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{{G!G!}} is the eighth Discworld novel and the first to feature Sam Vimes and the [[The Watch|Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]. It also introduces the key supporting characters of “Cuttin’ Me Own Throat” Dibbler and Detritus the troll, the latter of whom would join the Watch in their next book, {{MAA}}.
== Blurb ==
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...


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


== Podcast episodes ==
== Podcast episodes ==


=== Major appearances ===
=== Major appearances ===
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book or the graphic novel adaptation.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
|-
|-
| 2016-02-10 || {{RMP}} || "[[Enter the Dragon (and the Coppers)]]" || [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/guards-guards/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]
| 2016-02-10 || {{RMP}} || “Enter the Dragon (and the Coppers)” || [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/guards-guards/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]
|-
| 2018-06-08 || {{PC}} || “The Curious Incident of the Dragon and the Night Watch” || [http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/06/08/episode-7a-the-curious-incident-of-the-dragon-and-the-night-watch/ pratchatpodcast.com]
|-
| 2019-06-15 || {{DOP}} || {{G!G!|ep}} || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.p__yL7zSgNNVZ1 aalgar.com]
|-
| 2019-09-28 || {{WSP}} || {{G!G!|ep}} || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wsp-guards-guards/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
|-
| 2020-03-23 || ''[https://headgum.com/overdue/ Overdue]''<ref>Also did episodes about {{COM}} and {{GO}}.</ref> || “Guards! Guards!, by Terry Pratchett” || [https://headgum.com/overdue/ep-407-guards-guards-by-terry-pratchett headgum.com]
|-
| 2020-11-02 || ''[https://thebooklifepodcast.podbean.com/ The Book Life]''<ref>Also reviewed {{ER}} in October 2023.</ref>  || “Book Review: Guards! Guards!” || [https://thebooklifepodcast.podbean.com/e/book-review-guards-guards/ podbean.com]
|-
| 2020-03-29 || {{DID}} || “Nate Crowley and Guards! Guards!” || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/2-2-nate-crowley-and-guards-guards/ desertislanddiscworld.com]
|-
| 2020-05-12 || {{WWTW}} || “Wear Your Protective” (1/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/ef17307b6ece4557/wear-your-protective-guards-guards-pt-1- pinecast.co]
|-
| 2020-05-20 || {{WWTW}} || “Fear of Monkeys by the Ooking Heads” (2/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/8b8f7c618fc44128/fear-of-monkeys-by-the-ooking-heads-guards-guards-pt-2- pinecast.co]
|-
| 2020-05-26 || {{WWTW}} || “Vimes for Vendetta” (3/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/79a85f08658b43f7/vimes-for-vendetta-guards-guards-pt-3- pinecast.co]
|-
| 2020-07-06 || {{MYF}} || “The Flamey Flame” (1/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/07/05/e26-the-flamey-flame/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
| 2020-07-13 || {{MYF}} || “Coming Out With A Dragon Under His Arm” (2/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/07/12/e27-coming-out-with-a-dragon-under-his-arm/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
| 2020-07-20 || {{MYF}} || “Low Expectangents” (3/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/07/19/e28-low-expectangents/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
| 2020-07-28 || {{TCD}} || {{G!G!|ep}} || [https://compleatdiscography.page/episode/67079308/guards-guards- compleatdiscography.page]
|-
| 2021-09-11 || {{DCP}} || {{G!G!|ep}} || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/08-Guards--Guards-e1772ge anchor.fm]
|-
|-
| 2018-06-08 || {{PC}} || "[[The Curious Incident of the Dragon and the Night Watch]]" || [http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/06/08/episode-7a-the-curious-incident-of-the-dragon-and-the-night-watch/ pratchatpodcast.com]
| 2021-11-24 || {{NOBC}} || {{G!G!|ep}} || [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/5 fireside.fm]
|-
|-
| 2019-06-15 || {{DOP}} || [[DOP 08]] || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.p__yL7zSgNNVZ1 aalgar.com]
| 2022-02-02 || {{TDC}} || “Send in the Guards” (1/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-33-send-in-the-guards acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2019-09-28 || {{WSP}} || [[WSP 08]] || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wsp-guards-guards/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
| 2022-02-16 || {{TDC}} || “Noir Detective to Wife Guy Pipeline” (2/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-34-noir-detective-to-wife-guy-pipeline acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-03-29 || {{DID}} || [[Nate Crowley and Guards! Guards!]] || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/2-2-nate-crowley-and-guards-guards/ desertislanddiscworld.com]
| 2022-03-02 || {{TDC}} || “Ankh-Morpork Ruined My Life” (3/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-35-ankh-morpork-ruined-my-life acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-05-12 || {{WWTW}} || "[[Wear Your Protective]]" (1/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/ef17307b6ece4557/wear-your-protective-guards-guards-pt-1- pinecast.co]
| 2022-03-16 || {{TDC}} || “Dragon Eye Joe” (4/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-36-dragon-eye-joe acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-05-20 || {{WWTW}} || "[[Fear of Monkeys by the Ooking Heads]]" (2/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/8b8f7c618fc44128/fear-of-monkeys-by-the-ooking-heads-guards-guards-pt-2- pinecast.co]
| 2022-03-30 || {{TDC}} || “Nobby Pussy Indulgence” (5/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-37-nobby-pussy-indulgence acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-05-26 || {{WWTW}} || "[[Vimes for Vendetta]]" (3/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/79a85f08658b43f7/vimes-for-vendetta-guards-guards-pt-3- pinecast.co]
| 2022-04-13 || {{TDC}} || “Rage Pee” (6/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-38-rage-pee acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-07-06 || {{MYF}} || "[[The Flamey Flame]]" (1/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/07/05/e26-the-flamey-flame/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2022-03-28 || {{SOA}} || "Discworld Book Eight” || [https://stuckonarrakis.buzzsprout.com/209222/10331892-discworld-book-eight-guards-guards-by-terry-pratchett-featuring-anna buzzsprout.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-07-13 || {{MYF}} || "[[That Won't Keep My Pyramids Flaring]]" (2/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/07/12/e27-coming-out-with-a-dragon-under-his-arm/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2023-01-27 || {{JDRB}} || “Guards! Guards!” || [https://redcircle.com/shows/c9a89ab2-0f6c-4812-892b-86feb0b24759/episodes/c5987633-f5fe-4ce0-ac0f-9affda0fc2b5 redcircle.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-07-20 || {{MYF}} || "[[Low Expectangents]]" (3/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/07/19/e28-low-expectangents/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2023-01-31 || {{BTB}} || “Guards! Guards! - Discworld 8” || [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728184/11994679-episode-58-guards-guards-discworld-8 buzzsprout.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-07-28 || {{TCD}} || [[TCD 08]] || [https://www.compleatdiscography.page/episodes/guards-guards compleatdiscography.page]
| 2023-05-09 || {{NRD}} || “Book 8. Guards! Guards!” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iveneverreaddiscworld/episodes/Book-8--Guards--Guards-e23nin1 spotify.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-09-11 || {{DCP}} || [[DCP 08]] || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/08-Guards--Guards-e1772ge anchor.fm]
| 2023-05-22 || {{TMC}} || “Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett” || [https://teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com/portfolio/3-05-guards-guards-by-terry-pratchett/ teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-11-24 || {{NOBC}} || [[NOBC 05]] || [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/5 fireside.fm]
| 2023-07-10 || ''[https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-comic-literate-podcast The Comic Literate Podcast]'' || “Guards! Guards! A Terry Pratchett adaptation”<ref name="comic”>This episode discusses the graphic novel adaptation.</ref> || [https://share.transistor.fm/s/7865e327 transistor.fm]
|-
|-
| 2022-02-02 || {{TDC}} || "[[Send in the Guards]]" (1/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-33-send-in-the-guards shows.acast.com]
| 2023-09-07 || ''[https://dontreaddrunk.buzzsprout.com Don’t Read Drunk]'' || “Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett” || [https://dontreaddrunk.buzzsprout.com/1824396/13543434-episode-92-guards-guards-by-terry-pratchett buzzsprout.com]
|-
|-
| 2022-02-16 || {{TDC}} || "[[Noir Detective to Wife Guy Pipeline]]" (2/?) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-34-noir-detective-to-wife-guy-pipeline shows.acast.com]
| 2023-12-11 || ''[https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/russell-macdougall Adult Book Club]'' || “Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/russell-macdougall/episodes/Adult-Book-Club-Episode-62-Guards--Guards--by-Terry-Pratchett-e2d4c21 spotify.com]
|-
| 2024-06-22 || {{DTD}} || {{G!G!|ep}} || [https://diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-table-discworld-guards-guards/ podbean.com]
|-
| 2024-11-06 || ''[https://canonicalnonsense.com Canonical Nonsense]'' || {{G!G!|ep}} || [https://canonicalnonsense.com/2024/11/06/episode-3-guards-guards/ canonicalnonsense.com]
|-
| 2024-11-14 || ''[https://seitenbummler.de/ Seitenbummler]''<ref>A German podcast; the full title ''Seitenbummler - zu zweit durch fremde Welten'' translates roughly to “Pagestrollers - two people travelling through strange worlds”.</ref> || “Freibummel - 02 - Wachen! Wachen! - Terry Pratchett” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seitenbummler/episodes/Freibummel---02---Wachen--Wachen----Terry-Pratchett-e2r2s3t spotify.com]
|}
|}


=== Other appearances ===
=== Other appearances ===
''To be added.''
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
|-
| 2013-03-24 || {{TPP}} || “The Pratchett Podcast episode 15” || [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/76/ thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com]<ref name="earlyTPP">Post with info only; audio no longer available.</ref>
|-
| 2021-09-02 || {{FF}} || “Cold Comfort Farm & Guards! Guards!” || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/4999eaa0/cold-comfort-farm-and-guards-guards fictionfanspodcast.com]
|-
| 2024-03-15 || {{TTR}} || “Guards, Guards!” || [https://the-turtle-reads.captivate.fm/episode/guards-guards captivate.fm]
|-
| 2024-05-15 || ''[https://alwayschooseorange.blogspot.com/ Always Choose Orange]'' || “Guards! Guards! (And How To Write a Character Introduction With Personality)” || [https://redcircle.com/shows/always-choose-orange/ep/733cc990-6529-49c1-8e85-68e851ac789e redcircle.com]
|}


== Adaptations ==
== Adaptations ==
''To be added: audiobooks.''
* There have been three [[Audiobooks|audiobooks]]: the first an abridged version from Corgi narrated by [[Tony Robinson]]; an unabridged version from Isis Audio Books read by [[Nigel Planer]] (now available only secondhand on physical media); and in 2023, a Penguin audiobook, released along with the rest of the City Watch books, all narrated by [[Jon Culshaw]] with [[Peter Serafinowicz]] as Death and [[Bill Nighy]] reading the footnotes.
* A [[Guards! Guards! (radio series)|radio adaptation]] was made by the BBC, with a script in six parts by Michael Butt and directed by John Taylor. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1992, narrated by [[wikipedia:Martin Jarvis|Martin Jarvis]]. Death was billed as being played by “himself”.
* A comic book adaptation, ''Guards! Guards! A Discworld Graphic Novel'', was published in 2000. It was based on the stageplay adaptation by [[Stephen Briggs]], and illustrated by Graham Higgins.
* The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company performed a live audio adaptation at the Dragon*Con sci-fi convention in 2001. It was adapted by David Benedict and directed by Thomas E. Fuller. Notably [[wikipedia:John Rhys-Davies|John Rhys-Davies]] played the part of Lupine Wonse!


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{G!G!|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki
* {{G!G!|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki
* {{G!G!|cs}} at colinsmythe.co.uk
* {{G!G!|w}} on Wikipedia
* {{G!G!|w}} on Wikipedia


Latest revision as of 16:25, 22 November 2024

Guards! Guards!
Cover of the 2023 Penguin paperback of Guards! Guards!
2023 Penguin paperback edition, designed by Leo Nickolls
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Audio read byTony Robinson (Corgi)
Nigel Planer (Isis)
Jon Culshaw (Penguin)
Cover artistJosh Kirby
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDiscworld
Release number
8
Sub-seriesThe Watch
GenreFantasy
PublisherGollancz/Corgi
Publication date
1989-11-09
Preceded byPyramids 
Followed byEric 

Guards! Guards! is the eighth Discworld novel and the first to feature Sam Vimes and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. It also introduces the key supporting characters of “Cuttin’ Me Own Throat” Dibbler and Detritus the troll, the latter of whom would join the Watch in their next book, Men at Arms.

Blurb

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!

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book or the graphic novel adaptation.

Date Show Episode External link
2016-02-10 Radio Morpork “Enter the Dragon (and the Coppers)” radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2018-06-08 Pratchat “The Curious Incident of the Dragon and the Night Watch” pratchatpodcast.com
2019-06-15 The Death of Podcasts “Guards! Guards!” aalgar.com
2019-09-28 Wyrd Sisters “Guards! Guards!” wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2020-03-23 Overdue[1] “Guards! Guards!, by Terry Pratchett” headgum.com
2020-11-02 The Book Life[2] “Book Review: Guards! Guards!” podbean.com
2020-03-29 Desert Island Discworld “Nate Crowley and Guards! Guards!” desertislanddiscworld.com
2020-05-12 Who Watches the Watch “Wear Your Protective” (1/3) pinecast.co
2020-05-20 Who Watches the Watch “Fear of Monkeys by the Ooking Heads” (2/3) pinecast.co
2020-05-26 Who Watches the Watch “Vimes for Vendetta” (3/3) pinecast.co
2020-07-06 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “The Flamey Flame” (1/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-07-13 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Coming Out With A Dragon Under His Arm” (2/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-07-20 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Low Expectangents” (3/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-07-28 The Compleat Discography “Guards! Guards!” compleatdiscography.page
2021-09-11 Disc Coverers “Guards! Guards!” anchor.fm
2021-11-24 Nanny Ogg's Book Club “Guards! Guards!” fireside.fm
2022-02-02 The Disc-Course “Send in the Guards” (1/6) acast.com
2022-02-16 The Disc-Course “Noir Detective to Wife Guy Pipeline” (2/6) acast.com
2022-03-02 The Disc-Course “Ankh-Morpork Ruined My Life” (3/6) acast.com
2022-03-16 The Disc-Course “Dragon Eye Joe” (4/6) acast.com
2022-03-30 The Disc-Course “Nobby Pussy Indulgence” (5/6) acast.com
2022-04-13 The Disc-Course “Rage Pee” (6/6) acast.com
2022-03-28 Stuck on Arrakis "Discworld Book Eight” buzzsprout.com
2023-01-27 Just Dads Reading Books “Guards! Guards!” redcircle.com
2023-01-31 Beyond the Bindings “Guards! Guards! - Discworld 8” buzzsprout.com
2023-05-09 I’ve Never Read Discworld “Book 8. Guards! Guards!” spotify.com
2023-05-22 Teaching My Cat to Read “Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett” teachingmycattoread.wordpress.com
2023-07-10 The Comic Literate Podcast “Guards! Guards! A Terry Pratchett adaptation”[3] transistor.fm
2023-09-07 Don’t Read Drunk “Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett” buzzsprout.com
2023-12-11 Adult Book Club “Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett” spotify.com
2024-06-22 Dining Table Discworld “Guards! Guards!” podbean.com
2024-11-06 Canonical Nonsense “Guards! Guards!” canonicalnonsense.com
2024-11-14 Seitenbummler[4] “Freibummel - 02 - Wachen! Wachen! - Terry Pratchett” spotify.com

Other appearances

Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

Date Show Episode External link
2013-03-24 The Pratchett Podcast “The Pratchett Podcast episode 15” thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com[5]
2021-09-02 Fiction Fans “Cold Comfort Farm & Guards! Guards!” fictionfanspodcast.com
2024-03-15 The Turtle Reads “Guards, Guards!” captivate.fm
2024-05-15 Always Choose Orange “Guards! Guards! (And How To Write a Character Introduction With Personality)” redcircle.com

Adaptations

  • There have been three audiobooks: the first an abridged version from Corgi narrated by Tony Robinson; an unabridged version from Isis Audio Books read by Nigel Planer (now available only secondhand on physical media); and in 2023, a Penguin audiobook, released along with the rest of the City Watch books, all narrated by Jon Culshaw with Peter Serafinowicz as Death and Bill Nighy reading the footnotes.
  • A radio adaptation was made by the BBC, with a script in six parts by Michael Butt and directed by John Taylor. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1992, narrated by Martin Jarvis. Death was billed as being played by “himself”.
  • A comic book adaptation, Guards! Guards! A Discworld Graphic Novel, was published in 2000. It was based on the stageplay adaptation by Stephen Briggs, and illustrated by Graham Higgins.
  • The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company performed a live audio adaptation at the Dragon*Con sci-fi convention in 2001. It was adapted by David Benedict and directed by Thomas E. Fuller. Notably John Rhys-Davies played the part of Lupine Wonse!

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Also did episodes about The Colour of Magic and Good Omens.
  2. ↑ Also reviewed Equal Rites in October 2023.
  3. ↑ This episode discusses the graphic novel adaptation.
  4. ↑ A German podcast; the full title Seitenbummler - zu zweit durch fremde Welten translates roughly to “Pagestrollers - two people travelling through strange worlds”.
  5. ↑ Post with info only; audio no longer available.
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