Equal Rites
A Discworld Novel
-
-
4.5 • 300 Ratings
-
-
- $1.99
Publisher Description
“Unadulterated fun. . . witty, frequently hilarious.”—San Francisco Chronicle
Chaos and hilarity ensue when a young woman becomes the first female wizard, upending the Discworld in this bitingly funny tale from internationally bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
Everyone knows there’s no such thing as a female wizard. So when a dying wizard accidentally passes on his staff of power to an eighth daughter of an eighth son, the exclusively masculine world of wizarding is thrown into a tailspin.
Eskarina isn’t afraid of male critics and she isn’t going to relinquish this unexpected gift. With a little hocus pocus from Granny Weatherwax, the Discworld’s most infamous witch (an old crone who has plenty of experience ignoring the status quo), Esk infiltrates the magical Unseen University and befriends another apprentice, a wizard named Simon.
But power is unpredictable, and these bright young students soon find themselves in a whole new dimension of trouble. . . .
The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Equal Rites is the first book in the Witches collection. The Witches collection, in order, include:
Equal RitesWyrd SistersWitches AbroadLords and LadiesMaskeradeCarpe Jugulum
Customer Reviews
Totally magic
Can see this book easily made into a tv series! Would love to see how this would be done! TP must not allow any imagery to be spoiled by putting any of his books into another media. Something to be said to using your own imagination and not have anyone change the magical feeling you get when you read TP and Disc World. This book introduces Granny W. And she’s wonderful.
Page order
On the iPhone 6+ the right order to read is:
1 - 68 (ends with granny writing a letter)
163 - 244 (starts with the text of the letter written on p.68)
69 - 162
Perhaps other screen sizes get a different amount on each page?
First and second halves need to be switched around--pls fix!!
I love Terry Pratchett and the book is great.
BUT somehow the first and second halves of this book have been switched around. So halfway through the book you realize that you're now reading what is actually the first part of the story. Not cool. Please fix this error!!