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Loading... Wyrd Sisters (original 1988; edition 2001)by Terry Pratchett
Work InformationWyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (1988)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/wyrd-sisters-by-terry-pratchett/ Years since I had read this, and it was a happy return. This is the book that brought back Granny Weatherwax from Equal Rites, establishing the Witches as a new centre of activity within the Dicsworld mythology. I had forgotten how theatrical it is – the plot borrows heavily and consciously from Macbeth and Hamlet, and of course has a troop of travelling actors as an integral part of the plot. But Pratchett himself was very consciously theatrical in his public presentations, from what I remember. He clearly knew a fair bit about stagecraft. Some bits of the story are a little silly (time-slipping an entire kingdom by sixteen years?) but this has aged better than most of that year’s Hugo shortlist. no reviews | add a review
Terry Pratchett's fantasy classic Wyrd Sisters, a novel in the Discworld series, is the story of Granny Weatherwax, the most highly regarded non-leader a coven of non-social witches could ever have. Generally, these loners don't get involved in anything, much less royal intrigue. But then there are those times they can't help it. As Granny Weatherwax is about to discover, though, it's a lot harder to stir up trouble in the castle than some theatrical types would have you think. Even when you've got a few unexpected spells up your sleeve. Granny Weatherwax teams with two other witches - Nanny Ogg and Margat Garlick - as an unlikely alliance to save a prince and restore him to the throne of Lancre, in a tale that borrows - or is it parodies - some of William Shakespeare's best-loved works. No library descriptions found.
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Great fun like all the witch books. Leonard of Quirm gets a brief mention in this one, I think it is the first.
re-read 3/5/2024 for the Diskworld challenge. ( )