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In THE ART OF DISCWORLD, Terry Pratchett takes us on a guided tour of the Discworld, courtesy of his favourite Discworld artist, Paul Kidby. Following on from THE LAST HERO, THE ART OF DISCWORLD is a lavish 112-page large format, sumptuously illustrated look at all things Discworldian. Terry Pratchett provides the written descriptions while Paul Kidby illustrates the world that has made Pratchett one of the best-selling authors of all time. Here you will find favourites old and new: the City show more Watch, including Vimes, Carrot and Angua, the three witches - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick - and the denizens of the Unseen University Library, not forgetting the Librarian, of course: they're all here in sumptuous colour, together with the places: Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, Uberwald and more . . . No Discworld fan will want to be without this beautiful gift book. show lessTags
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A collection of Paul Kidby's art for Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, published in 2004. It includes both full color paintings and pencil drawings, often of the same work so you can see it in progress. The art is beautiful, bursting with character, and clearly made with a lot of knowledge of and affection for the books. It's accompanied by some short comments from Kidby on particular pieces, and longer commentary from Pratchett, in which he talks about the people, places, and things being depicted, where he got the inspiration for them, and how well he thinks the artwork captures what he imagined in his own mind. I found a lot of that really interesting, and it's written with Pratchett's usual brilliant combination of wit and show more insight.
Absolutely recommended for fans of Discworld. show less
Absolutely recommended for fans of Discworld. show less
Beautiful artwork! It was nice to solidify the vague, murky appearances of the characters from my imagination. Paul Kidby really renders the Discworld universe faithfully in his captivating illustrations.
There's also a fair bit of information in here. Sort of a "who's who" of the Discworld. It's nice to go through and flesh out the backstories of some of the characters.
There's also a fair bit of information in here. Sort of a "who's who" of the Discworld. It's nice to go through and flesh out the backstories of some of the characters.
I love Kidby's artwork! He does fantastic work, and I enjoyed reading the little character tidbits that Pratchett threw in as well.
Thoroughly silly and highly entertaining.
Paul Kidby & Terry Pratchett - I salute you!
Paul Kidby & Terry Pratchett - I salute you!
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Terry Pratchett was on born April 28, 1948 in Beaconsfield, United Kingdom. He left school at the age of 17 to work on his local paper, the Bucks Free Press. While with the Press, he took the National Council for the Training of Journalists proficiency class. He also worked for the Western Daily Press and the Bath Chronicle. He produced a series show more of cartoons for the monthly journal, Psychic Researcher, describing the goings-on at the government's fictional paranormal research establishment, Warlock Hall. In 1980, he was appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board with responsibility for three nuclear power stations. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. He became a full-time author in 1987. He wrote more than 70 books during his lifetime including The Dark Side of the Sun, Strata, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Dodger, Raising Steam, Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales, and The Shephard's Crown. He was diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. He was knighted for services to literature in 2009 and received the World Fantasy award for life achievement in 2010. He died on March 12, 2015 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Art of Discworld
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- For Sandra
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- Discworld is this fantasy world, yeah, yeah, which goes through space on the back of a giant turtle, etc, etc.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The future is a closed book...
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