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{{Short description|1989 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book | name = Guards! Guards! | image = Guards-Guards-cover.jpg | image_size = | caption= First edition | author = [[Terry Pratchett]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = [[Josh Kirby]] | language = English | series = {{ubl|''[[Discworld]]''|8th novel β 1st City Watch story}} | subject = {{ubl|Cop novels, [[Film Noir]], [[show dog]] (dragon) breeding, [[nobility]]/[[monarchy]], [[Secret society|secret societies]], ''[[The Hobbit]]'', particularly Smaug|'''Characters:'''|[[Samuel Vimes]], [[Fred Colon]], [[Nobby Nobbs]], [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]], [[Havelock Vetinari]], [[Sybil Ramkin]]|'''Locations:'''|[[Ankh-Morpork]]}} | genre = [[Fantasy]] | publisher = [[Gollancz Books|Gollancz]] | pub_date = 1989 | pages = | awards = Came 69th in the [[Big Read]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100_2.shtml BBC - The Big Read - Top 100 Books] April 2003, Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref> | isbn = 0-575-04606-6 | preceded_by = [[Pyramids (novel)|Pyramids]] | followed_by = [[Eric (novel)|Eric]] }} '''''Guards! Guards!''''' is a [[fantasy novel]] by British writer [[Terry Pratchett]], the eighth in the ''[[Discworld]]'' series, first published in 1989.<ref>Fantastic Fiction [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/terry-pratchett/guards-guards.htm Guards! Guards! (Discworld, book 8) Terry Pratchett] Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref> It is the first novel about the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]. The first [[Discworld (computer game)|''Discworld'' point-and-click adventure game]] borrowed heavily from the plot of ''Guards! Guards!''<ref name = "discgame">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1088093 BBC - h2g2 - Terry Pratchett's Discworld - the Computer Game] Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref>
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