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Guards! Guards!

Discworld #8 / 34
by Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8) by Terry Pratchett
★ 8.08 / 178

This is where the dragons went.

They lie... not dead, not asleep, but... dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there's a key...

Guards! Guards! is the eighth Discworld novel – and after this, dragons will never be the same again!

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Updated January 16, 2017
Category: Fantasy, Dragons, Humor
Release date: 1989
Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (1948–2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of about 40 volumes. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was published in 1983, he wrote two books a year on average. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-audience novel since records began in the UK, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days.

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Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and has sold more than 85 million books worldwide in 37 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US.

Pratchett was appointed 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 was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust, and filmed a television programme chronicling his experiences with the disease for the BBC. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, aged 66.

Photo: Terry Pratchett at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow. Picture by Szymon Sokół. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Discworld

Series contains 34 primary works and has 35 total works. Current series reading order on below.

The Discworld series is a continuous history of a world not totally unlike our own, except that it is a flat disc carried on the backs of four elephants astride a giant turtle floating through space, and that it is peopled by, among others, wizards, dwarves, soldiers, thieves, beggars, vampires and witches. Within the history of Discworld, there are many individual stories which can be enjoyed in any order. But reading them in the sequence in which they were written can increase your enjoyment through the accumulation of all the fine detail that contributes to the teeming imaginative complexity of this brilliantly conceived world.

Related series Discworld Mapps
Related series The Science of Discworld
Related series Discworld (for young readers)
Related series Discworld Reference
Related series Discworld (picture books)

The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1)
★ 7.46 / 263
The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2)
★ 7.82 / 199
Equal Rites (Discworld #3)
★ 7.76 / 200
Mort (Discworld #4)
★ 8.14 / 236
Sourcery (Discworld #5)
★ 7.54 / 178
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6)
★ 7.84 / 207
Pyramids (Discworld #7)
★ 7.78 / 157
Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8)
★ 8.08 / 178
Eric (Discworld #9)
★ 7.00 / 172
Moving Pictures (Discworld #10)
★ 7.50 / 170
Reaper Man (Discworld #11)
★ 8.58 / 230
Witches Abroad (Discworld #12)
★ 8.14 / 187
Small Gods (Discworld #13)
★ 8.10 / 162
Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14)
★ 8.16 / 149
Men at Arms (Discworld #15)
★ 8.50 / 149
Soul Music (Discworld #16)
★ 8.08 / 161
Interesting Times (Discworld #17)
★ 7.84 / 138
Maskerade (Discworld #18)
★ 8.36 / 138
Feet of Clay (Discworld #19)
★ 8.60 / 130
Hogfather (Discworld #20)
★ 8.54 / 182
Jingo (Discworld #21)
★ 8.30 / 113
The Last Continent (Discworld #22)
★ 7.64 / 96
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld #23)
★ 8.22 / 108
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld #24)
★ 8.40 / 96
The Truth (Discworld #25)
★ 8.16 / 86
Thief of Time (Discworld #26)
★ 8.38 / 87
Night Watch (Discworld #27)
★ 8.72 / 99
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld #28)
★ 8.34 / 73
Going Postal (Discworld #29)
★ 8.74 / 86
Thud! (Discworld #30)
★ 8.14 / 64
Making Money (Discworld #31)
★ 8.28 / 60
Unseen Academicals (Discworld #32)
★ 8.02 / 70
Snuff (Discworld #33)
★ 8.08 / 41
Raising Steam (Discworld #34)
★ 7.62 / 29
The Last Hero
★ 8.44 / 16

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October 14, 2007
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★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8 / 10

Guards! Guards! is the eighth Discworld book and it's definitely one of the best Discworld books. I enjoyed reading this humorous book. It was very entertaining and fascinating. Terry Pratchett is a master of humorous fantasy. If you like humorous fantasy, you should read this book as soon as possible.

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