- Calendar: 24 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz (30 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 057507356X
- ISBN-13: 978-0575073562
- Product Dimensions: 37.8 x 29.8 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,843,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Josh Kirby has illustrated the jacket of every single one of Terry Pratchett's 25 Discworld novels. He also provided the interior illustrations for the hardcover and trade paperback editions of Pratchett's Discworld novella Eric. As well as an illustration to every month - two previously unpublished and a number rarely seen before - the calendar includes both Real World and Discworld dates.
About the Author
Terry Pratchett lives behind a (very upmarket) keyboard in Wiltshire and says he's not going to bother getting a life because it feels like he's already trying to live three. Josh Kirby is the popular illustrator of all the Discworld novels; he has also provided covers for numerous other authors and has several collections of his artwork published. .
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Calendar
Although the depictions of the characters probably dont match how you see them in you head, the illustrations are colourful and as damn near as you could get seeing that everyone has different visions of the legendary characters in their minds. I would have liked to see more original pictures instead of the book covers, otherwise I would have given this the full 5 stars.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"No, not the Fighting Fantasy Steve Jackson, the GURPS Steve Jackson". I hear it quite a lot; it's an easy mistake to make, and an assumption I held myself for years.
GURPS (General Universal Role Playing System) publish a whole range of interesting background variants for the entertainment of the roleplaying public. It has to be said that Pratchett's fantasy Discworld is hugely popular and etched into the public consciousness in a way that allows instant comprehension of the setting by experienced gamer and layman alike.
But does this work? GURPS is not an especially user-friendly system, for all its cross-genre potential, it is decidedly clunky in many areas, not least character generation. I wouldn't advise trying this until you've got your head around tabletop roleplaying, maybe something accessible like Dungeons & Dragons or Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. The Discworld games always suffer in practice because Terry Pratchett isn't actually sitting at the table being innovative and witty. Games tend to trail off into a recital of half-remembered plotlines, non-player characters, settings and events. This gets more confusing these days, when the volume of Pratchett's excellent novels lends itself to a reasonably strict chronology.
So, it's an interesting read for a Pratchett fan who's a gamer. But don't expect anything new here, and a Pratchett obsessive will find this repetitive. There are better games than GURPS, and even within GURPS you'd be better considering their Illuminati variant or any one of many other comedy or more user-friendly game settings.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I greatly enjoyed this game. It's not a "Fighting Fantasy" style gamebook, but a set of rules and information (including outlines of "typical" characters, and full details of how spells work) which you can use to create your own adventures with your friends. Even if you aren't into role-playing, it's still quite useful as a guide to the Disc, as it goes into more detail in some areas than the Discworld Companion, and contains much fascinating new material (although any info that isn't actually in the "official" books may be contradicted at a later date). There are also tons of Paul Kidby pictures, and a reproduction of the Stephen Player/Stephen Briggs "Discworld Mapp". There are also some ready-made "Scenario Seeds" near the end.
Mr Pterry and noted RPG-writer Phil Masters have produced an excellent product here, guaranteed to keep role-playing Disc fans engrossed for hours!
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Not him again!!
As usual, the cover artist hasn't read the books! ;D Has anyone else noticed Rincewind's long and flowing beard and Twoflower's extra eyes on early Disc covers (or was that a... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2003 by Lauren D. Gore
Astounding!
This is the first Pratchett Calender I've bought [and the first review]. The artwork is truly astonishing, and for £8.23 an absolute bargain. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2003 by "jmcglew"
Buy it!
I know it's out of date now, but buy it for the pictures! I have them all up around my room and they are all brilliant!
Published on 18 Sep 2003 by Fiona Wynn
a new genre for pratchett fans
i used to love steve jacksons books when i was a kid and when i found out he'd teamed up with my favourite author to create a discworld role playing book i was ecstatic! Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2003 by "adamnchild"
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