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Guards! Guards!

1989 novel by Terry Pratchett
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Guards! Guards!

Summary

Guards! Guards! is a literary work[1]. Guards! Guards! ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guards! Guards! authored Terry Pratchett[3].
  • Guards! Guards! received the The Big Read[4].
  • Guards! Guards!'s instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Guards! Guards!'s genre is fantasy[6].
  • Guards! Guards!'s genre is humorous fiction[7].
  • Guards! Guards!'s part of the series is recorded as Discworld[8].
  • Guards! Guards!'s part of the series is recorded as Ankh-Morpork City Watch series[9].
  • Guards! Guards!'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Guards! Guards!'s country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • Guards! Guards! was released on November 1989[12].
  • Guards! Guards!'s characters is recorded as Sam Vimes[13].
  • Guards! Guards!'s has edition or translation is recorded as Guards! Guards![14].
  • Guards! Guards!'s has edition or translation is recorded as ¡Guardias! ¡Guardias![15].
  • Guards! Guards!'s has edition or translation is recorded as Guards! Guards![16].
  • Guards! Guards!'s has edition or translation is recorded as Q117280150[17].
  • Guards! Guards!'s has edition or translation is recorded as Q117281192[18].
  • Guards! Guards!'s has edition or translation is recorded as Q122116175[19].
  • Guards! Guards!'s main subject is film noir[20].
  • Guards! Guards!'s nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[21].
  • Guards! Guards!'s published in is recorded as SrpKor: Corpus of the contemporary Serbian language[22].
  • Guards! Guards!'s takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Discworld[23].
  • Guards! Guards!'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Guards! Guards!'}[24].
  • Guards! Guards!'s form of creative work is recorded as novel[25].
  • Guards! Guards!'s set in environment is recorded as fictional planet[26].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Guards! Guards! authored Terry Pratchett[3].

Publication

Guards! Guards! was released on November 1989[12]. Guards! Guards!'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include fantasy[6] and humorous fiction[7]. Series this is part of include Discworld[8] and Ankh-Morpork City Watch series[9].

Subject and Themes

Guards! Guards!'s main subject is film noir[20]. Series this is part of include Discworld[8] and Ankh-Morpork City Watch series[9].

Reception

Guards! Guards! received the The Big Read[4].

Why It Matters

Guards! Guards! ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[2] Guards! Guards! has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

FAQs

What awards did Guards! Guards! receive?

Honors received include The Big Read[4].

Related Entities

literary work Terry Pratchett United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . discworld.fandom.com. discworld.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . discworld.fandom.com. discworld.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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