![]() ![]() If you're re-reading the entire series in order for the first time, as I am now - they were read in the order i could find them in the local library first time round, a right higgle piggle - you can easily follow the writer's professional progress, and the blooming of his characters, plots and humour. Some new jokes get added to the ones that seem to pop up in every book he writes, and at long last he fleshes out female characters - the ones here leap off the pages, whereas before, most female parts were just two-dimensional cliches. His writing ability takes another step upwards, at last breaking free from the amateurish naffness that pretty much plagued the first five novels of the series (excepting MORT, which kind of suggests the writing order was different to the publication order). It’s comedy fantasy at its very best.įor anyone who sadly had to pick apart a Shakespeare play at school, this is a must-read tonic and antidote, as Pratchett has already done all the picking apart, and has reassembled the play in a completely different order. I have no hesitation in highly recommending it. I love everything about ‘Wyrd Sisters’ and was extremely happy to revisit it after all these years. There is a great deal in ‘Wyrd Sisters’ inspired by the life and works of Shakespeare: including elements from the Scottish play, a ghostly king, and a play within a play from ‘Hamlet’ and a travelling troupe of actors with a playwright named Hwel (Will). The sort of person who worried about baby birds falling out of nests.” ![]() Everyone’s fairy godmother, for two pins. Based on the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett. As Granny Weatherwax observes: “That was Magrat for you. Discworld: Wyrd Sisters is a British television series that first aired on Channel 4 in 1997. All three are such brilliant characters and the delightfully flaky Magrat has a special place in my heart. I adore ‘Wyrd Sisters’ and especially the witches. There is an infant heir and the crown of the kingdom, yet both are missing. The audiobook of Wyrd Sisters is narrated by Indira Varma ( Game of Thrones Luther This Way Up ). One stormy night Granny Weatherwax, who was introduced in ‘Equal Rites’, Nanny Ogg, the earthy matriarch of the Ogg clan, and enthusiastic junior witch, Magrat Garlick, gather on a lonely heath.Įlsewhere King Verence, the monarch of Lancre has been murdered and his throne usurped by Duke Felmet and his ambitious wife. Piranesi By: Susanna Clarke Publisher's Summary Brought to you by Penguin. I did a dual read/listen with its unabridged audiobook narrated by Celia Imrie. ‘Wyrd Sisters’ was originally published in 1988 and is Book 6 in The Discworld series and the Witches Book 2. Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: ‘Well, I can do next Tuesday.’ - ‘Wyrd Sisters’ by Terry Pratchett. As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: ‘When shall we three meet again?’ “In the middle of this elemental storm a fire gleamed … It illuminated three hunched figures.
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