Discworld Films!
- Literary Fantasy Critiques
- Books To Avoid
The Art of Discworld
By Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby
Paul Kidby illustrations are probably the most definitive versions of the Discworld characters in existence, He was the long standing and very successful illustrator of Pratchett's books and brought to life such characters as Vetinari, Vimes and Death so well that most people who try to draw the Discworld end up copying Kidby's interpretations (I speak from experience here....)
The book contains a lot of pictures - original cover images (and if you're in the US, you definitely want this as most of the original cover images never made it across the ocena,a nd they are far, far superior), character sketches, reinterpretations of famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa and The Scream...
...and accompanying discussion from Pratchett that is just as much worth reading as the pictures are worth looking at.
The Art of Discworld
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In THE ART OF DISCWORLD, Terry Pratchett takes us on a guided tour of the Discworld, courtesy of his favourite Discworld artist, Paul Kidby. Following on from THE LAST HERO, THE ART OF DISCWORLD is a lavish 112-page large format, sumptuously illustrated look at all things Discworldian. Terry Pratchett provides the written descriptions while Paul Kidby illustrates the world that has made Pratchett one of the best-selling authors of all time. Here you will find favourites old and new: the City Watch, including Vimes, Carrot and Angua, the three witches - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick - and the denizens of the Unseen University Library, not forgetting the Librarian, of course: they're all here in sumptuous colour, together with the places: Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, Uberwald and more ...No Discworld fan will want to be without this beautiful gift book.
Discworld Miniatures
Buy Your Favourite Character!
The Witches of Lancre
Characters from Ankh-Morpork
(The Night Watch and the Canting Crew beggars)
Wizards of the Unseen University
Other unique characters
The Unseen University Cut-Out Book
A huge project book that lets you recreate the Unseen University
The pages are thin card so will stand up well, and it comes pre-coloured. Obviously you'll have to make sure the person you're giving this to actually likes puzzles and models and such, but if they do - they'll love this. And when they finish, they can make a proper display of it!
The Unseen University Cut-Out Book
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The phenomenal Discworld series has a new addition to its growing hoard of artifacts - a cut-out book for adults. An extraordinary feat of paper engineering, the cut-out book contains the makings of a detailed 3-D model of the Unseen University, Discworld's most ancient and complex building.
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
A useful and improving Almanack of Information, including Astonishing Recipes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
"They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, which just goes to show they're as confused about anatomy as they are about everything else, unless they're talking about instructions on how to stab him, in which case a better way is up and under the ribcage. Anyway, we do not live in a perfect world, and it is foresighted and useful for a young woman to become proficient in those arts which will keep a weak-willed man from straying. Learning to cook is also useful."
I'm sorry - or thankful that - a large number of sections at the front and back have been covered up, or amusingly left out. Anyone who knows Nanny Ogg knows that she is the mistress of the Single Entendre and her recipes are no different.
Well, actually they are. Most of these look like real recipes, although I've never tried any, and there's enough talking from Nanny Ogg to make it worth buying just to read - not as much as you'd expect, but it balances out as you are actuallly getting a real cookbook!
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: A Useful and Improving Almanack of Information Including Astonishing Recipes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld (Discworld Series)
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Now Nanny Ogg, one of Discworld's favorite witches, is handing down some of her tasty and, above all, interesting recipes. In addition to the delights of Lord Downey's Mint Humbugs and Spicy Spotted Dick, Mrs. Ogg imparts her thoughts on life, death, and etiquette ("If you go to other people's funerals, they'll be sure to come to yours"), all in a refined style that should not offend anyone. Well, not much.
Discworld Collector's Edition Calendars
Give them Discworld for their wall all year!
Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Collector's Edition Calendar 2010
As well as featuring Discworld-related artworks, these calendars also include datas such as the Creator's Birthday, Soul Cake Tuesday and other important Discworld days. The 'real world' dates cover the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld 2011 Calendar, Collectors Edition
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The 2011 DISCWORLD CALENDAR is an inspired collection of paintings by illustrator Josh Kirby, who had his own unique interpretations of Terry Pratchett's phenomal Discworld. Each full-page illustration also appears as a thumbnail image on the back. The calendar dates are exhaustively researched and include major real-time calendrical data for the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. It also includes notable Discworld dates like the Creator's Birthday, Samedi Nuite Morte, and the Uberwald League of Temperance Day (Remember: Not One Drop!).
The Discworld Mappes
Both entertaining guides to the Discworld cities and countryside AND a fantastic poster!
Luckily Stephen Briggs and Terry Pratchett have boldly gotten lost and chewed for your sakes and produced a range of marvellous maps. The come complete with handy little guidebooks and fold up neatly into a small booklet. One half contains a map that folds out very large, and makes a splendid poster - covered in fine details and generally very useful for gadding about the Discworld. The other half is a booklet (99 pages for Death's Domain, 369 for the Discworld Mappe, 32 for Lancre and 16 for Ankh-Morpork) containing a bit of local colour. Facts, figures, stories about famous walkers' battles to traverse the public footpaths of Lancre (a fight familiar to most people from the UK where farmers and hikers have long waged war over the meaning of 'public access')
The New Discworld Companion
By Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Stephen Briggs
New Discworld Companion (GollanczF.)
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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.
The Folklore of Discworld
By Terry Pratchett and folklorist Jacqueline Simpson
The Folklore of Discworld
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Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth.
Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got here. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings, which on Earth are creatures of the imagination - like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods - are real, alive and, in some cases kicking, on the Disc.
In The Folklore of Discworld, Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to take an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the uniquely imaginative universe of Discworld.
Once More With Footnotes and Other Short Story Anthologies
The complete anthology of Terry Pratchett's short stories and articles spanning 30 years of writing
The contents range from "The Hades Business," Pratchett's very, very first work, through "Incubust," his hysterical and masterful 100 word contribution to the Drabble Project. Along the way you can find gems like "Troll Bridge," "The Sea and Little Fishes" and "Theater of Cruelty," set in the Discworld, and, of course, the half-infamous, half-legendary short story, "Hollywood Chickens." There are some serious essays - such as "Orangutans Are Dying" and some of his comedic speeches and musing essays. Some are exclusive, some are not.
The collection was first published to in 2004 to mark the event of Terry being Guest of Honour at Noreascon Four, the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention.
Once More with Footnotes
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Other short story anthologies that Pratchett contributed to
Where's My Cow?
A spin-off picture book featuring familiar Ankh-Morpork characters!
It's in a odd place because the picture book format is suitable for younger children, but the references are all to young adult and adult books! Still, this is the sort of book most people want to own, and younger children just getting into the Discworld will appreciate. The illustrations are fun, and fill the whole book, and of course, if you want to start introducing your child to Terry Pratchett young...
Where's My Cow?
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This is a book about reading a book, which turns into a different book. But it all ends happily!
Games From the Discworld
Learn how to play Thud, Cripple Mr.Onion and Stealth Chess
Thud is a sort of cross between draughts and chess, Cripple Mr. Onion is a card game, and Stealth Chess is... well, EVIL chess.
- Dave Budd's CMO page
- Here's the not-very-good-at-all Cripple Mr Onion program I wrote back in '98It's version 0.9
Download it
If you really want
You might want to adjust the properties of the exe file to run full screen, but it doesn't make much difference really. Rightclick the exe, pick Properties then Screen and che - The Fat Pack Playing Card Company: Home Page
- The Fat Pack is an eight suit pack of cards ideal for playing Cripple Mr Onion the game mentioned in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
- Thud! The first Discworld boardgame | Thudgame
- Thud! The first Discworld boardgame Posted August 8th, 2006 by admin Welcome to the Official Thud Website - Koom Valley happens here everyday!
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search The fictional universe of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett features a number of invented games, some of which have gone on to spawn real-world variants.
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Discworld Boardgames
The older ones can be hard to find, but eBay may have some
There are a couple of other physical boardgames for the Discworld, but most of these are quite hard to find - and mostly limited to the United Kingdom. Your best chance of finding one of the older boardgames is to look around eBay.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbooks
Hours of silliness, trivia and Discworld details written by David Langford
The Unseen University Challenge:
Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Quizbook (GollanczF.)
Each of the faculties of the Discworld's greatest college of magic, Unseen University, in the heart of that great metropolis Ankh-Morpork, have provided a number of questions - and the answers, in case you don't know as much about the Discworld and fantasy as you thought you did. However, be assured there is no golden turtle buried somewhere on the Sto Plains for followers of the *hidden* clues to unearth ...this is just a myth!
The Wyrdest Link: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook
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First came The Unseen University Challenge, the first Discworld quizbook, which left a trail of exploded minds from London to Ankh-Morpork. Now The Wyrdest Link takes trivia to bizarre new heights, with hundreds more Discworld posers about Terry Pratchett's far-out fantasy world-questions in the merciless tradition of the Star Chamber and the Spanish Inquisition. As before, the quizbook-presented with offbeat twists and linking themes-is varied with trick questions, outrageous mind-bogglers, and the occasional near-impossible conundrum to suit Discworld fans of all levels.
Non-Discworld Books By Terry Pratchett
If they've read all the Discworld books, perhaps they haven't found these titles yet?
The Librarian!
Plush Orangutan (not monkey) toys!
Key phrases include "Oook' "ook" "EEEK!" and "OOK OOK ook oooook"
Likes peanuts, bananas, the theatre and humourous plays that include a custard pie scene of some kind.
Dislikes being called a monkey, people touching his books.
Why not include some peanuts with the Librarian?
Cheap, funny, and will give them something to snack on that isn't sugar!
Terry Pratchett also fundraises for Orangutan conservation, and is a trustee for the Orangutan Foundation UK. Fan events such as the Discworld Conventions have adopted the Orangutan Foundation as their nominated charity - so perhaps you could donate to the Foundation instead?
Turtles! Buy Them A Great A'Tuin Of Their Own
The turtle moves... and the Discworld moves with it
Why, I created the image in the introduction above at the tender age of seventeen, using some toy animals we had around and was far too pleased with myself about it!
For real-life-Pratchett-turtles, check out the Psephophorus terrypratchetti, a fossil sea-turtle from the Eocene epoch of New Zealand named after Pterry by palaeontologist R. Köhler in 1995 (in the journal article "A new species of the fossil turtle Psephophorus (Order Testudines) from the Eocene of the South Island, New Zealand".
The Discworld Films!
Buy them a movie to watch
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collection (Wyrd Sisters / Soul Music)
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And the live action movies
Literary Fantasy Critiques
These books all discuss either Pratchett's writing and fantasy, or include him as an author.
Books To Avoid
These books aren't worth it, except for the absolute completist
Cabbages.
See? Not funny! (Unless you were suddenly reminded of the endless cabbage plains of Sto Lat, in which case you are probably giggling uncontrollably)
And the Secrets of The Wee Free Men ...etc book frankly gets a lot of its facts wrong, is not particularly about the Wee Free Men and is far surpassed by several other books on this page analysing the writing and folklore of the Discworld.
Terry Pratchett Book Reviews
Reviews of his books and characters
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Edutopia
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- There isn't a single thing you've put on this lens that I wouldn't want to get as a gift. Good job!
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- Sounds very interesting
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- We discovered Terry Pratchett recently and LOVE him! I've read all the Tiffany Aching Discworld books out loud to my kids and we all think he is brilliant!
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- There's definitely something for any Discworld fan here with lots of gifts to choose from - in fact spoilt for choice I think! Blessed by a passing Squid Angel :-)
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