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    The Discworld Bestiary

    Author Terry Pratchett
    Illustrated by Paul Kidby
    Hardcover
    $35.00 US
    Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed | Ten Speed Press
    On sale Nov 03, 2026 | 160 Pages | 9798217273621
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    A comprehensive illustrated guide to the creatures and critters of Discworld, packed with wisdom from the great minds of the Disc as well as interjections from some of its more unconventional thinkers.

    Discover 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.

    Wriggling with insights, crawling with wisdom and packed with extra advice from Rincewind, Unseen University’s latest (and reluctant) adjunct professor of Perplexing Beasts and curator of its curiobiological museum.
    © Rob Wilkins

    TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the globally bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Color of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of more than seventy books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was awarded multiple prizes over the course of his career, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at more than 85 million (but who’s counting?), and they have been published in thirty-eight languages. He died in 2015.
     
    www.terrypratchettbooks.com

    View titles by Terry Pratchett
    Paul 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 The Art of Discworld, best-selling The Last Hero and the Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium. In 2019 he illustrated Good Omens written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

    Paul 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 The Art of Discworld, best-selling The Last Hero and the Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium. In 2019 he illustrated Good Omens written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. View titles by Paul Kidby
    “[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction.”—Mail on Sunday

    “Pratchett is a master storyteller.”—Guardian

    “One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest.”—George R.R. Martin

    “One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone.”—Daily Express

    “One of the most consistently funny writers around.”—Ben Aaronovitch

    “Masterful and brilliant.”—Fantasy & Science Fiction

    “Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own . . . he is a satirist of enormous talent . . . incredibly funny . . . compulsively readable.”—The Times

    “The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse.”—The Sunday Telegraph

    “Nothing short of magical.”—Chicago Tribune

    “Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns.”—SFX

    “[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world . . .
    There's never been anything quite like it.”—Evening Standard

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    A comprehensive illustrated guide to the creatures and critters of Discworld, packed with wisdom from the great minds of the Disc as well as interjections from some of its more unconventional thinkers.

    Discover 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.

    Wriggling with insights, crawling with wisdom and packed with extra advice from Rincewind, Unseen University’s latest (and reluctant) adjunct professor of Perplexing Beasts and curator of its curiobiological museum.

    Author

    © Rob Wilkins

    TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the globally bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Color of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of more than seventy books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was awarded multiple prizes over the course of his career, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at more than 85 million (but who’s counting?), and they have been published in thirty-eight languages. He died in 2015.
     
    www.terrypratchettbooks.com

    View titles by Terry Pratchett
    Paul 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 The Art of Discworld, best-selling The Last Hero and the Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium. In 2019 he illustrated Good Omens written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

    Paul 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 The Art of Discworld, best-selling The Last Hero and the Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium. In 2019 he illustrated Good Omens written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. View titles by Paul Kidby

    Praise

    “[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction.”—Mail on Sunday

    “Pratchett is a master storyteller.”—Guardian

    “One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest.”—George R.R. Martin

    “One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone.”—Daily Express

    “One of the most consistently funny writers around.”—Ben Aaronovitch

    “Masterful and brilliant.”—Fantasy & Science Fiction

    “Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own . . . he is a satirist of enormous talent . . . incredibly funny . . . compulsively readable.”—The Times

    “The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse.”—The Sunday Telegraph

    “Nothing short of magical.”—Chicago Tribune

    “Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns.”—SFX

    “[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world . . .
    There's never been anything quite like it.”—Evening Standard

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