Book:The Celebrated Discworld Almanak

From Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki
Revision as of 15:00, 8 October 2016 by Jagra (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The Discworld Almanak
The Discworld Almanak
Co-author(s) Bernard Pearson
Illustrator(s) Paul Kidby
Bernard Pearson
Sheila Watkins
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date 2004
ISBN 0385606834
Pages 128
RRP £9.99
Main characters
Series [[:Category:|]]
Annotations View
Notes
All data relates to the first UK edition.

The Celebrated Discworld Almanak of the Year of the Prawn is one of the splendid miscellany of books about Discworld with no specific novel value, but with background details in that no fan would dream of not knowing.

Featuring some new characters such as Makepeace Thomas Bounder and Josiah Remnant.

Printed on thin paper, which comes in handy in rural areas...

Blurb

Being an essential guide to all aspects of life, and a reliable means of ensuring fertility or crops and livestock. Also a boon companion in the affairs of the heart and health.

With notes on Husbandry, Fairs & Marts, and other such information was will render this publication a staunch companion to Townsman and Tiller of the Soil alike.

"Where would we be without it." —Havelock Vetinari

"A good stiff cardboard cover that will provide a whole month of inner soles, and soft paper inside, truly a book for the working man." —Bernard Pearson

"Better read than dead." —Reg Shoe, Fresh Start Club, 668 Elm St, Ankh-Morpork

"With thys Almanak as my gide my every venture is bound to prosper." —C.M.O.T. Dibbler

Characters mentioned

Also see

External links


Previous book

Discworld (Reformed) Vampyres' Diary 2003

Diary Series Next book

The Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook Diary 2007