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	* Readers and Fan Mail (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - similar to but distinct from “Kevins”, published in {{SK}}		* Readers and Fan Mail (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - similar to but distinct from “Kevins”, published in {{SK}}
	* The Language Barrier (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - about the difficulties in translating Discworld into other languages		* The Language Barrier (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - about the difficulties in translating Discworld into other languages
	* [[Cripple Mr Onion]] - ~~fan-made~~ rules for playing the Discworld game using tarot/[[caroc]] cards, adapted from Andrew C. Millard’s fan version, with help from Terry Tao (designer of [[Game:Thud\|Thud]])		* [[Cripple Mr Onion]] - rules for playing the Discworld game using tarot/[[caroc]] cards, adapted from Andrew C. Millard’s fan version, with help from Terry Tao (designer of [[Game:Thud\|Thud]])

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	* The Discworld A-Z		* The Discworld A-Z
	* Terry Pratchett: The Definitive Interview (from {{DC}})		* Terry Pratchett: The Definitive Interview (from {{DC}})
	* Readers and Fan Mail (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - similar but distinct from “Kevins”, published in {{SK}}		* Readers and Fan Mail (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - similar to but distinct from “Kevins”, published in {{SK}}
	* The Language Barrier (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - about the difficulties in translating Discworld into other languages		* The Language Barrier (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - about the difficulties in translating Discworld into other languages
	* [[Cripple Mr Onion]] - fan-made rules for playing the Discworld game using tarot/[[caroc]] cards, adapted from Andrew C. Millard’s fan version, with help from Terry Tao (designer of [[Game:Thud\|Thud]])		* [[Cripple Mr Onion]] - fan-made rules for playing the Discworld game using tarot/[[caroc]] cards, adapted from Andrew C. Millard’s fan version, with help from Terry Tao (designer of [[Game:Thud\|Thud]])

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	'''''Turtle Recall''''' is the third major edition~~, and fourth revision,~~ of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from ~~the~~ previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping (and expanding on) material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.		'''''Turtle Recall''''' is the third major edition of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping (and expanding on) material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.

	There are a small number of entries relating to the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”. This would be slightly expanded in {{UDC}}, and moreso in the Dunmanifestin “Expanded Edition” of that book.		There are a small number of entries relating to the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”. This would be slightly expanded in {{UDC}}, and moreso in the Dunmanifestin “Expanded Edition” of that book.

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	''~~{{TR}}~~'' is the third major edition, and fourth revision, of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping (and expanding on) material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.		'''''Turtle Recall''''' is the third major edition, and fourth revision, of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping (and expanding on) material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.

	There are a small number of entries relating to the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”. This would be slightly expanded in {{UDC}}, and moreso in the Dunmanifestin “Expanded Edition” of that book.		There are a small number of entries relating to the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”. This would be slightly expanded in {{UDC}}, and moreso in the Dunmanifestin “Expanded Edition” of that book.

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	''{{TR}}'' is the third major edition, and fourth revision, of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.		''{{TR}}'' is the third major edition, and fourth revision, of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping (and expanding on) material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.

	There are a small number of entries relating to the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”. This would be slightly expanded in {{UDC}}, and moreso in the Dunmanifestin “Expanded Edition” of that book.		There are a small number of entries relating to the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”. This would be slightly expanded in {{UDC}}, and moreso in the Dunmanifestin “Expanded Edition” of that book.

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	''{{TR}}'' is the third major edition, and fourth revision, of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.		''{{TR}}'' is the third major edition, and fourth revision, of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.

	There are a small number of entries ~~covering the events of~~ the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”.		There are a small number of entries relating to the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”. This would be slightly expanded in {{UDC}}, and moreso in the Dunmanifestin “Expanded Edition” of that book.

	==Blurb==		==Blurb==

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	\|title=Turtle Recall The Discworld Companion ...so far		\|title=Turtle Recall The Discworld Companion ...so far
	\|cover=[[File:Turtle recall cover.jpg\|240px\|thumb\|Cover]]		\|cover=[[File:Turtle recall cover.jpg\|240px\|thumb\|Cover art by [[Marc Simonetti]]]]
	\|coauthors=[[Stephen Briggs]]		\|coauthors=[[Stephen Briggs]]
	\|illustrator=[[Stephen Briggs]]		\|illustrator=[[Stephen Briggs]]
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	''{{TR}}'' is the third major edition and fourth revision of ~~the Discworld Companion~~. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]], which ~~had not yet been~~ collected ~~(see the ''~~[[Book:The Ankh-~~Morpork_Archives~~ A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|The Ankh-Morpork Archives]]'’). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.		''{{TR}}'' is the third major edition, and fourth revision, of {{DC}}. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]] (which wouldn't otherwise be collected until [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|2019]] and [[Book:The Ankh-Morpork Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume Two\|2020]]). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.

	There are a small number of entries covering the events of the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”.		There are a small number of entries covering the events of the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”.

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	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
	[[File:TR2.jpg~~\|thumb\|left\|140px~~\|Paperback]]		<gallery mode="nolines" heights="120px">
			File:Turtle recall cover.jpg\|Hardcover
			File:TR2.jpg\|Paperback
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	[[Category:Reference\|Turtle Recall]]		[[Category:Reference\|Turtle Recall]]

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	==Blurb==		==Blurb==
	'''For every Pratchett fan, the must-have, fully updated guidebook to Discworld!’''		'''For every Pratchett fan, the must-have, fully updated guidebook to Discworld!'''

	The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the [[Great A'Tuin]], as it slowly swims through space.		The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the [[Great A'Tuin]], as it slowly swims through space.

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	~~==Blurb~~:==		''{{TR}}'' is the third major edition and fourth revision of the Discworld Companion. It restores many (though not all) shorter entries cut from the previous revisions to make room for newer ones, while keeping material added to the {{NDC}} from the [[:Category:Diary Series\|Discworld diaries]], which had not yet been collected (see the ''[[Book:The Ankh-Morpork_Archives A Discworld Anthology: Volume One\|The Ankh-Morpork Archives]]'’). It also restores - at the publisher’s request, according to Brigg’s introduction - some “introductory material” from previous editions, including the interview from the first edition, and non-fiction pieces about fan mail and translating Discworld.
	~~Turtle Recall -~~ the ~~latest~~ [[Book:The Discworld ~~Companion~~\|~~Discworld~~]] [[~~Book~~:~~The New~~ Discworld ~~Companion\|Companion~~]], fully updated ~~and completely up~~ to ~~{{SN}}~~ !
			There are a small number of entries covering the events of the first three ''[[:Category:Science Series\|Science of Discworld]]'' books, which are described as only “borderline canonical”.

			==Blurb==
			'''For every Pratchett fan, the must-have, fully updated guidebook to Discworld!’''

	The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the [[Great A'Tuin]], as it slowly swims through space.		The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the [[Great A'Tuin]], as it slowly swims through space.

	It is also a global publishing phenomenon with sales of ~~over 70~~ million books worldwide (but who's counting?). The publication of ~~Snuff~~ brought the Discworld canon to 39 books - not including the various guides, ~~mapps~~, diaries and other side-projects. That's a lot of Discworld to keep track of - more than most people can manage with just the one head - but fear not: help is at hand!		It is also a global publishing phenomenon with sales of about 85 million books worldwide (but who's counting?). The publication of {{SN}} brought the Discworld canon to thirty-nine books - not including the various guides, maps, diaries and other side-projects. That's a lot of Discworld to keep track of - more than most people can manage with just the one head - but fear not: help is at hand!

			If you're looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated - certainly the most hilarious - setting in fantasy literature...

	If you~~'re looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated~~ - ~~certainly the most hilarious - setting in fantasy literature~~ . . .		If you need a handy guide to [[Discworld]] locales from [[Ankh-Morpork]] to [[Zemphis]]...

	If you ~~need a handy guide to~~ [[~~Discworld~~]] ~~locales~~ from [[~~Ankh-Morpork]] to [[Zemphis~~]] . . .		If you want help telling [[Achmed the I Just Get These Headaches\|Achmed the Mad]] from [[Jack Zweiblumen]]...

	If ~~you want help telling~~ [[~~Achmed the I Just Get These Headaches~~\|~~Achmed the Mad~~]] from [[~~Jack Zweiblumen~~]] . . .		If your life depends on being able to distinguish the [[Counterweight Continent\|Agatean Empire]] from the [[Zoons]]...

	~~If your life depends on being able to distinguish the [[Counterweight Continent\|Agatean Empire]] from the [[Zoons]]~~ . . .		Look no further than ''Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion...So Far'' - now fully updated and completely up to {{SN}}!

	~~. . . look no further than '''''Turtle Recall'''''~~ - ~~the latest~~ Discworld ~~Companion~~, ~~fully updated and completely up to~~ {{SN}}!		== Contents ==
			* Where am I? - introduction by Stephen Briggs
			* The Discworld A-Z
			* Terry Pratchett: The Definitive Interview (from {{DC}})
			* Readers and Fan Mail (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - similar but distinct from “Kevins”, published in {{SK}}
			* The Language Barrier (from {{DC}}, with small updates) - about the difficulties in translating Discworld into other languages
			* [[Cripple Mr Onion]] - fan-made rules for playing the Discworld game using tarot/[[caroc]] cards, adapted from Andrew C. Millard’s fan version, with help from Terry Tao (designer of [[Game:Thud\|Thud]])

	==~~Also see~~==		== See also ==
	* {{DC}}		* {{DC}}
	* {{NDC}}		* {{NDC}}