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| |title= Guards! Guards!
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| |cover=[[File:G!G!.jpg]]
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| |date= August 1989
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| |publisher= Victor Gollancz
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| |isbn= 0575046066
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| |pages=
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| |series= Watch Series
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| |characters= [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]]<br/>[[Samuel Vimes]]<br/>[[Fred Colon]]<br/>[[Nobby]]<br/>[[Havelock Vetinari]]<br/>The [[Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night]]
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| |annotations= yes
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| |notes= Book #08
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| }}
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| ==Blurb==
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| This is where the [[Noble dragon|dragons]] went.
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| 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 ...
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| Guards! Guards! is the eighth Discworld novel – and after this, dragons will never be the same again!
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| ==Cover==
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| 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.
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| ==Characters==
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| *[[Carrot Ironfoundersson]]
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| *[[Samuel Vimes]]
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| *[[Fred Colon]]
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| *[[Nobby]]
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| *[[Havelock Vetinari]]
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| *[[Lupine Wonse]]
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| *The [[Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night]]
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| *[[Sybil Ramkin]]
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| ==Other Characters==
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| *[[Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]]
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| *The [[Librarian]]
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| *[[Reet]]
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| *[[Detritus ]]
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| *[[Brother Fingers ]]
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| *[[Brother Dunnikin ]]
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| ==Cameos and other Mentions ==
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| *[[Brenda Rodley]]
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| *[[Varneshi]]
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| *[[Magrat Garlick]]
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| *[[Herbert Gaskin ]]
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| *[[Minty Rocksmacker]]
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| *[[Mort]] and [[Ysabell]] (mentioned by Sybil as "the duke and duchess of Sto Helit, a nice young couple"
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| ==Locations==
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| * [[Ankh-Morpork]]
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| ** [[Treacle Mine Road Watch House ]]
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| ** [[Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons ]]
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| ** [[The Mended Drum ]]
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| ** [[Patrician's Palace]]
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| ** [[Unseen University ]]
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| ** [[The Shades ]]
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| ** [[Harga's House of Ribs ]]
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| * [[Noble dragon|The Place Where the Dragons Lie]]
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| * [[Copperhead]]
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| == Things and Concepts ==
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| *[[The Summoning of Dragons]]
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| *[[The Laws and Ordinances of the Cities Ankh and Morpork]]
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| *[[Swamp dragon ]]
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| *[[Noble dragon ]]
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| *[[Figgins ]]
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| *[[The Dictionary of Eye-Watering Words ]]
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| *[[Critters ]]
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| *[[L-space ]]
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| *[[Swear-Words]]
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| *[[Cripple Mister Onion ]]
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| *[[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End ]]
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| *[[Monkey ]]
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| *[[Thieves' Guild ]]
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| == Annotations ==
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| * "the Public Order Act of 1457" - one of the frequent [[57]] references in TP's work
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| ==External links==
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| [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/guards-guards.html ''Guards! Guards!'' Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File]
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| {{series|before=Pyramids|series=Discworld|after=Eric}}
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| {{series|series=Watch|after=Men at Arms}}
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| [[Category:Discworld Series|Guards! Guards!]]
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| [[Category:Watch Series|Guards! Guards!]]
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| [[de:Buch:Wachen! Wachen!]]
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