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| name          = ''The World of Shannara''
| image         = [[Image:2001 The World of Shannara Hardcover.jpg|200px]] <!--prefer 1st edition-->
| caption       = '''2001 First Edition Cover'''
| author        = [[Terry Brooks]]
| cover_artist  = 
| series        = ''Prequel to the<br />[[Original Shannara Trilogy]]''
| genre         = Epic fantasy<ref name="english_journel">"Once Over" (Nov. 1977). The English Journal 66 (8): 82. National Council of Teachers of English.</ref><ref name="officialsite">{{Cite Web 1 |url=http://www.terrybrooks.net/novels/index.html |title=Terry Brooks' official website|date=2008-05-19 |last= Speakman |first=Shawn |year=2008}}</ref>
| publisher     = Del Rey Books
| pub_date      = 19 March 1996
| pages         = 489 pp
| isbn          = [http://astore.amazon.com/theworofsha-20/detail/0743220056 ISBN 0-345-39652-9]<br />(First edition)
| hardcover     = [http://astore.amazon.com/theworofsha-20/detail/0743220056 Hardcover]
| softcover     = 
| preceded_by   = 
| followed_by   = 
}}
'''The World of Shannara''' is a guidebook to the [[Shannara]] epic. It is beautifully illustrated with full-color and black-and-white drawings and includes descriptions of all the major characters with details of homelands including histories. The foreword was written by Brooks, giving his blessings to and thoughts on the project. Looking forward into the future and not interested in defining the past, he was convinced by friends that the time was right for a summary of his work. For anyone who wondered about the fortress Southwatch, there is a history. The maps, sketches, and detailed descriptions provide a blueprint, bringing the places to life. This is collects information from the novels of the [[Original Shannara Trilogy]], [[The Heritage of Shannara]], and the [[First King of Shannara]].

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