a talking doorknocker and a beautiful, but rather bad-tempered and dead, princess. On Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Death really is a 7 foot skeleton in a black hooded robe and weilding a scythe. He is also fond of cats, enjoys a good curry, and rides around the scies on a magnificent white horse called Binky. ---------------------------------------- 7.8 Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! - The Play %A adapred by Stephen Briggs %T Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! - The Play %I Corgi (b format p/b) [cover art by Stephen Player.] %D 5/97 ISBN 0-552-14431-2 Blurb: Terry Pratchett's infamous city of Ankh-Morpork is under threat from a 60-foot-fire-breathing dragon, summoned by a secret society of malcontented tradesmen. Defending Ankh-Morpork against this threat is the entire, underpaid, undervalued City Night Watch - a drunken and world-weary Captain, a cowardly and overweight Sergeant, a small opportunistic Corporal of dubious parentage...and their newest recruit, Lance-Corporal Carrot, who is upright, literal, law-abiding and keen. Aiding them in their fight for truth, justice and the Ankh-Morporkian way are a small swamp dragon and the Librarian of Unseen University (who just happ- ens to be an orangutan). Stephen Briggs has been involved in amateur dramatics for over 25 years and he assures us that the play can be staged without needing the budget of Industrial Light and Magic. Not only that, but the cast should still be able to be in the pub well before closing time. Oh, and a word of advice omitted from the play text: <"olde englishe font" on/> Learn the Words _Havelock, Lord Vetinari_ ---------------------------------------- 7.9 Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms - The Play %A adapted by Stephen Briggs %T Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms - The Play %I Corgi (b format p/b) [cover art by Stephen Player.] %D 1/5/97 [scheduled - but not seen by me till 10/6/97 (ppint.)] ISBN 0-552-14432-0 Blurb: Scarcely a year on from the events of _Guards! Guards!_, the Ankh- Morpork City Night Watch find their services are once more needed to tackle a threat to their city. A threat at least as deadly as a 60-foot dragon, but mechanical and heartless to boot. It kills without compunction. It is the first gun on the Discworld. The original Watch - Captain Vimes, Sergeant Colon, Corporal Carrot and Corporal Nobbs - are joined by some new recruits, selected to reflect the city's ethnic make-up - Lance-Constables Cuddy (a dwarf), Detritus (a troll) and Angua (a w..., well, best to find out for yourself). Stephen Briggs has been involved in amateur dramatics for over 25 years and he assures us that the play can be staged without needing the budget of Industrial Light and Magic. Not only that, but the cast should still be able to be in the pub well before closing time. Oh, and a word of advice omitted from the play text: <"olde englishe font" on/> Learn the Words _Havelock, Lord Vetinari_ ---------------------------------------- 7.10 Soul Music: The Illustrated Screenplay %A adapted by Martin Jameson %T Soul Music: The Illustrated Screenplay %I Corgi (large format p/b) [cover art from body of book.] %D 9(?)/12/97 [scheduled for 1/11/97; not published that month - ISBN 0-552-14556-4 delayed by unanticipated production difficulties (ppint.)] Blurb: DISCWORLD IS ABOUT TO ROCK... Deputising for DEATH was never going to be easy, not least when he has gone walkabout in search of the Meaning of Life - without even leaving a forwarding address. But for his granddaughter, Susan, it becomes even more difficult when she breaks one of the cardinal rules of the family business - don't get involved! All around the Disc, crowds are shouting out for Buddy Celyn and The Band With Rocks In. They are in the grip of a new and danger- ous music and Buddy is under its thumb. It's alive, it changes people - and it won't fade away. Grain by grain, Buddy's time is running out and Susan has to save him - it's not going to be easy when she looks more like the Tooth Fairy than the Grim Reaper... ---------------------------------------- 7.11 GURPS Discworld [fantasy role-playing game] %A Terry Pratchett & Phil Masters %T GURPS Discworld %I Steve Jackson Games (very large format p/b, cvr & illos. Paul Kidby) %D 8/98, 5/99 ISBN 1-55634-261-6 [SJG stock code 6084] %I Steve Jackson Games (very large format h/cvr, cvr & illos. Paul Kidby) %D 5/99 [first seen 28/5/99; is h/cvr edition of the second printing] ISBN 1-55634-386-8 [SJG stock code 6089] [n.b. isbn in indica on title page of h/cvr is incorrect (that for p/b)] Blurb: The World is Round... And Also Flat! It's obvious really. Everyone [1] knows it. The Disc rests on the back of four giant elephants, who in turn stand on the back of Great A'Tuin, the only turtle to form the basis of an entire branch of astrophysics. For the last few years, events on the Discworld have been chronicled in the works of Terry Pratchett. Fans have learned of the adventures of Rincewind, the incompetent wizard, Granny Weatherwax, the witch [known to trolls as "She Who Must Be Avoided]. Captain Carrot the six- foot dwarf, Archchancellor Ridcully, Susan Sto Helit [granddaughter of Death], and a cast of strange and unique characters. Now, thanks to a special arrangement [rumoured to involve Mr Dibbler of Ankh-Morpork, special consultancy on combat rules from Cohen the ctogenarian Barbarian, and a vampire lawyer], it's time for roleplay- ers to make their way to the far end of the probability curve and... THRILL to the distinctive sights, sounds, and smells [especially smells] of Ankh-Morpork, most dubious city in the multiverse! Sail the Circle Sea in ursuit of wealth, glory, pirate gold, or a suntan! INTERVENE in the on-going racial rivalry of trolls and dwarves [watch out for flying axes]! AVOID the attentions of Death, Fate, the Lady, and the Patrician! WONDER why they bought a second meat pie from Mr Dibbler!] RUN AWAY from an angry Swamp Dragon [two feet of mindless fury and hhigh-explosive digestion]! LEARN why Casanunda [second greatest lover on the Discworld] needs a stepladder. Complete with Discworld magic, a guide to the best inns, Things from the Dungeon Dimensions, Gaspode the Wonder Dog, and a Thousand Eleph- ants. [Well, maybe we lied about the elephants.] [1] Except the devout followers of the Great God Om, who firmly be- lieve it's a sphere. [there is also an article by john m. ford & phil masters, entitled "Acquiring Respect", or possibly "Of Gods, Kings and Swamp Gas", in SJG's magazine, Pyramid #30 3-4/98 [uk on-sale date 2/7/98.] ---------------------------------------- 7.12 Wyrd Sisters: The Illustrated Screenplay A% adapted by Martin Jameson %T Wyrd Sisters: The Illustrated Screenplay %I Corgi (illustrated large fmt p/b) [illustrated with plates taken from %D 18/8/98[?] the cosgrove hall animated film] [cvr art from body of book] ISBN 0-552-14575-0 [publn. delayed by unanticipated production difficulties] Blurb: A TALE FOR ALL SEASONS: COMEDY, TRAGEDY, RICHES, POVERTY, MAGIC, LOVE, HATE, REDEMPTION, DAMNATION, AND MUCH, MUCH, MORE or, other- wise known as WYRD SISTERS Three witches on a stormy heath, a king cruelly murdered, a usurper on the throne, rivers of blood, lots of trees - is this beginning to sound familiar? Add to that a young prince adrift from his rightful inheritance, a travelling band of thespians, a fool who speaks the truth, and some jokes - and a play within a screenplay, and you have the essence of Shakespeare without having to read thirty-seven plays. In fact you have the unexpurgated screenplay of one of Terry Prat- chett's funniest and most telling Discworld stories. ---------------------------------------- 7.13 Terry Pratchett's Maskerade - The Play %A adapred by Stephen Briggs %T Terry Pratchett's Maskerade - The Play %I Samuel French (b format p/b) [cover art by Stephen Player] %D 18/9/98 ISBN 0-573-01829-4 All is not well in the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. A ghost stalks the dark corridors, leaving strange letters for the management and ... killing people. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, two Lancre witches, investigate, and are soon involved in all kinds of skulduggery, mayhem and ear-splittingly loud singing. Terry Pratchett's phenomenally popular Discworld novel, 'Maskerade', has been skilfully adapted by Stephen Briggs with suitably dramatic panache. Quirky and original characters, a labyrinthine plot and numerous witty one-liners make this a treat for Discworld fans and 'uninitiated' theatregoers alike. ---------------------------------------- 7a. Discworld "Non-Fiction" ---------------------------------------- [those of us who believe in the discworld will ignore the quote-marks. - ppint.] ---------------------------------------- 7a.1 The Fantasy Art of Josh Kirby %A Josh Kirby %T The Fantasy Art of Josh Kirby %I Corgi (very large format p/b) %D c.1991 [this book is out of print.] ISBN 0-552-99382-4 Enlargements of cover artwork from the earlier Corgi books, with- out the superimposed typography, and further enlargements of some details (e.g. the Luggage). Apparently produced from Corgi books' covers, rather than from either the original artwork or colour separations made directly from this, the quality of the plates is not high. ---------------------------------------- 7a.2 In The Garden of Unearthly Delights %A Josh Kirby %T In The Garden of Unearthly Delights %I Paper Tiger (mid-large fmt p/b) [8.3"/21.1cm wide by 11.6"/29.5cm tall] %D 1991 (at least two subs. reprints.) [currently out of print] ISBN 1-85028-154-8 Josh Kirby's first artbook published by Paper Tiger, "In The Garden of Unearthly Delights", contains plates of work across his career in fantasy, sf and horror art from the late fifties and sixties (though the great majority of the one hundred and fifty-nine paintings reproduced are from 1970 through the date of publication), including many of the Discworld paintings. the text is by fantasy artist, Nigel Suckling; the foreword is by Brian Aldiss. [the third printing of this book was out of print by early summer 1996, and due to be reprinted by that october: i have not seen a fourth printing as of 6/99. (ppint.)] ---------------------------------------- 7a.3 The Josh Kirby Discworld Portfolio %A Josh Kirby %T The Josh Kirby Discworld Portfolio %I Paper Tiger (very large fmt p/b) [11.5"/29.2cm wide by 16.5"/42.2cm tall] %D 1993 (at least two subs.reprs.) [currently out of print] ISBN 1-85028-259-5 Uncredited introduction quoting Terry, at some length, plus twenty- eight bordered full-page plates: Trounced Thaumaturge and Dragon Maiden, Treadwheel in Hell [Eric], Mephistopheles [Eric], Eric the Demonologist [Eric], Eric over Ankh- Morpork [Eric and the a format p/b cover], Death in his Study [Eric], Helen of Troy [Eric], Mort, Strata, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Guards! Guards!, Wyrd Sisters, Equal Rites, The Colour of Magic, The Dark Side of the Sun, Eric [the h/cvr and vlf p/b cover], Discworld [Eric], Pyramids, Small Gods, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Reaper Man, Moving Pictures, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, The Carpet People. ---------------------------------------- 7a.4 The Streets of Ankh Morpork %A Stephen Briggs and Terry Pratchett %T The Streets of Ankh-Morpork %I Corgi %D 1993 ISBN 0552-14161-5 (Folded Map and stapled street index in card cover) Blurb: Being a concise and possibly even accurate MAPP of the Great City of the DISCWORLD Including Unseen University and environs! Also finest assortment of avenues, lanes, squares, and alleys for your walking pleasure "There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people walk along them the wrong way." from Moving Pictures Ankh-Morpork! City of One Thousand Surprises (according to the famous publication by the Guild of Merchants)! All human life is there! Although, if it walks down the wrong alley, often quite briefly! The city celebrated in the bestselling Discworld series by Terry Pratchett has been meticulously mapped for the first time. It's all here - from *Unseen University* to the *Shades*, from major landmarks like the *Patrician's Palace* to little-known, er, nooks like *Dwarf Bread Museum* in *Whirligig Alley*. See the famous streets along which so many heroes have walked, in some cases quite hurriedly! As leading Ankh-Morpork entrepeneur C.M.O.T. Dibbler would say: A snip at any price - and that's cutting our own throat. Well, close. ---------------------------------------- 7a.5 The Discworld Companion (with Stephen Briggs) %A Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs %T The Discworld Companion %I Victor Gollancz (h/cvr) %D 1994 ISBN 0575-05764-5 %I Victor Gollancz (b format p/b) %D 1995 ISBN 0575-06002-6 Blurb: For the newcomer and the old hand alike the Discworld can be a fatally confusing planet. From the great city of Ankh-Morpork, featuring a river you could skateboard across if it wasn't so knobbly, to the distant Ramptop Mountains and the mysterious Counterweight Continent, the Discworld is a place where Death waits around every corner... For safety's sake, you need a guide. And here it is. Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, respectively chronicler and cartographer of the Discworld, have produced the one and only definitive guide to the flat planet - its geography, its flora and fauna, its (many) religions, its architecture and customs, and its outstanding personalities. What is a Quantum Weather Butterfly? What does Death keep on his desk? Would you drink Bearhugger's Homeopathic Sipping Whiskey? How are the kings of Ankh-Morpork different from the kings of Ankh? Everything the Discworld traveller needs to know is contained in these pages, together with useful maps and illustrations of significant places and emblems in this unique world. ---------------------------------------- 7a.5u The Discworld Companion ("updated" edition) %A Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs %T The Discworld Companion %I Vista (p/b) %D 22/5/97 (in fact available by 17/5/97) ISBN 0575-60030-6 this is a minimum of (approximately) 14% greater in content, than the h/cvr (and b format p/b) first edition. ---------------------------------------- 7a.6 The Discworld Mapp %A Stephen Briggs and Terry Pratchett %T The Discworld Mapp %I Corgi (folded map in card cover) %D 1995 ISBN 0552-14324-3 Blurb: They said it couldn't be done. Well, it has been done, proving them wrong once again. After years of research, cunningly contrived in as many minutes, the discworld has its map. It takes full account of the historic and much documented expeditions of the Discworld's feted (or at least fated) explorers: General Sir Roderick Purdeigh, Lars Larsnephew, Llamedos Jones, Lady Alice Venturi, Ponce da Quirm and, of course, Venter Borass. Now travellers on this circular world can see it all: from Klatch to the Ramtops, from Cori Celesti to the Circle Sea, from Genua to Bhanbhanduc. The great cities of Hunghung, Pseudopolis, Al Khali and, of course, Ankh-Morpork are place with loving care upon this world which is carried through space by Great A'Tuin. ---------------------------------------- 7a.7 Terry Pratchett's Discworld - The Official Strategy Guide %A Glen Edridge %T Terry Pratchett's Discworld - The Official Strategy Guide %I Prima (mid-format p/b) [7.4"/18.8cm wide by 9.2"/23.4cm tall] %D 1995 ISBN 0-5521-4439-8(us) ISBN 0-55214-439-8(uk) Published in their "Secrets of the Games (T.M.)" series, this is a 136-paged, *indexed* guide to the Psygnosis computer game, "Terry Pratchett's Discworld", illustrated with b+w screenshots and details of screenshots, and containing a detachable, full- colour poster-map of Ankh-Morpork bound in. [The one edition is distributed under either ISBN, as appropriate.] ---------------------------------------- 7a.7a Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook %A David Langford %T Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook %I Vista (p/b) cover art by Josh Kirby %D 1996 ISBN 0575-60000-4 first edition (p/b) blurb: THE UNSEEN UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE: Trolls have smashed down the door, there's a banshee on the roof, the river's caught fire, the librarian has turned into some kind of ape, and _this is your starter for ten..._ Questions about figgins, DEATH, mind-destroying footnotes, carnivorous Luggage with lots of little legs, quantum butterflies, the magico-numerical significance of what we must call _twice four_ or _seven plus one_, and even the precise sex of the Great Turtle who supports Terry Pratchett's phenomenal planet (via four elephant middlemen). ---------------------------------------- 7a.9 The Pratchett Portfolio %A Terry Pratchett (text) %A Paul Kidby (artist) %T The Pratchett Portfolio %I Victor Gollancz (middling large fmt p/b) [9"/23cm wide by 11.4"/29cm tall] %D 9/96 ISBN 0-575-06348-3 "A compendium of characters from the discworld, lavishly illustrated by Paul Kidby" Seven colour, and many b+w illustrations of characters with accompanying character sketches written by Terry. ---------------------------------------- 7a.10 Terry Pratchett's Discworld II - Missing Presumed...!? The Official Strategy Guide %A Paul Kidd %T Terry Pratchett's Discworld II - Missing Presumed...!? The Official Strategy Guide %I Boxtree (mid-format p/b) [7.4"/18.8cm wide by 9.2"/23.4cm tall] %D 1996 ISBN 0-7522-2204-X (uk) A 144-paged (including titles, indica & final p. advert.), *indexed* guide to the Perfect Entertainment computer game, "Terry Pratchett's Discworld II - Missing Presumed...!?", illustrated with black, dark orangey-brown + white screenshots and details of screenshots, and containing a detachable, full- colour poster-map of The Discworld bound in (Stephen Player's Mappe, see 7a.6; reproduced well, though on a smaller scale). As Prophesised by Achmed the Mad! 'And lo, it came to pass, the denizens of Perfect Entertainment did construct a game known to the world as Discworld II. For forty days and forty nights did the heroes struggle with the fiendish quests, until finally their occidental lobes were sore, and they cried out to Jaala, goddess of lateral thinking, parallel parking, pinball and miscellaneous entertainments, saying "How do I get bees to sweat?" and "What do I do with the ironing board?" And the spirit of Jaala moved through the world, and thus was the Discworld II Strategy Guide created.' _The Book of Kash (Prophet, 2nd Grade)._ Discworld is a planet rife with danger and magical mayhem and, when Death disappears, a hero is desperately needed to bring him back. Unfortunately for everyone Rincewind, the hapless magician, lands the job ... and with a hero like that you need all the help you can get. ---------------------------------------- 7a.11 Discworld Unseen University Diary 1998 %A Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs illustrated by Paul Kidby %T Discworld Unseen University Diary 1998 %I Gollancz %D 27/10/97 (actually available by 17/10/97) ISBN 0-575-06551-6 twenty pages of useful information to the uuu [u], b+w pencil-work embellishments by paul kidby, a diary-style map of ankh-morpork's most interesting features from viewpoint of the uuu, and a week- to-a-double-page-spread diary for 1998 [including "octdays", which are unnumbered in the run of each month, whose discworld and this- world namess are given, as are public holidays. the endpapers are year planners for 1998 and 1999. [u] - undergraduate ---------------------------------------- 7a.12 A Tourist Guide to Lancre %A Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby, Terry %T A Tourist Guide to Lancre %I Corgi (walker's guide to sights & sites plus folded "aerial view" poster map with placenames overlaid, in "b-format" card covers) %D 6/98 [delayed publication: first printing map key numbers & guide do not agree [source: dave langford's fanzine, Ansible]; not distributed, save possibly during Terry's signing tour.] ISBN 0-552-14608-0 Not only an artistic and breathtaking view of Lancre but also an interesting and informative guide to one of the Discworld's more, er, picturesque kingdoms. Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick live there. Lancre could hardly be somewhere ordinary, could it ? Magic glues the Discworld together and a lot of it ends up in Lancre, principal Kingdom of the Ramtop Mountains. Between Uberwald and Whale Bay, the Octarine Grass Country and the Widdershins Ocean lies the most exciting and dangerous terrain in all Discworld. The Ramtops supply Discworld with most of its witches and wizards. The leaves on the trees in the Ramtops move even when there is no breeze. Rocks go for a stroll in the even- ing. Even the land, at times, seems alive. The mapp may only be two-dimensional, but watch it very carefully and you might see it jostle about a bit. ---------------------------------------- 7a.13 Terry Pratchett Discworld Collector's Edition 1999 Calendar %A Josh Kirby (illustr.) %T Terry Pratchett Discworld Collector's Edition 1999 Calendar %I Ink %D 30/9/98 [on sale at i.m.t. in dwc2 from 18-21/9/98 (9/18-21/98 for merkins)] ISBN 1-87627-489-1 reproductions of cover and other discworld art by josh kirby: Mort, Eric, Wyrd Sisters, The Colour of Magic, Reaper Man, Death in his Study [from Eric], Moving Pictures, Soul Music, Guards! Guards!, The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic, Maskerade. ---------------------------------------- 7a.14 Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch Diary 1999 %A Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby (illustr.), Terry %T Discworld's City Watch Diary 1999 %I Gollancz %D 24/9/98 [on sale in large uk a/cs by 17/9/98 <*sulk*>] ISBN 0-575-06660-1 twenty pages of useful information to the amcwb [b], b+w pencil- work embellishments by paul kidby, and a week-to-a-double-page- spread diary for 1999 [including "octdays", which are unnumbered in the run of each month, whose discworld and this-world names are given, as are public holidays. two pages of display adverts. the endpapers are year planners for 1999 and Y2k - with 29/2/00 (2/29/00 for merkins). ---------------------------------------- 7a.15 Terry Pratchett Discworld Collector's Edition 1999 Day-to-Day Calendar %A Paul Kidby (illustr.), Stephen Briggs, Terry %T Terry Pratchett Discworld Collector's Edition 1999 Day-to-Day Calendar %I Ink %D 30/9/98 [scheduled; delayed 'til late 10/98] ISBN 1-876327-243-3 blurb: includes new, unpublished Paul Kidby illustrations! 365 invaluble facts for the discerning Discworld traveller The unpredictable fantasy land of Discworld floats through space on the back of four elephants standing on a turtle. In this calendar, with text from _The Discworld Companion_ (pub- lished in 1994/95), Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs provide a wealth of detail to guide the adventurous, yet discerning, Discworld traveller. With each page, a different aspect of Disc- world is explored -- its geography, inhabitants, leading citiz- ens, culture and history. In fact a whole calendar full of inval- uable facts, from A to Z, that Discworld afficionados cannot live without. [n.b. the paul kidby illustrations are printed in feint, as is suitable for overwriting - as befits a desk tear-off calendar. - ppint.] ---------------------------------------- 7a.16 Death's Domain %A Paul Kidby, Terry %T Death's Domain %I Corgi [map in card covers with 32pp booklet incl. titles, indica, key] %D 29/4/99 ISBN 0-552-14672-2 blurb: <"gothic" style font> The house that Death built...and the garden too. DEATH'S DOMAIN It's no more than a breath away... Everyone needs a place to relax after a long day, after all. So here is the place where the Grim Reaper can kick back and take the load off his scythe. Here's the golf course that's not so much crazy as insane, and the useless maze, and the dark gardens - all brought (incongruously) to life. And here, for the first time ever, you will find out the reason why Death can't under- stand rockeries, and what happens to garden gnomes. As Death rides Binky into the sunset (of other people's lives), you can at last see what he gets up to when he's not at work. ---------------------------------------- 7a.17 The Science of Discworld %A Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen & Terry %T The Science of Discworld %I Ebury Press %D 3/6/99 h/cvr [cover art by paul kidby] ISBN 0-09-186515-8 [p/b guesstimates: %I Vermillion %D 3/6/00 p/b [same cvr art] ISBN 0-09-......-. but n.b. these are guesstimates] this includes a new discworld story by terry, illustrative of some of the main points made by ian stewart & jack cohen; the individual chapters have titles, but none is given in the book for the story as a whole. the story occupies approximately one third of the book, its chapters alternating with those of the exposition. blurb: In the fantasy universe of the phenomenally best-selling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different - it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding out what those rules are. The appeal of Discworld is that it mostly makes sense, in a way that particle physics doesn't. _The Science of Discworld_ uses the magic of Discworld to illuminate the scientific rules that govern _our_ world. When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wiz- ards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. Roundworld is, of course, our own universe. With us in- side it (eventually). Guided (if that's the word) by the wizards, we follow the story from the primal sing- ularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. We discover how puny and insignificant lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradox- ically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules has led to a complex world and at least one spec- ies that tried to get a grip on what was going on... ---------------------------------------- 7a.18 Discworld Assassins' Guild Diary 2000 %A Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby (illustr.), Terry %T Discworld Assassins' Guild Diary 2000 %I Gollancz [advised as orion, who now own them; but isbn is gollancz's] %D 19/8/99 [scheduled] h/cvr ISBN 0-575-06687-3 128pp, cvr & illustrations by paul kidby [i'll try and have these for ccde '99; but cassell plc (then owners of gollancz, now themselves owned by orion) were less than helpful with stock of last year's diary and there thus were none at the second discworld con- vention, in the adelphi hotel, liverpool :-(. ppint.] [though it's looking as though this description may not apply to orion, the new owners :-)). ppint. (7/7/99)] ---------------------------------------- 7a.19 Nanny Ogg's Cookbook %A Tina Hannan, Paul Kidby & Terry %T Nanny Ogg's Cookbook %I Doubleday %D 11/99 [scheduled] h/cvr ISBN 0-385-.....-. ---------------------------------------- 9. Notes (on publishers, ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers), formats... ---------------------------------------- 9.1 Note on uk publishers, ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) The ten-digit International Standard Book Number is used to uniquely identify an edition of a book (though not, in uk usage, each printing). it consists of a first section, identifying the language ("0-" or "1-" indicates english); a second section identifying the publisher, some- times, now, the imprint - where one publisher has been taken over by another). it is the last part of the isbn that is peculiar to the part- icular edition of a book from the publisher identified by these prefixes (the final tenth figure is a check digit, that allows transmission and typing errors to be caught by computer systems - or, in theory, by hand). UK publishers of Terry's books, and of anthologies containing his stories. 0-006-, 0-022- HarperCollins_Publishers_ (formerly William Collins & Sons, before that truly fine merkin citizen, Rupert Murdoch, then xxxxian, added them to his swagbag): included are the imprints HarperCollins, Voyager, etc; Collins, whose p/b imprint was Fontana, had by then bought Granada Publish- ing, who had themselves absorbed Mayflower, Rupert Hart-Davis, McGibbon & Kee, Arco, Paladin, and others - not least, Panther, which house went back to the fifties, when Panther Books was set up as an imprint of the publish- ers, Hamilton & Co., Staffs... Pan Books (see 0-330-) was formerly associat- ed with Collins by partial ownership of Pan, but was operationally separate; 0-09- indicates a book published by the Arrow division of Random House UK, formerly part of Century-Hutchinson, formerly Arrow Books, the p/b imprint of the long-established uk publishers, Hutchinson & Co., who were for a decade or so owned by London Weekend Television. imprints included Legend (now sold to Little, Brown [Warner UK], who own the Orbit imprint, and are re-badging as Orbit books, as they reprint - and changing ISBNs accordingly [see 1-85723-] - as of mid-1997), Ebury Press & Vermilion, and Red Fox, whose p/bs and h/cvrs also use this prefix: Random House has recently been bought by Bertelsmann, who also own Transworld Publishers [- see 0-385-, 0-552- below]; 0-19- is the prefix identifying Oxford University Press; 0-285- indicates Souvenir Press; 0-330- identifies Pan Books, formerly owned by a consortium of William Collins, Granada and Thomas Tilling/British Electric Traction; now an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, who owned, but now are a sister company of, the merkin publisher, St. Martins Press (the owners of Tor Books till this reorganisation): all are now parts of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings; 0-7522- is the prefix Macmillan use on their Boxtree imprint; 0-385- and 0-552- are, respectively, the Doubleday (h/cvr) and Corgi (p/b) imprints of Transworld Publishers, now owned by the Bertelsmann group of Germany (as are the merkin publishers Bantam Doubleday Dell, who have the rights to distribute these editions in Canada, where these rights are clear to so do [and as also, now, are both Random House and Random House U.K. into which latter Transworld Publishers have been incorporated]; 0-416- and 0-7497- indicate Methuen Childrens Books imprints of the Reed (a.k.a. Octopus Publishing) group, formerly imprints of A.B.P. Ltd. - their adult consumer books imprints have recently (1997) been bought by Random House U.K., who may vary isbns upon later reissue (isbn prefix 0-09-); whose adult sf & fantasy list has, in turn, since been sold on to Little, Brown (Time-Warner uk); the destination of their children's list(s) is not yet known to this ppint. for certain, but is believed by this ppint. to be as part of Egmont Children's Books. 0-450- indicates N.E.L. (New English Library), owned by Times-Mirror, inc., of Los Angeles when they published paperback editions of two of Terry's early novels, but now an imprint of Hodder Headline plc, having been bought by Hodder & Stoughton, who in turn were taken over by Headline Publishers and who have just been bought by W.H.Smith's; 0-55214- and 0-5521- both indicate Prima Publishing, a division of Prima Communications, Inc. - the former, in the uk, and the latter, in merkia. 0-575- identifies the once-independent Victor Gollancz Ltd., and its VGSF imprint: both these are now imprints of Cassell, which is in turn owned by Orion (since late 1998), who are themselves owned by Hachette; and also Vista, which Cassell launched as an imprint of Cassell using that same stem, after they bought Gollancz from merkin publishers, Houghton Miflin (who were the owners of Victor Gollancz Ltd. from their purchase of it upon the retire- ment of Livia Gollancz); see also 0-75281- etc. (Orion); titles on the vista list are being re-badged and -isbn-ed as orion millennium books as they are reprinted. 0-7522- is the prefix Macmillan use on their Boxtree imprint (see 0-330-); 0-75281- and 0-75280- indicate Orion, whose Millennium imprint formerly used 1-85798- as its prefix. 70% owned by Hachette, the french publishing conglomerate since mid 1998. see also 0-575- (Gollancz, Vista) prefix. 0-7531-, 1-85089-, and 1-85695- identify Isis Publishing Ltd: some of these are large print h/cvr editions, and some are unabridged audio/bs. 0-86140-, 0-900675- and 0-901072- all indicate Colin Smythe Ltd. Colin is Terry's agent, and was the first to publish his books; 1-85028- indicates the Paper Tiger imprint, once of Dragon's World: both are now imprints of Collins-Brown; while 1-85286- identifies Titan Books Ltd; 1-85487- is used by Robinson Publishing, on their Mammoth imprint (not to be confused with the children's imprint of Methuen, as was], as well as upon others, such as Raven, and even Robinson; 1-85723- indicates the Orbit imprint of Little, Brown & Co. Ltd, the uk book-publishing arm of Time-Warner, inc; and 1-870824- identifies Beccon Publications. ---------------------------------------- 9.2 Note on merkin publishers & ISBNs. Merkin publishers of Terry's books, and of anthologies containing his stories. 0-06- HarperCollins_Publishers_, inc. (formerly Harper & Row, before that truly fine merkin citizen, Rupert Murdoch, added them to his swagbag): in- cluded are the imprints HarperCollins, HarperPrism, etc; 0-312- and 0-812- identify St. Martins Press (h/cvr & tp/b) and Tor Books (mmp/b) respectively, Tor was formerly an independent publisher, though the former prefix is now used on Tor h/cvr editions; i don't recall what the St. Martins' isbns of Terry's early novels were, but they did not pro- duce their own editions, iirc; rather, they re-dust-jacketed, and St. Mar- tins-stickered, (run-ons of) Colin Smythe's editions for merkin distribn. they were owned by Macmillan uk [not associated with Collier-Macmillan] until february '98; all are now parts of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings; 0-425- and 0-441- are both identifiers of the Berkley Publishing Group, until recently owned by Matsushita of Japan, were then sold off to the canadadadian drinks giant, Seagram, and are currently being absorbed by the merkin wing of Penguin, which has been renamed Putnam-Penguin, iirc. 0-441- indicates use of the Ace imprint, once an independent publisher; 0-451- indicates merkin imprints of New American Library (- originally set up as merkin Penguin by Ian Ballantine and others; at the time they started to publish merkin editions of Terry's books, they were owned by Times-Mirror group of Los Angeles, and were the mother, or a sister, com- pany of the british publisher, New English Library), Signet & Roc. They are now imprints of Penguin, inc., or Putnam-Penguin (or whatever the Great Penguin in darkest Harmondsworth has decided to call its merkin publishing wing this week - possibly, "Dutton-Penguin"...). has also been used by Penguin for Signet imprint in the uk - where, rather confusingly, the Roc imprint borrowed from merkia uses the isbn prefix 0-140-. happily, for booksellers, bibliographers and librarians ("ooook !"), no Signet/Roc uk book contains aught by Terry - leastways, not *yet*... 0-5521- and 0-55214- both indicate Prima Publishing, a division of Prima Communications, Inc. - the former, in merkia, and the latter, in the uk; 0-7867- is the prefix for books published by Carroll and Graf; 0-894- identifies Workman Publishing, while 0-9630944- identifies Dreamhaven Books, and 1-55634- publications of Steve Jackson Games. ---------------------------------------- 9.3 Non-english language editions' ISBNs. "2-" identifies a french-language edition isbn ("2-08-" for Flammarion, "2-266-" Pocket, "2-290-" J'ai Lu, & "2-905158-" l'Atlante); "3-" german- language editions isbn (prefixes "3-442-" indicating Goldmann, "3-453-" Wilhelm Heyne, "3-8077-" 2001/Rogner & Bernhard). "83-" identifies the polish language ("83-7120-" Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, "83-85661-" Proszynski i S-ka); "88-" identifies italian ("88-04-" Mondadori, "88-7782-" Salani, "88-200-" Sperling & Kupfer); "90-" dutch ("90-274-" Het Spectrum); and "91-" swedish ("91-7898-" Target Games), language books' isbns. ---------------------------------------- 9.4 Notes on book formats. audio/b "Audiobook" - a reading of the novel, or an abbreviation of it, recorded on a number of compact cassettes. the Corgi audio/b range is of abridgements narrated by Tony ("Baldrick") Robinson, filling two cassettes per novel, running time circa three hours each; the Isis audio/b range is of the complete novels narrated by either Nigel ("Neil") Planer [or Celia Imries, on the first two witches novels] and occupying variously six, or eight, cassettes; running time varying widely between seven and a half, and eleven hours. Neither publishers' audio/b cassettes are differentiated in a way that blind or visually impaired (poorly-sighted) people can easily distinguish; this is of less consequence with the corgi audio/bs, as there are only two cassettes per novel to confuse; however, the isis audio/b packaging does allow strict order to be followed - IF the cassettes are ALWAYS returned to the appropriate position (and preferably, the earlier, "odd" sides uppermost). h/cvr "Hardcover" - the printed pages are published bound between boards (generally cloth-covered: hence h/cvr editions also referred to as "cloth"). the pages are properly sewn into signatures, and collec- ted by being sewn to cloth tapes, and sewn and glued onto a backing cloth, which is then glued to the inside edges of the cloth-covered boards. the endpapers are then glued in to cover the insides of the cloth-covered boards, and to the spine edges of the fly pages. n.b. the gollancz/cassell plc editions of The Witches Trilogy and The Death Trilogy are not so bound, being in effect p/bs which happen to have board covers... n.b. the gollan