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Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
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Guards! Guards! (original 1989; edition 2001)

by Terry Pratchett (Author)

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Welcome to Guards! Guards!, the eighth book in Terry Pratchett's legendary Discworld series. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ('noble dragon' for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all...). How did it get there? How is the Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night involved? Can the Ankh-Morpork City Watch restore order - and the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork to power? Magic, mayhem, and a marauding dragon...who could ask for anything more?… (more)
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Title:Guards! Guards!
Authors:Terry Pratchett (Author)
Info:HarperCollins (2001), Edition: unknown, 384 pages
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Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (1989)

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Brilliant humour throughout the entire book, wonderfully human characters, and a plot that keeps the reader gripped throughout the whole story. One of Pratchett's best and easily the Discworld book I'd recommend to new readers of the series. ( )
  VerixSilvercrow | Mar 27, 2024 |
Quin gust de llibre, traducció i colecció. No es podia fer un millor homenatge a Pratchett que amb aquesta edició en català.

L’humor on point, els personatges molt carismatics i unes trames excelents que a més et deixen la mel a la boca per les següents entregues. Guardies! Guardies! és defenitivament la millor manera d’entrar a llegir Pratchett. Tinc moltes ganes de veure més de la vida del Vimes i companyia.

Fora del que és el llibre (i sense haver llegit l’original per comprar) crec que la traducció es excelent i té una fluidessa que no m’esperava. Mai Més estan aconseguint que llegeixi molt més català del que va aconseguir mai l’escola. ( )
  Cabask | Mar 27, 2024 |
First Terry Pratchett book I ever read, way back when! Aww. 5 stars for how much my mind was blown as a teenager. ( )
  caedocyon | Mar 11, 2024 |
Really really fun. ( )
  localgayangel | Mar 5, 2024 |
This is the introduction of Vimes and the Watch. A dragon starts appearing in Ankh Morpork and Vimes, Colon, Nobby, and Carrot are on the case. Where does it come from and where does it go?

This is a fun story, exciting and full of adventure. I especially love the exploration of the University Library and L-space. Just enough romance to spice things up a tetch. ( )
  elorin | Feb 11, 2024 |
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Aaranovitch, BenIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Ittekot, VenugopalanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kaer, KristaToimetaja.secondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No-one ever asks them if they wanted to.

This book is dedicated to those fine men.
And also to Mike Harrison, Mary Gentle, Neil Gaiman and all the others who assisted with and laughed at the idea of L-space; too bad we never used Schrodinger's Paperback . . .
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This is where the dragons went.
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"Have another drink, not-Corporal Nobby?" said Sergeant Colon unsteadily. "I do not mind if I do, not-Sgt Colon," said Nobby.

-- The joys of working undercover (Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!)
The dragon—the dragon—was peering down interestedly over the guttering. Its face alone was taller than a man. Its eyes were the size of very large eyes, colored a smoldering red and filled with an intelligence that had nothing to do with human beings. It was far older, for one thing. It was an intelligence that had already been long basted in guile and marinated in cunning by the time a group of almost-monkeys were wondering whether standing on two legs was a good career move. It wasn’t an intelligence that had any truck with, or even understood, the arts of diplomacy.
"When you really need them the most," he said, "million-to-one chances always crop up. Well-known fact."
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Welcome to Guards! Guards!, the eighth book in Terry Pratchett's legendary Discworld series. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ('noble dragon' for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all...). How did it get there? How is the Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night involved? Can the Ankh-Morpork City Watch restore order - and the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork to power? Magic, mayhem, and a marauding dragon...who could ask for anything more?

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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...
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