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Equal Rites

Terry Pratchett

Part of the Discworld series

  • 255 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1987
  • 55 editions
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1 About this book

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 a play on words related to the phrase "Equal Rights".

The novel introduces the character of Granny Weatherwax, who reappears in several later Discworld novels. The protagonist Eskarina Smith does not return until I Shall Wear Midnight, which was published 23 years later.

Pratchett based the character Esk on his daughter Rhianna Pratchett.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: fantasy, science fiction, and the supernatural.

  • Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • Humor
  • Satire
  • Discworld (Imaginary place)
  • Wizards
  • Granny weatherwax
  • Paranormal fiction

2 About Terry Pratchett

1948–2015

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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