The Art of Discworld (GOLLANCZ S.F.)

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It's also narrated by Terry himself, with little notations by Kidby, but it's Terry's words that make this book more than just an art one. These include Pyramids (Djelibeybi), Small Gods (Omnia), and Monstrous Regiment (Zlobenia and Borogravia). A stage musical version of Witches Abroad, adapted by Amy Atha-Nicholls, was performed at the 2016 International Discworld Convention. After briefly floating above the Discworld, Eric and Rincewind find themselves in the rain forests of Klatch, in the Tezumen empire, a parody of the Aztec Empire. This collects a LOT of Paul Kidby's art, both the rough drawings and the finished pieces, along with Terry Pratchett's commentary on the characters and where they came from.

Prominent members include Ponder Stibbons, a geeky young wizard; Hex, the Disc's first computer/semi-sentient thinking engine; the Librarian, who was turned into an orangutan by magical accident, and who (sometimes violently) refuses to be turned back into a human; the Dean; the mentally unstable Bursar; the Chair of Indefinite Studies; the Lecturer in Recent Runes; and the Senior Wrangler. The Wizards have featured prominently in nine Discworld books as well as starred in The Science of Discworld series and the short story " A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices".The soundtrack to Soul Music was also released on CD, and an accompanying book with stills and script was released. Discworld books regularly topped Sunday Times best-sellers list, making Pratchett the UK's best-selling author in the 1990s.

Unabridged recordings of books 1–23 in the above list, except for books 3, 6 and 9, are read by Nigel Planer.A number of characters, such as members of staff of Unseen University and Lord Vetinari, appear prominently in many different storylines without having specific storylines of their own. In 2004’s The Art of Discworld, Pratchett wrote about the fondness that many fans have expressed for the character.