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Available
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Publication
Doubleday UK (2012), Hardcover, 128 pages
Description
"A brand-new street directory of Discworld city Ankh-Morpork complete with a beautifully illustrated pull-out map. This is the city celebrated in Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld series as you've never seen it before. A stunning map and comprehensive street directory covering each and every district from Unseen University to the Shades, major landmarks like the Patrician's Palace to little-known, er, nooks like Dwarf Bread Museum in Whirligig Alley. See the notorious establishments and famous streets along which so many heroes have walked, in some cases quite hurriedly. As leading Ankh-Morpork entrepreneur CMOT Dibbler would say, 'A nip at any price -- and that's cutting our own throat. Well, close."--
User reviews
LibraryThing member dickmanikowski
I never thought I'd give any of Terry Pratchett's book a less-than-stellar review, but this is pretty much a pitiful attempt to cash in on the popularity of the novels. While some of the entries are interesting, I found the bulk of them to be without merit. Nicely illustrated, though.
LibraryThing member 4hounds
A book I love having, but not real fun to read. Why? It's a travel guide to a fake city, and it reads like a real travel guide. While there's a certain amount of amusement in that, it wears thin. So...more for having and completion - and maybe looking stuff up in conjunction with a re-read of a
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Discworld book? - but not a reading kind of book. Show Less
LibraryThing member adam.b
This book is filled with ads and information as if you were using it to visit Ankh-Morpork. It's good for a laugh, but there is no story involved. If you are a fan of the Discworld series, then you'll understand many of the references, and enjoy it that much more. I normally wouldn't have bought
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this book, but it came with a very large, very beautiful, map of Ankh-Morpork. The map is laid out on a grid on one side, so that you can find the streets and locations that are mentioned in the particular book that you are reading, or for ads within this book. The other side of the map has a nice, non-grid, picture of the entire city. Show Less
LibraryThing member bragan
A guidebook to Terry Pratchett's fictional city of Ankh-Morpork, including the equivalent of the Ankh-Morpork yellow pages, complete with ads.
There's not nearly as much humor here as I was expecting, or hoping for. But it's a cool-looking book of the kind that might make a good gift for Discworld
The book also comes with a cool giant fold-out map of the city, with a beautiful aerial view of the city on reverse side, which I could easily imagine mounting on a wall.
There's not nearly as much humor here as I was expecting, or hoping for. But it's a cool-looking book of the kind that might make a good gift for Discworld
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fans. And if you have some reason to actually need a reference guide to all the streets and businesses of Ankh-Morpork -- fan fiction? tabletop Discworld RPG? -- it has more details than you're ever likely to want.The book also comes with a cool giant fold-out map of the city, with a beautiful aerial view of the city on reverse side, which I could easily imagine mounting on a wall.
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LibraryThing member murderbydeath
My fellow Discworld fans: If you see this book, buy this book.
It's awesome; it's hilarious; it's not lying or exaggerating when it says it is "Compleat".
The amount of thought and attention to detail is astounding, especially in the trade directory.
And the piece de la resistance is the
It's awesome; it's hilarious; it's not lying or exaggerating when it says it is "Compleat".
The amount of thought and attention to detail is astounding, especially in the trade directory.
And the piece de la resistance is the
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giant-size, pull out map at the back. Show Less
LibraryThing member MillieHennessy
This is a fun little companion guide to the Discworld series, designed in a way to assist newcomers with a visit to the city of Ankh-Morpork. I love books like this where there's a lot of creativity in the layout and design of the book that adds extra flavor to the text. This comes with an
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absolutely massive map - very detailed on one side, less so on the other. There are guides to different guilds, places to eat, places to stay, laws to avoid breaking, and a general directory of services available. The amount of thought that went into this book is really amazing. It helped add some depth to my recent re-read of The Colour of Magic. Definitely something to check out if you're a big fan of the series, or you like fantasy guide books, etc. Show Less
Original publication date
2012-11-08
Physical description
128 p.; 7.32 x 0.08 inches
ISBN
0857520741 / 9780857520746