false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189276284m/1856466.jpg 64216 41 <p>Here there be dragons...and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of <i>draco nobilis</i> ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a <i>noble</i> dragon, after all...).</p> 1128601 1989 Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8) total:6548|5:2489|4:2680|3:1244|2:118|1:17| 6548 27150 8025 246 5 3 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 19 15:15:13 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 16 22:09:07 -0800 2009 10 more...]]> 5 1 false true Fri Jan 02 03:20:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 04:36:49 -0800 2009 Too many to count
Before I begin, Terry is my favourite author, and this was the book that got me incurably hooked. This was several years ago (nowadays, my bedside table i...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 14:35:22 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 08:34:51 -0800 2008 soul music 12 years ago, i've been a fan of terry pratchett's. up until about a couple of years ago, i had really only read the discworld books as they came (starting with interesting times and then as i felt like it--i still hadn't read them all and i hadn't read them in order. ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 17:29:22 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 23:24:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 08:39:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 05:59:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 10:01:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 20:37:16 -0700 2009
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Perfectly structured, from beginning to end. Mean without being nasty, funny without being stupid. Insightful without being preachy. Terry Pratchett has a gift for lovingly pointing out the stupidities of the human condition.

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