Guards! Guards! (Discworld Novels)

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Mark Durst, September 30, 2011 (view all comments by Mark Durst)
This is an excellent place to enter the Discworld series. It is past Pratchett's early fumbling with the form, and provides a first look at one of his stock character sets, who recur in many later Discworld novels.

It's also a wonderful introduction to Terry Pratchett, a lapidary writer who breaks the bonds of comic fantasy to write books that should be of interest to anyone who reads fiction.

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Maggie_S, October 30, 2010 (view all comments by Maggie_S)
Every Discworld novel I read just makes me want to read more. Capt Vimes of the Night Watch has to try to save the city from a huge and menacing dragon that has been conjured from the evil mind of a sorcerer. He gets help (reluctantly) from the rest of the Watch, including the newest, most gung-ho member, Carrot, who just might be the heir to the throne.

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emmejo, February 14, 2010 (view all comments by emmejo)
A group of men summoning a dragon for nefarious purposes, a young hero, raised far away by dwarves, coming to his first city, a group of rather incompetent guards; these are common enough cliches in fantasy stories, but Pratchett turns them on their head and makes them hilarious. Fooling with cliches and assumptions, he keeps you on your toes by throwing you for a loop when things don't follow along a standard storyline.

This was the first of Prachett's books I had read, as I have always been daunted by the length of his Discworld series. I live in a rural area, and getting stuck in the middle of a series for an extended length of time because you can't get the rest of the books is not at all fun.

I will definitely be keeping an eye out for more of this author's work though, as this was quite possibly the best comedic fantasy I have read. His writing is witty and sharp, with plenty of laugh out loud spots. (Per-maybe-haps best not read in public, as you get odd looks and people edge away when you sit there laughing and giggling over a book.)

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780061020643

Author:

Pratchett, Terry

Publisher:

HarperTorch

Author:

by Terry Pratchett

Location:

New York

Subject:

Fantastic fiction

Subject:

Fantasy - General

Subject:

Fantasy fiction

Subject:

Fantasy - Series

Subject:

Discworld (Imaginary place)

Subject:

Guards troops

Subject:

Discworld

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Science Fiction and Fantasy-Series Adventure

Subject:

Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy

Copyright:

2001

Edition Description:

Mass Market PB

Series:

Discworld Novels (Paperback)

Series Volume:

60

Publication Date:

20010731

Binding:

MASS MARKET

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

384

Dimensions:

6.78x4.19x1.10 in. .40 lbs.