Equal Rites Mass market paperbound - 2013
by Terry Pratchett
A dying wizard tries to pass on his power to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered too late. As part of a republication of the three original Discworld novels, this book includes a Discworld map, visitor's guide, crossword puzzle, and more.lspace.org.
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Reviewers broadly saw Equal Rites as a step forward for Discworld: more coherent than the first two books and anchored by the standout Granny Weatherwax. The gender satire and witch-versus-wizard contrast were praised for being sharp yet light, though some found the first half or middle slow, disliked the Dungeon Dimensions thread, or felt the magic overpowered the stakes. Overall, readers called it funny, warm, and confident early Pratchett, even if it shows a few rough edges.
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Every world has its rules--even a flat onecarried by four elephants riding on a giant turtle. That's why a dying wizard is searching for an eighth son of an eighth son to bestow his wizardly powers upon before meeting Deathin six minutes. Unfortunately it is quicklydiscovered--though not quite quickly enough--that the newborn babe the wizard anoints just before bidding the Discworld adieu is, in reality, a girl! What's done cannot be undone--despiteold Granny Weatherwax's attempts to bringthe child into the witchy fold--and little Eskis now a wizard, through and through. And she's destined to bring chaos and confusion to the all-male faculty of Ankh-Morpork'sUnseen University . . . who are alreadyfairly addled to begin with.
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- Title Equal Rites
- Author Terry Pratchett
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2013-01
- ISBN 9780062225696 / 0062225693
- Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 7.5 x 4.19 x 0.61 in (19.05 x 10.64 x 1.55 cm)
- Reading level 880
- Category Fiction - Fantasy
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Magic
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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