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The streets of Ankh-Morpork

The streets of Ankh-Morpork

being a concise and possibly even accurate mapp of the great city of Discworld
FantasyScience Fiction
Pages
19
Published
1993
Language
English

Synopsis

A detailed illustrated map of Ankh-Morpork, the principal city of the Discworld, annotated with locations from across the novel series. Streets, guilds, temples, and landmarks are named and placed, giving physical reality to a city that has accumulated geography across dozens of novels. Created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, with artwork by Stephen Player.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

InformativeAtmosphericWhimsical
Portal Fantasy

Genres

Fantasy Science Fiction

Authors

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Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was an English author best known for the Discworld series, a sequence of forty-one comic fantasy novels set on a flat world carried through space on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle. Across four decades, the Discworld grew from a parody of sword-and-sorcery fantasy into one of the most sustained works of social satire in English literature, examining politics, religion, science, gender, race, capitalism, and the nature of stories themselves. Pra...

Frequently asked questions

  • What is The Streets of Ankh-Morpork?

    A large folded map of the Discworld's major city, annotated with hundreds of named locations drawn from the novel series. It was created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs with artwork by Stephen Player and first published in 1993.

  • Who is Stephen Briggs?

    Stephen Briggs is a Discworld collaborator best known for his work adapting Discworld novels for the stage, and for co-authoring several companion volumes with Terry Pratchett including maps and encyclopedias.

  • Is this useful without having read the Discworld novels?

    Not especially — the map is primarily a reference work for existing readers, placing locations mentioned across the novels into a consistent geography. It rewards readers who have accumulated questions about where things are.