The blurb about "Monstrous Regiment" in the new Transworld catalogue
covering books being published under their various imprints in
Summer 2003 to Winter 2004, reads as follows:

"It was a sudden strange fancy ... "
... and now Polly Perks, in her brother's clothes and her hair cut
off, has joined up to fight for her country, just like the song
says. But who is the enemy? What is she really fighting for?
Why does she need a rolled-up pair of socks? War teaches you a
lot, she finds, when it turns out that you joined ... the
Monstrous Regiment."

and the blurb on the cover of the uncorrected book proof ('not for
distribution or resale'):

"It began as a sudden strange fancy...
"Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her
hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch
in public and walk like an ape took more time... " And now
she's enlisted in the army, and searching for her lost brother.
But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and
her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without
any training, and the enemy is hunting them. "All they have
on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a
vampire with a lust for coffee. Well ... they have the Secret.
And as they take the war to the heart of the enemy, they have
to use all the resources of ... the Monstrous Regiment."

And in related news

A Discworld Movie is in the makes! Snowgum Films (in Melbourne,
Australia) has just gained permission from Terry to adapt and shoot
Troll Bridge into a short 20-minute movie. Casting, crewing and
location scouting has been completed with the first day of shooting
just around the corner. Sure, it may not be Farscape, Mission
Impossible, or the Star Wars fanfilm The Broken Allegiance, but
these are some of the things some of the crew (the makeup artist,
the costume creator, and the director of photography in that order)
have worked on in the past.

Oh yeah at least one of the actor was also in Neighbours, but
Snowgum Films (not to mention the actor), would rather you didn't
know that.

So, if you want to see a bunch of mostly unemployed professionals
make the worlds first Discworld film - checkout the website for more
information and constant updates: http://www.snowgumfilms.com