Guards! Guards!
Discworld, Book 8
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Jon Culshaw
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Peter Serafinowicz
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Bill Nighy
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Ben Aaronovitch
About this listen
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'It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis; half of them were here to complain, a quarter of them were here to watch the other half, and the remainder were here to rob, importune or sell hotdogs to the rest.'
Insurrection is in the air in the city of Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again.
Captain Sam Vimes of the city's ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It's enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drink more. But this time, something is different - the Have-Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don't fully understand, and they're about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city.
Time for Captain Vimes to sober up.
The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order but Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series.
'This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended' The Times
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- Spencer
- 19-06-23
Culshaw deserves a gong for the narration
Superb voice acting. Each character distinct and for me fitting perfectly with each character. ..and Nobby sounding older than I had imagined is perfect in reality.
I rarely review but felt the need to do so here
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- Anonymous User
- 11-08-23
fantastic story
love it, it was my first Terry P. book and its made quite the impression
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- Lisa J C
- 22-06-23
Perfect
Was nervous of what this narrator would be like, I don't like the previous recordings so these needed to good or I'm back to print only. Need not have worried, Jon Culshaw is excellent, a little slow perhaps so I have it at 1.2 speed. His character voices are easily told apart and very well done. Really pleased with it. . On to Men At Arms now.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-02-24
Character voices
Jon Culshaw made this already great story come to life. Every character brought to life even sub characters.
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- A. Hill
- 27-09-24
Excellent! Every time
Remarkable and entertaining.
The characters are so vivid and textured.
It is an absolute classic.
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- Lucy C.
- 27-06-23
Rescued from a first impression.
I have this story in all its iterations. I was disappointed to see all my Briggs narrations gone. I got this and almost gave up on it, due to what I felt was stilted narration. I gave it another grudging go and just grew into it. It was a joy. A new spin on it, with the footnotes beautifully delivered and my getting used to the pacing making for a very pleasant and entertaining package. I miss my Briggs narrations, but this is a pretty decent successor. The story hasn't changed and that is the perfection of the piece. Yeah, give it ago and properly immerse as I failed initially to do.
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- Martin D.
- 27-07-23
A fan favourite
A classic Discworld novel featuring Captain Vimes and his squad of night watch. Including a guy well over 6 feet tall and very well muscled who's a dwarf - they always lie about their height apparently!
Its probably one of the easiest books to get into for the Discworld series and its very well presented. Must admit I have the book, the ebook, two different tape recordings of this and now the audiobook.
Perhaps I'm a fan of it!
Seriously, the new version is actually better than the old versions from 20 odd years ago. Same book, better recording.
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- Philly75
- 16-06-23
Excellent audio book
GreaT reading - really immersive and easy to follow along with ! Can’t wait for rest of the series
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- D. Payne
- 10-06-23
My new definitive version.
I have to admit that I didn’t like the narration at the start. The tempo of saying a few words, then a pause, then continuing grated on me. BUT, sticking with it, it grew on me and the fantastic characterization of the voices (particularly Nobby and the Patrician) really bring the story to life.
The book itself is a classic and probably my favorite in the Diskworld series. It’s a must listen from me!
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- Ms. Etain Brady
- 10-06-23
A great story to listen too.
Guards! Guards! Was a great read the first time I read the book. A definite favourite. Full of imagination and humour. But with the added narration and performance of Jon Culshaw, it’s just sublime.
This is one audiobook I plan to enjoy again and again a and again…
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