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Guards! Guards!

Guards! Guards! is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighth in the Discworld series, first published in 1989. It is the first novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. The first Discworld point-and-click adventure game borrowed heavily from the plot of Guards! Guards!

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Author
Terry Pratchett
Genre
Fantasy
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Gollancz
Awards
Came 69th in the Big Read
Cover artist
Josh Kirby

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Guards! Guards!

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples41
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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related to Reception · 19
Guards! Guards! → Aboriginal Science Fiction, Ben Gribbin, Clute, Discworld, Discworld's, Eisen, Fear's, Guards, In, Interzone, Janice, John Clute, Lord Vetinari's, Pratchett, Realpolitik, Richard Eddy, The, Vector, Weltschmerz
Subject · 5
Guards! Guards! → Ankh-Morpork, Characters:, Cop novels, Film Noir, show dog (dragon) breeding, nobility/monarchy, secret societies, The Hobbit, particularly Smaug, Locations:, Samuel Vimes, Fred Colon, Nobby Nobbs, Carrot Ironfoundersson, Havelock Vetinari, Sybil Ramkin
related to External links · 5
Guards! Guards! → Discworld, Guards, Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseAnnotations, Quotes, The Watch
Series · 2
Guards! Guards! → 8th novel – 1st City Watch story, Discworld
Author · 1
Guards! Guards! → Terry Pratchett
Awards · 1
Guards! Guards! → Came 69th in the Big Read
Cover artist · 1
Guards! Guards! → Josh Kirby
Followed by · 1
Guards! Guards! → Eric
Genre · 1
Guards! Guards! → Fantasy
ISBN · 1
Guards! Guards! → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…

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guards discworld watch dragon vimes novel first ankh-morpork carrot plot patrician wonse sybil game ramkin pratchett city book errol fantasy

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Guards! Guards!AuthorTerry Pratchett1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!AwardsCame 69th in the Big Read1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!Cover artistJosh Kirby1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!Followed byEric1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!GenreFantasy1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!ISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!Preceded byPyramids1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!Publication date19891.00infobox
Guards! Guards!PublisherGollancz1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!SeriesDiscworld1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!Series8th novel – 1st City Watch story1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!SubjectCop novels, Film Noir, show dog (dragon) breeding, nobility/monarchy, secret societies, The Hobbit, particularly Smaug1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!SubjectCharacters:1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!SubjectSamuel Vimes, Fred Colon, Nobby Nobbs, Carrot Ironfoundersson, Havelock Vetinari, Sybil Ramkin1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!SubjectLocations:1.00infobox
Guards! Guards!SubjectAnkh-Morpork1.00infobox

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