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Men at Arms Mass Market Paperback – May 27, 2003

by Terry Pratchett (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 9,729
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A Young Dwarf's Dream

Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He's now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork, Discworld's greatest city, from Barbarian Tribes, Miscellaneous Marauders, unlicensed Thieves, and such. It's a big job, particularly for an adopted dwarf.

But an even bigger job awaits. An ancient document has just revealed that Ankh-Morpork, ruled for decades by Disorganized crime, has a secret sovereign! And his name is Carrott...

And so begins the most awesome epic encounter of all time, or at least all afternoon, in which the fate of a city—indeed of the universe itself!—depends on a young man's courage, an ancient sword's magic, and a three-legged poodle's bladder.

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  1. Part of series
    Discworld
  2. Print length
    400 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    HarperTorch
  5. Publication date
    May 27, 2003
  6. Dimensions
    4.19 x 1 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0061092193
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0061092190
  9. Lexile measure
    650L
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Terry Pratchett is one of the world's most popular authors. His acclaimed novels are bestsellers in the United States and the United Kingdom, and have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide. In January 2009, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Pratchett a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his services to literature. Sir Terry lives in England.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperTorch; Reprint edition (May 27, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061092193
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061092190
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 650L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1 x 6.75 inches
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Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was fifteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987 he turned to writing full time, and has not looked back since. To date there are a total of 36 books in the Discworld series, of which four (so far) are written for children. The first of these children's books, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal. A non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller, and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback (Harper Torch, 2006) and trade paperback (Harper Paperbacks, 2006). Terry's latest book, Nation, a non-Discworld standalone YA novel was published in October of 2008 and was an instant New York Times and London Times bestseller. Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire “for services to literature” in 1998, and has received four honorary doctorates from the Universities of Warwick, Portsmouth, Bath, and Bristol. His acclaimed novels have sold more than 55 million copies (give or take a few million) and have been translated into 36 languages. Terry Pratchett lived in England with his family, and spent too much time at his word processor. Some of Terry's accolades include: The Carnegie Medal, Locus Awards, the Mythopoetic Award, ALA Notable Books for Children, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Book Sense 76 Pick, Prometheus Award and the British Fantasy Award.

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A mystery that kept me captivated
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A mystery that kept me captivated
I quite love a good mystery plot, so long as they're not too thick. But I've a nasty habit of, when wanting to know something now, flicking further on into the book. This is true of anything I read. Sometimes I'll find I've already read certain scenes two or three times before I've even gotten near that section of the book.Yet there's something about Men at Arms that invites me to keep reading straight through. I'm not sure if it's Vimes or Carrot that draw me most, it's sure as anything not Nobby (though, he's got a strange sort of charm), but I've a sneaky suspicion that it might be a combo of the two. And there's the added bonus that I, just through reading the beginning, already know who did some of the crimes pretty early on.Then there's Angua ...I'm liking her, a lot. In particular, the way she's portrayed with a paw, I mean foot, firmly planted on both sides of what she is and she uses it to the Watch's advantage. I particularly like how the sense of smell is portrayed with colours. ^_^ And her relationship with Carrot was ... unexpected. Not the relationship itself, mind, the way it starts. Though how he found out she was a werewolf was quite amusing.
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Thomas Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars The watch stories are some of Patchett’s best.
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
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I believe it comes down to his character work. Each individual has many interesting quirks. I’ve never been a connoisseur of mysteries, so I did not anticipate the turns in the story, which brought the entire story to a satisfying conclusion. Just great fun.
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John C
5.0 out of 5 stars Men At Arms
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Another outstanding Pratchett. This dive into the Disc continues the adventures of the Night Watch as they investigate several murders that are taking place with a new and unknown weapon. Funny, endearing and exciting. Highly recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery and nice package
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2023
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Fast delivery and nice package, the book is great and arrived in good condition
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Gilbert M. Stack
4.0 out of 5 stars The City Watch Is Back!!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022
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The City Watch returns as Sam Vimes is leaving the institution to marry into the nobility (he generally despises all nobles except his soon-to-be-wife) and a conspiracy acts to get rid of the patrician by restoring the descendant of the last king (who died centuries ago) to the throne. The king is—unsurprisingly—on the City Watch.

Pratchett is in true form here, satirizing just about everything from politics to policemen. He also takes a very humorous look at such serious questions as racism, getting people to think about tough topics without preaching at them. This is the book that also proves that the City Watch has legs as the focus of a novel (just in case the first one featuring them wasn’t proof enough) and happily leads him to write many more about this great crew.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2023
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One of the most thoughtful of the Discworld series. Focuses on Sam Vimes and Corporal Carrot, and the relationship between the police and the city.
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jstrachan
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite Terry Pratchett books!
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2023
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I am a fan of Terry Pratchett. This is one of my favorite of his 40 DiscWorld books! It’s the perfect sequel to Guards, Guards!
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ealovitt
5.0 out of 5 stars Death? Death who?
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2006
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This is the Discworld novel wherein Captain Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch retires and gets married, the Night Watch itself becomes an equal species organization, and Gaspode the Talking Dog falls in love with new recruit, Angua, the werewolf. She has just joined the Night Watch under the Equal Species Act, along with Detritus the Troll and Cuddy the Dwarf.

No wonder Sam, who is a bit of a male chauvinist speciesist is going to retire.

Not since Stephen King's "It" have clowns gotten such bad press as in "Men at Arms." They seem to be the saddest creatures on Discworld. One of them, Beano is murdered and ends up playing 'Knock Knock - Who's There?' with Death, who is trying to develop a sense of humor.

Humor will never be the strong suite of a hooded, seven-foot skeleton with glowing blue eyes, but Death does get in one inadvertently funny line. He tells Beano to think of his newly deceased state as being 'DIMENSIONALLY DISADVANTAGED.'

Meanwhile back in the world of the living and undead, Captain Sam Vimes and his command investigate the circumstances of Beano's death. Sam is also under orders from his wife-to-be to find a missing swamp dragon, which is likely to explode if it comes under stress.

When a large hole is blown in the headquarters of the Assassin's Guild, Sam has a pretty good notion of what caused the explosion. What he really wants to know is whether this latest calamity has something to do the Beano's death. After all, the Assassins are right next door to the Guild of Fools and Clowns.

What he does not yet know is that mad genius, Leonard of Quirm's deadliest invention has fallen into the hands of a rabid monarchist who will do everything in his power to restore Ankh-Morpork's rightful king---and that king is a member of his own Night Watch.

"Men at Arms" (1993) is another great slapstick-with-a-message adventure in the Sam Vimes/Night Watch Discworld novels. If you'd like to read them in order of publication, they are: "Guards! Guards!" (1989); "Men at Arms" (1993); "Feet of Clay" (1996); "Jingo" (1997); "The Fifth Elephant" (1999); "Night Watch" (2002); and "Thud!" (2005).
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Noah
5.0 out of 5 stars fire
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2023
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This book is fire, love me the guards series of these books, never misses, always a very good read tbh
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Cat Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Value for price
Reviewed in Canada on April 4, 2022
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Best author ever! It's becoming difficult to find his older books.
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John Finn
5.0 out of 5 stars The city watch at their best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2024
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This is the second in the Discworld City Watch series. Commander Vimes and his gang of guards deal with a serial killer who is determined to restore the old kingdom. Funny, witty with sometimes dark humour makes this a compelling read. I would recommend that the you read” Guards!, Guards! “ book first then you’ll really enjoy this one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rápido y Sin Daño
Reviewed in Spain on June 9, 2022
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Llegó el día siguiente en estado perfecto. Me encantan los otros siete libros de Pratchett que he leído y tengo muchísimas ganas de atacar esto.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rápido y Sin Daño
Reviewed in Spain on June 9, 2022
Llegó el día siguiente en estado perfecto. Me encantan los otros siete libros de Pratchett que he leído y tengo muchísimas ganas de atacar esto.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo
Reviewed in Italy on September 27, 2021
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Ottima storia di inclusione della mia serie preferita
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Jiang
5.0 out of 5 stars Pratchett ist einfach immer gut!
Reviewed in Germany on July 1, 2021
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Lustig und spannend wie fast alle Bücher von Terry Pratchett, man kann sich darauf verlassen!
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