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The Compleat Ankh-Morpork: City Guide (2012)

by Terry Pratchett(Favorite Author)

4.31 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0857520741 (ISBN13: 9780857520746)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: Well, ok, I have not actually read this book from cover to cover, because it is not that kind of book. This is a book for disc world lovers to dip into and savour. Dipping into the city guide enables the reader to become an armchair traveller to Ankh-Morpork where you can wander and linger at will, rather than go only where a disc world character happens to take you. Here you can discover Toys Is Me in Wixons alley. Proprietor, surprise surprise, Joshua Isme. You can find out where to get some excellent same day tailoring (all clothing guaranteed uninhibited). You can find out how to book personal protection from Chrysoprase the Troll (82 per day plus walking around money). You can discover what Clacks boys do,find out where to pray and what time different animal sacri... morefices should be brought to the Temple of Seven-Handed Sek. You can read summaries of the nature and annual highlights of the various guilds including the Guild of Assassins, check out the city transport options and find a place to stay. The Mended Drum has, as one would expect, a particularly fulsome entry recommending that " the true connoisseur of Ankh-Morpork life goes elsewhere." !!! There are detailed maps of the Shades and Environs and helpful information and advice for anyone wishing to visit Unseen University. The presentation of the guide is a sheer delight with sepia thick paper pages gently toasted along the edges and a dust jacket embossed with faded gold and embellished with the city coat of arms and motto. In short there is everything and mor you could possibly wish to know if you wish to spend some time in Ankh-Morpork. If you have a Discworld fan in your family you may want to check this out.
review 2: This is a wonderful guide to Ankh Morpork. It really helps you flesh out the environment that my beloved Discworld books take place in. It is the kind of book that I like to dip in and out of rather than read cover to cover. There are descriptions of the various guilds, funny vintage looking adverts for the shops and best of all, a number of maps. Any book that gives a map of the work is usually a winner for me! However, if you are not a Discworld fan then this book is probably not for you. less

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