Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)
Paperback Published on: 01/04/2005
Price: £7.99
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Who watches the watchmen?
This is such a great book and I hope the proposed TV series based on the Discworld Watch (their police force, for want of a better description) goes ahead.... READ MORE
The wonderful Watch
Ah, the first Watch book.
Sam Vimes is my favourite character in the whole of the Discworld, possibly the whole of literature.
This is brilliant: subterfug... READ MORE
Welcome to The Night Watch
An epic start to the City Watch collection from Pratchett's Discworld series! There's something rather comforting about the Night Watch characters, somethi... READ MORE
Synopsis
The people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to learn to play the tuba. That's oppression, that is. If I'm not under the heel of the oppressor I don't know who is.' An aura of mean-minded resentfulness is thick in the streets of Ankh-Morpork. Insurrection is in the air. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again. The Have-Nots want some of their own magic. But magic in the hands of amateurs is a dangerous thing. The City Watch is the last line of defence against such unnatural goings-on. But when even the Watch have trouble telling Right from Wrong, you know that Law and Order ain't what it used to be. But that's all about to change...
Publisher information
- Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- ISBN: 9780552152938
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 23 mm
- Weight: 284g
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Guards! Guards!
I rather enjoyed this addition to the Discworld series as with its combination of power struggles, greed, the Nightwatch, dragons and the odd appearance by... READ MORE
Guards! Guards!: A Discworld Graphic Novel
Not appropriate for primary school children due to somewhat unacceptable language. Graphics and language more appropriate for secondary school children.
The Correct Way To Adapt A Discworld Novel
I have said before that the Discworld Comics are usually (in my opinion) found wanting for one minor reason or another. Here I am proved wrong. This is an ... READ MORE
A Very Good start to the city watch series
The story is okay it is not my favourites I prefer the death series/ witch series however a verygood start to the city watch series
Great
I came to the discworld series through my brother who recommended it after reading the first four books. When I read the colour of magic book 5 had just be... READ MORE
My first Pratchett. There will be more
I've taken a while to come round to Pratchett. I've never been into fantasy fiction, but loved Good Omens on TV and see him quoted all the time on social m... READ MORE
Good start to the city watch series
This book introduces the characters of the city watch series
This book also takes the Mickey out of racism Terry Pratchett style
The perfect starting point.
With discworld having so many entries, it can be hard to know where to start, but look no further. This book is the perfect introduction to Sir Terrys bril... READ MORE