Death's Domain: A Discworld Mapp

Discworld Maps

by Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

The house that Death built... and the garden too.

Death's Domain.

It's no more than a breath away...

Everyone needs a place to relax after a long day, after all. So here is the place where the Grim Reaper can kick back and take the load off his scythe. Here's the golf course that's not so much crazy as insane, and the useless maze, and the dark gardens - all brought (incongruously) to life. And here, for the first time ever, you will find out the reason why Death can't understand rockeries, and what happens to garden gnomes.

As Death rides Binky into the sunset (of other people's lives), you can at last see what he gets up to when he's not at work.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Humor, Reference, Maps, Art, Comedy

27 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Sir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.

Reviews

[[ J o ] · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Discworld Maps are an absolute gem of a series, guiding every Discworld fan a little more accurately through the pages of the books.

Whilst this particular map is a little less needed than the others (a map of the streets of Ankh-Morpork and the entire Discworld itself) it still adds tremendously to the lore of the land.
Like the others, it comes with an unfoldable map that extends in to a huge and (semi) colourful guide to the home of Death, one of Discworld’s most beloved characters, and also includes a little booklet that offers up more of Terry’s humour and adds a few more glimpses in to the life of the Grim Reaper, which, like a lot of Discworld characters, is a little more unorthodox than you’d think.

[Ria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a fun little short including a map of as the name states "Death's domain" and also snippets and witticisms about death, how he created the domain and his "work."
Livened up with a few illustrations this is just basically for die hard fans to say they have collected everything to do with the Discworld.
Wouldn't say it adds anything to the stories or is necessary to anyone's understanding of the novels just a small filler concentrating on the character of death.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anything and everything you ever needed to know about Death. Where does he live, what does he think, and why his towels are all stiff.

[Jorge Rosas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely expanded universe. The Domain is fantastic, perfectly explains the modus vivendi and vision of Death about humans.

[Дени ★ Проданова · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted more :(. It sounds too selfish, I know. And the small amount I got was surely good, but it just wasn't enough.

[Aliya Flare · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is just so beautiful to have some visual aid from the author himself when it comes to series. I mean it's all fine and dandy to use our imagination, but with something so huge as the Discworld Novels if you get even a detail wrong you might lose the sense of a whole episode (trust me, I've been there!). It's a light read with very beautiful illustrations, I feel so lucky to have found it in the local bookshop! If you can get your hands on this little treasure, I encourage you! Go ahead and do it! The map itself is very detailed and totally worth staring at for about hour and a half at least.

[Georgene · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this because Death (or maybe that should be DEATH) is one of my favorite on-going characters in the Discworld series. It's an interesting map, but it would have been better if I could read the key to the map without going to such effort. I don't know if ALL copies of Death's Domain are attached upside down from the map or just my copy. It does make it difficult to explore the map when craning my neck in such a weird up-side-down manner.

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another clever Discworld map. Again, like the Lancre one, this isn't quite as mappish as the Ankh Morpork one, but again, as with Lancre, you don't have as many defined buildings and streets to map. There was a delightful write up of each aspect of Death's Domain, (the house, the garden, etc), and the artistry was fun and well done.

[Erika · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice little primer on Death and his domain, it gives a good feel for the character.

I also love maps and the fold out map included gives a pretty good impression of the scale and uniqueness of Discworld's Death's domain though I would have preferred more detail.

Probably more for a Terry Pratchett completest or a fan of the Death series in particular.

[Katka Olajcová · Rating 5 out of 5]

Najlepší valentínsky darček (áno, prečítala som to až teraz), aký som kedy dostala! Tak dlho som zháňala túto poslednú mapku, ktorá mi chýba do zbierky a teraz ju konečne mám. Áááááá!
Je absolútne očarujúce a smrťovsky smrťovská. Predstava, ako Smrť hraje golf alebo sa snaží zablúdiť v bludisku a nejde mu to, je úplne perfektná. Milujem Smrť!

[Sraedi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very short storybook. It's practically an accessory to the map it's self which is fantastic and at least to me, the main draw. (Pun absolutely intended.) I like to imagine strolling around the garden and playing with bags of rescued kittens.

[Meran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably the least necessary of the Mapps of Discworld, there's still a little information about Death and his home estate in the short stories in the packet that isn't available elsewhere.

Not necessary in order to enjoy the Death thread of the Discworld books.

[Anthony Faber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a map of Death's residence and environs. The little pamphlet has some funny stuff, but it's really short. Not worth owning unless you are a Discworld or Pratchett collector and get great satisfaction of having the complete set.

[Pauline B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Death is such a complex personification. He truly wants to understand humans, but never quite manage it.
The domain he created is beautiful, even if half of it is not actually useful or possible to use.
It's a style

[Iain Watson]

Death's Domain: A Discworld Mapp (Discworld Series) by Terry Pratchett (1999)

[Chris The Story Reading Ape · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice little booklet to provide a few more details about DEATH and where he lived, plus, what he built and why....PLUS a lovely 'colour' Map....

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is basically a wall poster with a short story attached. Very neat little package. Very good, but also expensive for what you get.

[G.R.S. Hjelm · Rating 5 out of 5]

YES!!! Plus it's gorgeous, and I'd very much like it framed.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Death's Domain is bigger & more interesting than I thought ...
Nerds will be happy about it (: Every body else? ... I don't think so ...

[T.A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful through the keyhole into Death’s home

[Jakub Brudny · Rating 4 out of 5]

spoooko dodatek, zajrzałem z okazji rozpoczęcia cyklu o Śmierci

[Caroline]

So read is a strong word for a map, but I do own it

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the Discworld “Mapps”.

[TheTeapot · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute little piece of Discworld lore, but essentially just a few short pages and a lovely map. Surprised it qualifies as a book, but very glad it exists.

[Debbie McCabe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did not know what to expect. Very much enjoyed this short explanation of what Death gets up to in his personal life. Terry Pratchett is a fabulous writer.

[Wyktor Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

[Nonethousand Oberrhein · Rating 2 out of 5]

Where a black rainbow ends
A map for the least geographical place of all! Roam at your will through Discworld Death’s domain and, thanks to Paul Kidby detailed art, find brought to life all the elements narrated in the books up to Hogfather . An artistic addition to the Discworld reader’s library, integrated by a booklet that will give more context to some of the picture elements.

[Bonnie Dale Keck · Rating 5 out of 5]

40 of so books, different collections, some audio, it's pratchett, read and heard some as well, all. Dates wrong.

[Lukáš Konečný]

Text k mapě Smrťovy říše.