{"product_id":"9780857529497","title":"The Discworld Bestiary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep into the weird and wonderful world of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Terry Pratchett's iconic Discworld universe with this fully illustrated guide to its most curious, dangerous, and downright baffling creatures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the best way to care for the Terrible Man-Eating Sloth of Clup, the eating habits of the Ambiguous Puzuma, and marvel at the startling prevalence of ominous ducks in cosmic matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriggling with insights and crawling with wisdom, \u003ci\u003eThe Discworld \u003c\/i\u003eBestiary is packed with extra advice from Rincewind, Unseen University's latest (and reluctant) adjunct professor of Perplexing Beasts and curator of its Curiobiological Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith beautiful illustrations - including new artwork - from Paul Kidby, Pratchett's longtime artistic collaborator, this is the perfect gift book for fans of Pratchett's bestselling fantasy series, Discworld\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sir Terry Pratchett is the single greatest writer of the twenty-first century' \u003c\/b\u003eBrandon Sanderson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, \u003c\/b\u003eand beyond a doubt\u003cb\u003e the funniest' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most consistently funny writers \u003c\/b\u003earound' Ben Aaronovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series \u003cb\u003eone of the perennial joys of modern fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Pratchett is \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of those rare writers who\u003cb\u003e appeals to everyone\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMasterful and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he \u003cb\u003eis a satirist of enormous talent\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eincredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The \u003cb\u003ebest humorous English author\u003c\/b\u003e since P.G. Wodehouse'\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Consistently \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e, consistently \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e and consistently \u003cb\u003esurprising\u003c\/b\u003e in its twists and turns' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Discworld is] \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable, fantastically inventive\u003c\/b\u003e, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…\u003cb\u003eThere's never been anything quite like it\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pratchett, Terry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58993788682614,"sku":"9780857529497","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9780857529497.jpg?v=1791980845","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9780857529497","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}