Men at Arms
Discworld, Book 15
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Narrated by:
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Jon Culshaw
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Peter Serafinowicz
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Bill Nighy
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By:
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Terry Pratchett
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before
'What's so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work's already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place.'
The City Watch needs MEN! But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman... most of the time) and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving).
And they need all the help they can get, because someone in Ankh-Morpork has been getting dangerous ideas - about crowns and legendary swords, and destiny.
And the problem with destiny is, of course, that she is not always careful where she points her finger. One minute you might be minding your own business on a normal if not spectacular career path, the next you might be in the frame for the big job, like saving the world . . .
The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order but Men At Arms is the second book in the City Watch series.
'Funny, wise and mock heroic . . . The funniest and best crafted book I have read all year' Sunday Express
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- Kiray007
- 20-06-23
Struggling with the new narration
Culshaw is terrific with accents - he gets the main cast spot on - but his overall narration is painfully slow, misses the charm of Pratchett’s writing and Cruses in this one is unbearable to listen to. I itch to take the audio file and remove a lot of the lengthy pauses so the whole thing can flow better. Directorial influence could have made this really excellent. Notably the new versions are longer than the old unabridged versions, and that’s down to slow delivery.
Fantastic Pratchett as always.
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- alan g rayner
- 03-02-24
Such a great listen!
With such good source material, you need a cast that are up to the challenge and this is a great example of that!
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- Peck25
- 29-04-24
Great early Pratchett
Another great audio version of one of my favourite Pratchett books. Jon Culshaw is a great pick as reader.
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- hzl
- 05-09-23
Excellent - the best audiobooks I've listened to
Already knew I loved the book but the narrators voices and pace of this audiobook are exceptional. you know exactly which character is talking, none stand out as out of place.
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- Ms. Sheena Bell
- 01-06-24
Absolutely brilliant
John Culshaw is truly wonderful- the characters are completely convincing. ThNk you for a really excellent experience
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- Grammy
- 09-01-24
Jon Culshaw’s gorgeous voice.
Couldn’t dislike a thing. Totally transported by Culshaw’s narration. Every character in my mind realistic and true to Pratchetts vision I’m sure. Long time Discworld reader. I’m going to continue through all of Pratchett’s books again, solely on the amazing narration and the bringing of the characters to life.
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- Lizzy Salway
- 24-03-24
Great author, great story, great narrator
Highlight: Jon Calshaw’s “Bloody Stupid Johnson” voice
The only thing I’d change is the noise before the footnotes. It’s intrusive and unnecessary.
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- Patricia
- 13-07-23
Just perfect!
A GIFT ! …. The re-recording of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld is a gift to those of us who have read and reread his books over the years. It almost feels like I am experiencing the stories for the first time.. again! Brilliantly narrated with integrity and flare. Thank you.
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- Marc
- 13-10-23
Such a good book, but the pace was off.
I have read or listened to every Discworld novel, and this is still one of my favourites, but he pacing of the narration felt off.
The pauses between words were too long, the somber portrayal by the narrator sometimes clashed against the comedic nature of sentences.
In the end I turned it up to 1.5x speed, and managed to enjoy it at what felt like the correct pace.
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- D. rouillion
- 27-07-24
Fantastic.
Jon Culshaw smashed this. A perfect marriage of story and narrator. Fabulous. I can't wait for his next installment.
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