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  • Night Watch

  • Discworld, Book 29
  • By: Terry Pratchett
  • Narrated by: Tony Robinson
  • Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (172 ratings)
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Night Watch

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Tony Robinson
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Summary

Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck.  

Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper, and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. But there's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future.

Here is a Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen, and other children of the revolution. Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a Hard-boiled Egg! 

Please note: This is the abridged edition. An unabridged version is also available.

© Terry and Lyn Pratchett; (P) Corgi Audio

Critic reviews

"The best Discworld book in the whole world ever. Until next time." (SFX

"The author's talent for comedy does not falter as he continues to set the standard for comic fantasy." (Library Journal)

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Fatal error

In a hurry I purchased one of my favourite Pratchett novels - Night Watch. Only to realise that I hadn't read the listing clearly enough. It is the shortened version. The abridged versions read by Tony Robinson are nowhere hear as good as the full length audiobooks read by first Nigel Planer, then Stephen Briggs. To turn roughly 12 hours of comic genius into 4 hours of product is a crime against the original author and his vision. I must now curse my inattention to detail and wait patiently for audible to make the full length story available.

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Why is no unabridged version available?

This is my favourite Pratchett book and I have reread it a few times. The abridged version of this book is very entertaining and Tony Robinson is an excellent narrator, but I know this book well enough to know what I am missing.

There is an unabridged version of this book available to US users of Audible, but not to UK users.

4 out of 5 for an excellent reading of a shortened text. 1 out of 5 for the poor choice available to UK users.

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The Unabridged version? Please?

This is one of my favourite books. I love the suspension (a true page turner) and the comedy part of the novel. It is a book you'd want to listen to all day long. And it is an absolute waste to shorten a book of which every word is worth reading, and indeed every letter, into less than half of the complete book. So audible please, please, please make the unabridged version available. I'd be the first to buy it.

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Brilliant

I like the abridged versions as they tend to be one long car journey in length. Tony Robinson remains the voice of the Discworld for me.

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A wonderful abridged version. Great audiobook.

Tony Robinson does a fantastic job of narrating my favourite of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. Hearing a single line is enough to take me back to my childhood staying up late to keep listening. The only pause for thought is one or two odd moments where the abridging of the story removes a subplot of the novel that provides some tidbit of context for what's going on. I don't feel that it detracts from the experience.

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    3 out of 5 stars

Abridged vs. unabridged / Narrator

I have read the book long time ago, not in the English original, so I am not absolutely certain what parts of the story are missing.
Due to the not avaliable unabridged version here at the moment I bought the abriged one.
As I am used to the voice of Stephen Briggs I found it quite hard to listen to Tony Robbinson at some times. Unfortunately I was not able to understand some of the lines where Tony Robbinson changes his voice for some characters even after listening to the book 2 and more times. Might also be, because I am not a native English speaker.
Though, imo, his voice goes a little bit too much on the whiny side for some chars. Voice volume is most of the time quite normal and ok, but at special occasions it turns very quiet and faint, too.
But else the book is great as Terry Pratchett's books generally are.
To conclude, if you have still other books to get, do so and wait for the unabridged version of this one.

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    3 out of 5 stars

Cut short....and ruined

I've listened to both versions of this book and (as usual) it has to be said the Unabridged versions read by Stephen Briggs are hugely superior to the abridged versions. Hopefully Audible will release it soon.

That said the actual book is my favourite of all the Discworld novels and I've been a fan for years...but if you've not read/listened to a Pratchett novel before I certainly couldn't recommend starting here. There's far to much written for the fan's ears and as a new reader you'd miss most of the books worth. Start with Guards! Guards! or any of the other earlier works.

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Abridged version

Caveat emptor, buyer beware. I didn't see that this was the abridged version until I'd downloaded it. Really can't see the point in reducing this wonderful book, and, unfortunately, Tony Robinson makes half the characters sound like Baldrick family members.

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Great listing, no surprise.

Another thrilling installment of city watch shenanigans. Well narrated by Tony Robinson. looking forward to the next book

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Short version

This is a shortened version of a masterpiece, the subtle little stories around the main plot is gone. Now it’s a fast boring story about not much. I regret buying it. Shame on audible for making it.

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