{"product_id":"the-discworld-bestiary-terry-pratchett","title":"The Discworld Bestiary (Terry Pratchett)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep into the weird and wonderful world of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Terry Pratchett's iconic Discworld universe with this fully illustrated guide to its most curious, dangerous, and downright baffling creatures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the best way to care for the Terrible Man-Eating Sloth of Clup, the eating habits of the Ambiguous Puzuma, and marvel at the startling prevalence of ominous ducks in cosmic matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriggling with insights and crawling with wisdom, \u003ci\u003eThe Discworld \u003c\/i\u003eBestiary is packed with extra advice from Rincewind, Unseen University's latest (and reluctant) adjunct professor of Perplexing Beasts and curator of its Curiobiological Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith beautiful illustrations - including new artwork - from Paul Kidby, Pratchett's longtime artistic collaborator, this is the perfect gift book for fans of Pratchett's bestselling fantasy series, Discworld\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sir Terry Pratchett is the single greatest writer of the twenty-first century' \u003c\/b\u003eBrandon Sanderson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, \u003c\/b\u003eand beyond a doubt\u003cb\u003e the funniest' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most consistently funny writers \u003c\/b\u003earound' Ben Aaronovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series \u003cb\u003eone of the perennial joys of modern fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Pratchett is \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of those rare writers who\u003cb\u003e appeals to everyone\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMasterful and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he \u003cb\u003eis a satirist of enormous talent\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eincredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The \u003cb\u003ebest humorous English author\u003c\/b\u003e since P.G. Wodehouse'\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Consistently \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e, consistently \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e and consistently \u003cb\u003esurprising\u003c\/b\u003e in its twists and turns' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'[Discworld is] \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable, fantastically inventive\u003c\/b\u003e, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...\u003cb\u003eThere's never been anything quite like it\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Pratchett\u003c\/b\u003e was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, \u003ci\u003eThe Colour of Magic, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e www.terrypratchettbooks.com\u003c\/p\u003e\nPaul Kidby is best known for being the 'artist of choice' for Sir Terry Pratchett. Paul started working with Terry in 1993 and has designed the Discworld book jackets since 2002 following the death of artist Josh Kirby. He has illustrated many Discworld publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Discworld\u003c\/i\u003e, best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hero\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTerry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium\u003c\/i\u003e. 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