Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett

...makes his political point of equal rites laboured. Were Pratchett succeeds is in providing a short, sharp tale that while based in fantasy is obviously a political sideswipe at the "glass ceiling" for women prevalent in male dominated professions. Nonetheless, this is a good read largely due to one liners from Granny Weatherwax and observations on life by Pratchett. He has an uncanny ability to make you laugh out loud in all his novels and this is ...
...to be buried?" Granny Weatherwax: "Yes!" Smith: "Well, how?" Granny Weatherwax: "Reluctantly." "If broomsticks were cars, this one would be a split-window Morris Minor." At 293 pages it is short enough to hold interest throughout and doesn't have the initial drag as some deeper fantasy novels do while setting up a convuluted plot. It provides a good background for later novels although leaves you longing to know what happens to characters such ...

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...latest book I’ve finished is Equal Rites – the third Discworld novel and the first foray into the chronicles of the Witches. Perhaps unfortunately for me, I read Carpe Jugulum beforehand – a Pratchett book which is brilliant in every way – so Equal Rites had a lot to live up to and just didn’t manage it in my opinion. The story is about a young girl called Esk (short for Eskarina). She is a wizard. Well, kind of. She ...
...as it was pre-Discworld) and Equal Rites isn’t a bad book either. I would recommend any fans to read it, but for those that haven’t ventured into the world of Pterry yet, choose something else to read first. This lacks something. It may simply be experience, as this was Pratchett’s third Discworld novel and after two Rincewind books, a new venture for him with brand new characters. The witches’ books are amongst his ...

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...the story. That book was Equal Rites and now I'm going to share why this book still holds a special place in my heart…. Before I start telling you about this actual book, perhaps I should set the scene a little. This is the third instalment in the series of books that are set on the fantastical Discworld, a flat, disc shaped world where magic rules the lives of the various witches, wizards, heroes and other unfortunates that inhabit it. Oh, and ...
...shoulders of four elephants that in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. And so on to the story…. If there's one thing the Witches and Wizards of Discworld are sure of, it's that they're going to die, and in fact they have advance knowledge of the very moment of their demise. And so it is that Drum Billet is making his way through a thunderstorm, guided by his staff to (the about to be born) eighth son of an eighth son who will inherit the ...

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This is the third book in the Discworld series, the Discworld is, as its name suggests a flat disk. An idea thought up by the creator when he was in a more imaginative mood than usual. The disc is carried on the back of four elephants that stand on the back of an astrochelonian (giant space turtle to you and me:). It has a strong magical field which holds it together and as a result of this it has many strange features and odd inhabitants, though ...
...This book begins when a wizard starts getting sloppy about checking the sex of his successor, which just so happens to be a girl. The blacksmith is an eighth son and the child who is now being born is his eighth child and everyone knows what that means (the eighth son of an eighth son is always a wizard). Drum Billet thinks he has been clever and managed to pass his staff on to the blacksmith "son" before Death catches up with him, but unfortunately ...

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...be wizards (hence the title equal rites). Thats the beginning sorted right the next part of the story is the fact that our GRANNY WEATHERWAX helping our young navie ESKARINA, so that she can get into the unseen unversity* and learn how to be a wizard. However along the way there will be other characters trying to stop our young ESKARINA from getting into the unseen unversity*. *The unseen unversity is the a unversity for wizards you go here to ...
...old witch who is very equal minded she believes in common sense and that all people should be equal in some sense. ESKIRNA is a young navie wizard/ witch she plays a good part in this book but she is rarely used and GRANNY WEATHERWAX takes up most of the spotlight. There are some other characters that come in the book as it goes along but they are some of the main ines and the funny ones. THE DISCWORLD: On every review i do of his books im gonna ...

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Equal Rites is the third in the Discworld series of books. At the beginning an old wizard, who knows he has only a few minutes to live, journeys to a remote village with a silly name in order to pass on his staff to a deserving recipient. He knows that an eighth son of an eighth son has been born, and these are traditionally sorcerers. Off he goes then, looked at with interest by the many goats in the region, and the blacksmith's cat. He tells the ...
...… Equal Rites is typical of the early Discworld books - quite short, very readable, funny in many places, full of strange characters, and with a good plot. Like some of the other early novels set on the disc, it never quite achieves brilliance, mainly because author Terry Pratchett's writing style hadn't fully developed when he wrote this one. The satire is pretty straight-forward, which isn't to say it isn't good but it lacks depth and subtlety ...

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...and strong, well written characters. Equal Rites is filled with humour and will have anyone chuckling along with the antics of the now well loved Granny Weatherwax and the Wizards. Granny really starts here, you can see how much fun Pratchett has playing with Granny's character and it is obvious he loves the character a lot. Esk is a typical, strong minded eight year old girl, the stubbornness of youth is captured beautifully in her and contrast's ...
...wining the right to be equal with men, no it is more about the two different sexes coming together and complimenting each other, using their different strengths and talents together to make a better world. I personally think this is a very important message. We shouldn't be trying to make androgynous people who are neither sex, but rather we should be glorying in the differences of gender and using them equally to all our advantages. Pratchett is ...

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Equal rights is the third book in a series of 36.Its about several different stories taking place on you guessed it a disk world. The books I have read so far in the series including this one have been full of humour which I have been looking for a series like this for a long time that mixes humour and science fiction/Fantasy. My only problem is that some of the bits of story get a bit mathematical for me. Background The disk world rests on crater ...
...Train. The book features witches and wizards. In this book there is something similar to Hogwarts instead its called unseen university where wizards go for training. It is located in a city named Ankh Mort. It was a reputation of being the smelliest city in the world the author even describes it being smellier than France am not sure why. The only difference between Unseen and Hogwarts is the leaders of Unseen are always trying to kill each other ...

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Equal Rites. The third book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. An entity unto itself, a fresh complete story following on from the first two books which dealt mainly with Rincewind the failing wizard. (Not forgetting Twoflower and the trunk made from Sapient Pearwood.) A wizard called Drum Billet visits, in his dying moments, what he thinks is the predestined birth of an eighth son to an eighth son. He carries the staff of wizardry to pass ...
...brought to him in the arms of the witch Granny Weatherwax. Before anything can be changed it transpires that the baby is actually a daughter who has been given the elaborately carved staff of wizard magic. The staff has a sullen Pratchettian character all of its own and is carefully hidden, for now, in a dark corner whilst the child "Esk" grows up to be nine years old. The book is all about how a female can become acceptable in the eyes of Discworld ...

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This is the first book in which Granny Weatherwax appears and the third book in Terry's discworld series. In this book terry develops the backround of the magical side of his books a bit further and expands the world and starts to set the groundwork which he later relates back too. Again in this book many of his characters are underdeveloped but still very funny and their personalities come across well. The book can be read as one of a series ...
...It is not one of my favorite books and it is not one i woudl recomend to someone as a first Discworld book. But if you like the others and want something to fill up some time this is a bit of a lighthearted read and you wont regret it. ...

Fisheye 15.07.2000 · Read full review
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This book, like so many in the discworld series, was absolutely brilliant. Terry's sense of humour about gender equality is subtle, leading no offense to either side. I just couldn't put this book down and have read it several times. Defenitely a must have in the discworld series. ...

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Unlike the harry Potter series, this the 3rd book in the discworld series, says very clearly that wizards are men and witches are women and never the twain shall meet. Politically incorrect - possibly but this premise sets up a lighthearted affair where Esk is given a wizards staff and attempts to enter the unseen university. She is helped in this by the 1st appearance of Granny Weatherfax who goes on to prove that witches may not be wizards but ...

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This is the third disc world novel and my favourite so far. I love Granny Weatherwax, she always knows how to fit and make people believe she belongs. The play off between witches and wizardds is very entertaining. I Found it very easy to read and would recommend it for adults and children alike. I was very late discovering Terry Pratchett but know buy every book as soon as it is published. My 9 year old daughter also finds this and other Terry Pratchett ...

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