Equal Rites: A Discworld Novel: 3

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Said duel (usually between a man and a woman, and often with nice Freudian touches to the things they turn into) has a much longer history; folkies out there will probably know it as the song 'The Two Magicians'.

With Granny's help, Esk sneaks her way into the magical Unseen University and befriends apprentice wizard Simon. Equal Rites is a great jumping on point for anyone unfamiliar with the Discworld series and comes with my highest recommendation. Add to that the fact that the narrator of this audiobook, Celia Imrie, is a genius in giving each character here an individual voice, but being most perfect for Granny herself. I may be overthinking here and this may not be what the author meant at all, but you can replace the word magic in this quote with money. The staff, acting to protect Esk, strikes Simon on the head, closing the hole but trapping his mind in the Dungeon Dimensions.

No disrespect to Baldrick or Neil off of the Young Ones but Indira Varma knocks their renditions into a cocked hat, really brings out the writing. Loved that Death popped up right at the beginning and then Granny Weatherwax made her first appearance.

She went from “this is how it has always been, so we’re going to follow tradition” to “why does it have to be this way? But to me it also felt like a tale about the older generation coming to terms with and learning to embrace the desire for change promoted by the youth.Her experiences while trying to get to the Unseen University make Esk doubt whether it is possible for a girl to step into the wizardry world, which is a man’s land. Giggle, I am just thinking about getting some six packs, self distilled booze ( I hope I don´t get temporarily blind again), the guns and the boys to shoot at whatever we find out in the woods, who cares about, yolo. Pratchett's characters are very stereotypical of the various types of witches found at wiccan festivals.

Furnish the cabin in a post-War austerity style, and power the result with a 1935 vintage 850cc straight four engine pulling about 30bhp. She knows her own head but has a childlike mentality about a lot of things and it seems that she shares a smattering of stubborness with Granny that makes their stand-offs great to read. Pratchett was a feminist and there is no better way than the contrast between the first novels around the incompetent, and to a certain extent evil, Rincewind, and the selfless and clever witches to show and demonstrate mens´ hairy deficits and how he is rolling. Indira Varma does not, in any way, differentiate between the voices of all the different characters, or even the voices of the characters and the voice of the narrator. If you don’t have an issue with a woman performing a story about women, and like Pratchett’s silly world, you should enjoy this.Of course this book is vintage Discworld and these two, along with others, appear again and again later in the series and develop into much more rounded characters. Try to analyze how her character changes over the novels, one of the few greater evolutions of a main character in the Pratchettiverse.

Men have to be wizards and women have to be witches, no debate about that, it´s the unwritten rule of doing it so since… What, stop asking stupid troublemaker questions about small girls being wizards, that´s impossible as women lack the…er… physiology to cast spells because one needs… sperm, yes, and body hair, muscles, you know, musk smell, the epic stink, to show the magic who is boss and dominance, yes, violent alpha male predator stuff, no sissy girly unicorn rainbow witching around. Overall this book had to do something right, because I pretty much tore through it in a weekend, which despite it's short length is still rather fast for me.do something, chaos, destruction, and madness are a logical result while on the other hand, anything blessed with witches help, runs smoothly and peaceful. What's more, I've just recent re-read several of the more recent Witch novels from Pratchett, so they're fresh in my head. Thank you, Sir Terry, for your clear eyed view of the world and your gentle way of tweaking us about it.