Apart from the first novel in the series, The Colour of Magic, the original British editions of the first 26 novels, up to Thief of Time (2001), had cover art by Josh Kirby. The books frequently parody or take inspiration from classic works, usually fantasy or science fiction, as well as mythology, folklore and fairy tales, and often use them for satirical parallels with cultural, political and scientific issues.įorty-one Discworld novels were published. The series began in 1983 with The Colour of Magic and continued until the final novel The Shepherd's Crown, which was published in 2015, following Pratchett's death. Cover of the first edition of The Colour of Magic art by Alan Smithĭiscworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. Look no further than Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion. If your life depends on being able to distinguish the Agatean Empire from the Zoons. If you want help telling Achmed the Mad from Jack Zweiblumen. If you need a handy guide to Discworld locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis. If you're looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated-certainly the most hilarious-setting in fantasy literature. 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! The publication of Snuff brought the Discworld canon to thirty-nine books-not including the various guides, maps, diaries, and other side projects. It is also a global publishing phenomenon, with sales of about eighty-five million books worldwide. 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. For every Pratchett fan, the must-have fully updated guidebook to Discworld!
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