Guards! Guards!
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Tony Robinson (abridged); Nigel Planer (unabridged) TBC (new) |
| Cover artist | Josh Kirby |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | Discworld |
Release number | 8 |
| Sub-series | The Watch |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Gollancz/Corgi |
Publication date | 1989-11-09 |
| Preceded by | Pyramids |
| Followed by | Eric |
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.
| 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 |
| 2020-03-29 | 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[1] |
| 2023-01-31 | Beyond the Bindings | “Guards! Guards! - Discworld 8” | buzzsprout.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[2] |
| 2021-09-02 | Fiction Fans | “Cold Comfort Farm & Guards! Guards!” | fictionfanspodcast.com |
Adaptations
- There have been two audiobooks, narrated by Tony Robinson and Nigel Planer. A third will be published in early 2023 with a new narrator.
- 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. Notably, Death was billed as being played by “himself”.
- 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!
- A comic book adaptation, Guards! Guards! A Discworld Graphic Novel, was published in 2000. It was adapted by Stephen Briggs and illustrated by Graham Higgins.
External links
- Guards! Guards! at the L-Space Wiki
- Guards! Guards! at colinsmythe.co.uk
- Guards! Guards! on Wikipedia