Guards! Guards! Audiobook By Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch - afterword cover art

Guards! Guards!

Discworld, Book 8

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Guards! Guards!

By: Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch - afterword
Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy, Ben Aaronovitch
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before

'It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis; half of them were here to complain, a quarter of them were here to watch the other half, and the remainder were here to rob, importune or sell hotdogs to the rest.'

Insurrection is in the air in the city of Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again.

Captain Sam Vimes of the city's ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It's enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drink more. But this time, something is different - the Have-Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don't fully understand, and they're about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city.

Time for Captain Vimes to sober up.

The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order but Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series.

'This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended' The Times

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I am new to the discworld starting to read them just this year. I don’t know how I missed them for so long. I have read some and listen to some as the new recordings. I already have some favorites. Guards! Guards, is one. The narrator is wonderful and plan to listen to the other city watch narrated by home.

Great discworld! Great read!

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I have no idea why other reviews have marked down the narration, there’s nothing wrong with it.

The first great Discworld book

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It's like Monty Python in book form. I absolutely love it. Somehow, the story is actually engaging, even through the hilarity. Absolutely impressive, seriously cannot recommend it enough.

Also I thought I had heard good narration before. I had not. This is without a doubt the best narrator I have ever heard. Ever. Anywhere.

Funniest book, best narration I have ever heard

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This was my first book that I've read of the Discworld series. I was driving halfway across the country and asked my adult niece what book she wanted to listen to and she chose Guards Guards!! What a great read and what a great performance! I really can't say enough about it. I couldn't help but turn it on at every opportunity I had to see what was going to happen next and now I'm trying to figure out what book I need to read next. Loved it. Loved it. Loved it and I think you will too!

well!

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This is a classic from Pratchett. Hilarious, well written, and with a lot of heart.

Classic

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Recommended for everybody! I have waited with anticipation for over a year and am not disappointed.

Stupendiferous!

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I’ll always have a soft spot for the original recordings, but I enjoy the production quality and voice acting of the new versions.

Enjoying the new versions

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I appreciated the narrator's consistency with matching a character voice to that character's dialogue. Nobby's voice acting is a perfect match for the personality, and Vimes is fairly good. I don't know yet that I liked it enough to re-purchase the rest of the Watch arc with this narrator -- it depends on the studio quality on Men At Arms, which is written as much more of an ensemble story.

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Sir Terry' is a masterful writer and this is some of his best work

the best

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It's amazing how Sir Terry Pratchet was able to fit so much social commentary in the corners of so much humor.

Epic.

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