![]() And even in a world of wizards, trolls, dwarfs, Morris dancers - and the odd orangutan - they're spectacularly nasty creatures. The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick return home to discover that elves have invaded Lancre. And some things you really don't want to break through. So powerful, in fact, that they can cause the walls between realities to come crashing down. On Midsummer Night, dreams are especially powerful. And it was more colourful, if you liked the colour of blood. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually because it was shorter. 'People didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually Pirates of the Caribbean Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. The audiobook of Lords and Ladies is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones Luther This Way Up). Terry Pratchett (Author), Bill Nighy, Indira Varma, Peter Serafinowicz (Narrator) © Terry Pratchett 1987 (P) Penguin Audio 2022 Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this. The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The TimesĮqual Rites is the first book in the Witches series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order. 'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian With Granny's help, Esk sneaks her way into the magical Unseen University and befriends apprentice wizard Simon.īut power is unpredictable, and these bright young students soon find themselves in a whole new dimension of trouble. Thankfully Granny Weatherwax, the Discworld's most famous witch, has plenty of experience ignoring the status quo. So when the wizard Drum Billet accidentally passes on his staff of power to an eighth daughter of an eighth son, a girl called Eskarina (Esk, for short), the misogynistic world of wizardry wants nothing to do with her. 'They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.'Įverybody knows there's no such thing as a female wizard. The audiobook of Equal Rites is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones Luther This Way Up). TikTok launching its own book awards to celebrate titles, authors, content and creators of BookTok.International Booker Prize 2023 Won by Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel with Time Shelter. ![]()
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