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Discworld Companion Books
Discworld Assassins' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2000
The Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild* in its modern form is the result of Lord Vetinari's distinctive civic policy, and is renowned across the Discworld. It offers the best all-round education in the world, because a qualified assassin should be at home in any company, and able to play at least one musical instrument. Anyone inhumed by a graduate of the Guild school can go to his rest satisfied that he has been annulled by someone of taste and discretion.
You need never be late for an assassination again with this fully functioning diary with all the necessary dates, holidays, notes and a year planner, including Octedays, the exclusive '8th Discworld day'. The fifty-two week spreads will be liberally illustrated by Paul Kidby, with the usual witty, quirky and apposite bons mots from the pen of Terry Pratchett himself.
*Motto: NIL MORTIFI, SINE LVCRE
You need never be late for an assassination again with this fully functioning diary with all the necessary dates, holidays, notes and a year planner, including Octedays, the exclusive '8th Discworld day'. The fifty-two week spreads will be liberally illustrated by Paul Kidby, with the usual witty, quirky and apposite bons mots from the pen of Terry Pratchett himself.
*Motto: NIL MORTIFI, SINE LVCRE
128 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Terry Pratchett
686 books46.3k followersSir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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September 7, 2016
The year 2000 Discworld diary was themed on the Assassins' Guild and provided in-depth information into the rules and regulations of the teaching at the Guild. Essentially it is like the most elite private school on the Disc (the equivalent of Oxford University).
As usual, this diary is meant to be used as a functioning diary so the written content is limited but Pratchett manages to pack a lot of information into a relatively small page count by adopting the style of an introductory booklet for new students. This includes:
- The Headmaster's Address
- Finding Your Way Around
- A History of the Guild
- School Prizes and Awards
- The Rules
- Surviving Your First Few Weeks
- Traditions
- The College Tutors
- School Rules
- Uniform and Equipment
Throughout the diary additional information is given on various pages. For me the most interesting information was finding out that there are 'open commissions' on several well-known characters on the Disc. For Lord Vetinari there is a bounty of AM$1m, Commander Vimes's bounty is AM$600,000 and for Rincewind AM$950.
I am so pleased to finally own a copy of this diary and to get another - however brief - insight into life on the Discworld.
Rating 4.5/5 stars
As usual, this diary is meant to be used as a functioning diary so the written content is limited but Pratchett manages to pack a lot of information into a relatively small page count by adopting the style of an introductory booklet for new students. This includes:
- The Headmaster's Address
- Finding Your Way Around
- A History of the Guild
- School Prizes and Awards
- The Rules
- Surviving Your First Few Weeks
- Traditions
- The College Tutors
- School Rules
- Uniform and Equipment
Throughout the diary additional information is given on various pages. For me the most interesting information was finding out that there are 'open commissions' on several well-known characters on the Disc. For Lord Vetinari there is a bounty of AM$1m, Commander Vimes's bounty is AM$600,000 and for Rincewind AM$950.
I am so pleased to finally own a copy of this diary and to get another - however brief - insight into life on the Discworld.
Rating 4.5/5 stars
February 15, 2016
0/10 not enough mention of Vetinari.
(Just kidding, I loved it. Downey is wonderful, and the mentions of Vetinari make my little fangirly heart sing. Of course, you only really need this book if you're a hardcore Discworld fan. If you're not ... copies of this book go up to over £40 sometimes! Spend it on a Diana Wynne Jones book instead.)
(Just kidding, I loved it. Downey is wonderful, and the mentions of Vetinari make my little fangirly heart sing. Of course, you only really need this book if you're a hardcore Discworld fan. If you're not ... copies of this book go up to over £40 sometimes! Spend it on a Diana Wynne Jones book instead.)
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