In Dec. of 2007, Pratchett disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. On 18 Feb, 2009, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. I highly recommend this book. Although this is the third book in the series, you can read it without reading the first two since they feature different characters. In Discworld, there are unwritten rules that govern magic. One of these is- guys are wizards and girls are witches. Wizards have staffs. Witches have pointy hats and work with nature. I know that the books get even funnier, wittier and just more and more involved with the wonderful world that Sir Terry created, but this was just a 5 star read, laugh out loud funny and world building from the RamTops to the Rimfall.

We are also introduced to my favourite-my MOST FAVOURITE-character of the Discworld: Granny. Here she is as cantankerous and stubborn and wonderful and ridiculous as ever, and showing power that she rarely shows in other books. We also see her wonderful flaws even this early on: not wanting to admit she's wrong so she just headbutts ignorance right full on in the face. We also get her all alone without Nanny or any other witch, so it's quite an important role she's got here as the introduction to Discworld Witches. Pratchett introduces her very well and keeps her grounded with her stubborn nature and inability to accept she doesn't know things. 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. Executive Summary: Not as funny or as quotable as The Light Fantastic, but very enjoyable for other reasons. 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. Since the Discworld society expects boys to seek fortune and girls to seek boys with fortune, she wonders that perhaps girls don’t have fortunes to seek. She almost decides to give up even before reaching the university, which is sadly common for many girls in the real world too. Fortunately, Granny’s guidance and her inner spirit make her fight on.

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Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the third novel in the Discworld series and the first in which the main character is not Rincewind. The title is wordplay on the phrase "Equal Rights". Esk, of course, had not been trained, and it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done." pg 61, ebook. At the university, the librarian seems the only one smart enough to see Esk and see her for what she is - and to be kind to her (granted, only after she gave him bananas but still). I'm loving the Discworld and I can't wait to meet more of the characters. I don't have Mort at this time, so unless I get it from the library, I will wait a bit until I can acquire Mort. I found a whole slew of these books 2nd hand and now have about 25, but Mort and Sorcery were not among them. I want to find them used because the new ones are a different size and they don't match up. My Equal Rites is longer and doesn't match. Bummer. Plus, Granny Weatherwax is a great character. I've read that she changes quite a bit in the Wyrd Sisters and beyond, but I'm glad I can see how she started out before I jump into that.

urn:oclc:317688954 Scandate 20110919105620 Scanner scribe14.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Source It was good thunderstorm country, up here in the Ramtop Mountains, a country of jagged peaks, dense forests and little river valleys so deep the daylight had no sooner reached the bottom than it was time to leave again. Okay. Almost every word in the English language has a whole slew of historic associations. People on the Disc can't possibly speak 'English' but I have to write in English. Some carefully-positioned 'translations' like 'It's all Klatchian to me' can work, but if I went the whole hog and 'discworlded' every name and term, then the books would be even more impenetrable and would probably only be read by people who like learning Klingon. I do my best -- French fries can't exist on Discworld, for example -- but I think 'gypsies' is allowable."This exploration of what kinds of magic women can and can’t do reminded me of the debate in modern Judaism about whether women should be able to perform mitzvot (commandments) from which they are traditionally considered ‘exempt’ (that is, only men are allowed to perform them). Rabbi Joseph ber Soloveitchik, for instance, argues that the reason men and women have different religious obligations is because they are ontologically different creatures, seeing the sexes as separate spiritual castes (for a layman-friendly breakdown of the modern debate surrounding the role of women in Judaism I recommend rabbi Hartman’s The God Who Hates Lies, which I reviewed here). The first mention of this particular running gag in the Discworld canon (to be featured most prominently in Guards! Guards!). This is not the earliest appearance in Terry's overall work, though: he also uses it on p. 46 of The Dark Side of the Sun. Douglas Adams uses a variation on this idea with his improbability drive in The Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

There are over 40 books in the Discworld series, of which four are written for children. The first of these, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal.But power is unpredictable, and these bright young students soon find themselves in a whole new dimension of trouble. Let the battle of the sexes begin . . . But Weatherwax seems to be not quite fully formed here. Isn't that odd? Or perhaps it isn't. This is the first time we see her and I have nothing but fond memories of the woman she reveals herself to be later. BUT, of course, such things always come with time. Thankfully, the wizard/witch battle was still brilliant. :) I quite liked this book, and it was entertaining from start to finish. It's a smaller book and certainly doesn't "wow" the reader, but it has some interesting concepts that I have yet to see delved into in fantasy novels - while maintaining a humorous tone. No queriendo entrar en detalles este libro narra las aventuras de la pequeña Eskarina la cual ha heredado un cayado de un mago. Todo esto estaría bien sino fuera porque las mujeres no pueden llegar a ser “magos” pues esto es un rol relegado solo a los hombres mientras que las mujeres solo pueden ser “brujas”. Sin embargo, el autor se burla de ello y nos muestra que ella es capaz de eso y más. Eso sí, las pullitas entre magos-brujas nunca me cansan.