Equal Rites (Discworld Novels (Audio))
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0753107376 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 494 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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S. Byatt . "Truly original.Discworld is more complicated and satisfactory than Oz. Has the energy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland.Brilliant!"-- A
Eskarina inherits the wizard's staff and with the reluctant help of Granny Weatherwax sets out to learn her new calling.. Equal Rites is the third in Terry Pratchett's phenomenally successful Discworld series. Unfortunately for his colleagues the eighth son turns out to be a daughter, and women aren't supposed to be wizards. The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son
Another fun read Well, it's a Discworld book, innit? It's not great literature, but it's a fun read. Pratchett hadn't hit his stride yet, but his style is definitely evolving and this book was a bit tighter and more imaginative than the earlier books.Tradition has it that wizarding ability is passed on to the 8th son of an 8th son when that child is born. So a dying wizard shows up at a remote town in the Ramtops to bestow his power on a newborn child of a blacksmith. But before they can explain that the baby is a girl, the wizard has passed along hi. Riparian Librarian said The Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic, though it's not necessary to have read them. After reading the first two thoroughly delightful Discworld novels, I decided to plow ahead with this one and commit to the whole series. This book is set some time after the misadventures of Rincewind and Twoflower from the first two novels, The Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic, though it's not necessary to have read them first, and a quick introduction is enough to situate a reader in the Discworld universe. (For that matter, Pratchett fans have suggested countless Discworld reading orders other than the usual order of public. Second Time Around Amazon Customer Okay, so I'm waiting for a book I won on Library Thing to be delivered and thought I'd read EQUAL RITES again and I'm so glad I did. I gave it five stars last time and I wish I could give it five more. It is so fun and funny and such a magnificent story! It is also incredibly well written. Sir Pratchett has a way of painting a scene that is unlike anyone else--a visual shorthand that describes the action perfectly with a sparsity of words. My only complaint about his writing (and I have read a lot of his books!) is that he occasional
Terry Pratchett is one of the world's most popular authors. In January 2009, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Pratchett a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his services to literature. Her roles on stage include Dotty in Noises Off" and Mrs Tilehouse in The Sea", and, on television, Diana in After You've Gone", Vera in A Dark Adapted Eye" and Miss Babs in Acorn