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I'm trying to read through more of the Discworld books in story order rather than the haphazard and sometimes backwards order I've been reading them. I went from Guards Guards to The Fifth Elephant and knew I'd missed a few in the Watch series.

So I've been looking at Men at Arms, but the "novel" is out of print, apparently, while "the play" is available. I'm trying to find out if this is just a joke, or if this is actually a play and not the real book. This Stephen Briggs has apparently adapted a few of the Discworld books for the stage and I don't know what I'm buying anymore. I'm not even sure this person is real or if Pratchett just gave Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler a real life identity with a pen name.

Can someone help me out? Am I getting the real deal from this: Men At Arms: The Play or some weird adaptation?

That looks like an adaptation.

Here's the novel on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Men-at-Arms-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0061092193/ref=pd_cp_b_0

Don't know why I couldn't find that, but thank you very much.

I think Pratchett's books swapped publishers in the States, so yeah, it might be hard to find them once in awhile.

almost every barnes and noble I've ever been in has all the books lined up in a corner of the fantasy section. Hes really quite popular.

I got most of mine from the local Books-A-Million that had a similar setup to the B&N Selgeron mentioned. Any I couldn't find there, I did order from Amazon.