Book:Guards! Guards!

Guards! Guards!
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Publisher	Victor Gollancz
Publication date	August 1989
ISBN	0575046066
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Main characters	Carrot Ironfoundersson Samuel Vimes Fred Colon Nobby Havelock Vetinari The Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night
Series	Watch Series
Annotations	View
Notes	Book #08
All data relates to the first UK edition.

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!

Cover

The cover, once again painted by Josh Kirby, features Carrot (with sword), Vimes (with bottle), Nobby (with small dragon) and Colon (with bow and arrow). They are all attempting to fight the Dragon.

Characters

• Carrot Ironfoundersson
• Samuel Vimes
• Fred Colon
• Nobby
• Havelock Vetinari
• Lupine Wonse
• The Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night
• Sybil Ramkin

Other Characters

• Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler
• The Librarian
• Reet
• Detritus
• Brother Fingers
• Brother Dunnikin

Cameos and other Mentions

• Brenda Rodley
• Varneshi
• Magrat Garlick
• Herbert Gaskin
• Minty Rocksmacker
• Mort and Ysabell (mentioned by Sybil as "the duke and duchess of Sto Helit, a nice young couple"

Locations

• Ankh-Morpork
  • Treacle Mine Road
    • Treacle Mine Road Watch House
  • Pseudopolis Yard
  • Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons
  • The Mended Drum
  • Temple of Small Gods
  • Jimkin Bearhugger's Whiskey Distillery
  • Thieves' Guild
  • Easy Street
    • • Bunch of Grapes
  • Scoone Avenue
    • The Ramkin House
  • Patrician's Palace
  • Unseen University
    • The Library
    • Tower of Art
  • The Shades
    • Mrs Palm's House
  • Harga's House of Ribs
• The Place Where the Dragons Lie
• Copperhead
• L-space

Things and Concepts

• The Summoning of Dragons
• The Laws and Ordinances of the Cities Ankh and Morpork
• Swamp dragon
• Noble dragon
• Figgins
• The Dictionary of Eye-Watering Words
• Critters
• L-space
• Swear-Words
• Cripple Mister Onion
• A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End
• Monkey
• Thieves' Guild

Annotations

• "the Public Order Act of 1457" - one of the frequent 57 references in TP's work

External links

Guards! Guards! Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File

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