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
Brought to you by Penguin.
Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before
'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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- Jason
- 25-05-23
Jon is brilliant
One of my favourite stories and Jon Culshaw adds a new depth to characters. Could not be happier!
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- Capt.SamVimes
- 03-07-23
I’ve read the books. I’ve listened to the books
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Guards! Guards! Sir T P New Penguin release 2023
I’ve read the books. I’ve listened to the books the original recordings made digital for our dumb phones. Spoiler if you’re new to Sir Terry Pratchett’s books i) welcome ii) where in the hells have you been? and iii) stop reading this review I don’t want to spoil the magnificence of all the Discworld books and audiobooks.
Still reading? Well don’t blame me. Jon Culshaw has a gift of changing his voice. What he’s done here is awful. A bad Les Dawson impression does for Captain Sam Vimes. What!? (Don’t know Les Dawson? try that place for videos of everything you know youThingy)
Cpl. Nobby Nobbs is at least twenty years younger than Sgt. Fred Colon but sounds 20 years older. Is Mr Culshaw a fan of the Discworld? It doesn’t appear so. Age difference proof Nobby and Fred? Try Night Watch Nobby is a grubby little street urchin and Fred is in the Watch having served in the military already. Carrot’s voice is okay. For a thin wiry tall man Havelock Vetinari, the Patrician his voice sounds too deep and slow he’s swift of hand and swifter in the mind and would speak quickly enunciating clearly and sharply as his mind.
Based on this outing I won’t preorder any other books until I can hear a sample. I’ll stick with my original collection for now.
It’s an opportunity missed or misguided.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-05-23
Absolutely Phenomenal
I have been a lover of pratchetts work and previous audio books (particularly about the watch) for decades. I was concerned this new take by penguin wouldn't live up to the very High bar previously set. I have to day though that i absolutely love this version and would highly recommend. Narration and performance are both extremely high quality.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-06-23
New reader is fantastic
The watch series is my favorite of all the discworld series and these new audios really do the story justice, it's like listening to them for the first time again which is high praise from me as I'm a die hard Stephen Briggs fan. I can't wait to listen to the rest of them.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-06-23
Love the new audio
I always struggled with the old audio version of the books. I’ve been really happy with the new voice actors chosen to narrate. Agree with others that the footnotes intro sound is a bit jarring, but otherwise super happy with narration and have finally been able to listen to audio versions of Discworld with enjoyment!
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