Equal Rites
Discworld, Book 3
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Narrated by:
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Indira Varma
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Peter Serafinowicz
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Bill Nighy
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By:
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Terry Pratchett
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before
The audiobook of Equal Rites is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). 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. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.'
Everybody knows there's no such thing as a female wizard. 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.
Thankfully Granny Weatherwax, the Discworld's most famous witch, has plenty of experience ignoring the status quo. With Granny's help, Esk sneaks her way into the magical Unseen University and befriends apprentice wizard Simon.
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...
'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian
'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The Times
Equal Rites is the first book in the Witches series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
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- Mark Rowley
- 24-06-22
The modern retelling are superior.
Like Wyrd Sisters, this is equally 'spell binding' with its brilliant plots, excellent presentation and just addictive.
Yet to hear a Disc World book that isn't just immense and these new readings are vastly superior to the already entertaining originals.
Very, very, very highly recommended.
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- J. E. Murphy
- 03-07-22
Wonderful Performance
I've always enjoyed Equal Rites; one of Terry Pratchett's best books. This particular telling of it was excellent!
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- D. A. Kirkland
- 20-05-22
Travel to the Discworld with Eske
I'm a long time fan of the Discworld and Pterry, it's a thrill to listen to such talented people bringing it to life! I did enjoy my trip to the ramtops and then ankh morpork and the unseen University. 100% would recommend to all listeners but especially Discworld Travellers!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-08-22
favorite Disc World book
This was an absolute joy. Indira Varma is one of the best narrators out there, and Equal Rites is perhaps the most entertaining Disc World book I've read so far.
favorite quote: the problem with wizards is that they all want to change the world. They never think about leaving the world as it is, and changing the people.
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- Jana
- 23-07-24
So far my favourite of this series.
I couldn't love this book more, it's brilliant! I enjoyed the previous two as well but this one is my absolute favourite so far!
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- Sinari
- 06-02-23
A new approach with a new narrator
I have all the unabridged audio books with Stephen Briggs, Nigel Planer and Tony Robinson but I was missing this one and Wyred sister because of the female narrator. I have tried but in the end I gave up listening them then.
I was really curious, once the new books were out, how the new narrator would sound and sceptic, because it is again one of the female persuasion.
And I was surprised, in a good way. First, if you are used to the voices of Granny and Nanny by Stephen Briggs, they sound a bit strange and, at least I, had to get used to it. Now I just love those newly narrated audio books as I love many other books of the discworld.
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- Jane Wallman-Girdlestone
- 24-02-23
Narration
The narration detracts from the story for me. Story is everything. Such a shame considering the actors are such high calibre and imaginatively resourceful. In needed much more thought about how to use them.
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- K Mich
- 22-05-22
Gods, the new narration is good!
I've listened to the old Pratchett audiobooks, all of them, but none have done such a good job of capturing the intent and tone of the speech as well as these have!
I might buy all of the new ones as well at this rate. Certainly the Witches series, Indira is amazing!
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- Natasha
- 13-07-22
Great narration!
For my first audio book I was really pleased with this. The main reason I picked this one was not just based on the general positive story reviews but because the voice of the narrator is a big deal to me. I can't listen to stories narrated by voices that just aren't convincing or interesting, so when I saw Indira Varma was reading it I got excited. She's a good actress anyway but I'm a big fan of her voice acting for Vivienne in the Dragon Age Inquisition game, and it made me smile as her voice has the same poise as it does as Vivienne, she carries the story well and kept me interested. Overall a good story too covering some of the old-fashioned views of women not being able to do something men can 🙂
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- TJC104
- 21-05-22
Equal Rites
Loved it and can't wait for the next book. Really enjoyed the updated narrator.
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