The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did before he died was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic world of magic, he failed to check on the newborn baby's sex. From the author of GUARDS! GUARDS!, WYRD SISTERS, and HOGFATHER.
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The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did before he died was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic world of magic, he failed to check on the newborn baby's sex. From the author of GUARDS! GUARDS!, WYRD SISTERS, and HOGFATHER.
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Add this copy of Equal Rites to cart. $84.72, good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Victor Gollancz.
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Good Condition in Good jacket. 9780575039506. SF, Fantasy & Horror. VG-/Good+ 1992 5th print Gollancz hardback, price-clipped jacket. Small tears and wear to both ends of jacket spine with some edge-wear to DJ, toning to pages, tight and unmarked. Size: 220mm / 140mm. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; SF, Fantasy & Horror; Fantasy; ISBN: 0575039507. ISBN/EAN: 9780575039506. Dewey Code: 823.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091664.
Add this copy of Equal Rites to cart. $84.98, good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Victor Gollancz.
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Good Condition in Good jacket. 9780575039506. Fantasy. VG-/Good+ 1992 5th print Gollancz hardback, with the BCA jacket. Unclipped jacket in protective sleeve, but this is the Book Club jacket with same artwork, no price to front flap and CN barcode to rear. Minor marks to front board, small stain to lower corner of inner front flap of jacket, a little spotting to page edges, tight and unmarked. Size: 140\nx 220mm. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fantasy; ISBN: 0575039507. ISBN/EAN: 9780575039506. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 083945.
Add this copy of Equal Rites to cart. $87.70, very good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by Victor Gollancz / BCA.
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Near Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. 9780575039506. SF, Fantasy & Horror. Near Fine/Near Fine 1996 reprint BCA hardback, identical jacket and size to the Gollancz original. Top of spine pushed, bright and unmarked. Size: 220mm / 140mm. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; SF, Fantasy & Horror; Fantasy; ISBN: 0575039507. ISBN/EAN: 9780575039506. Dewey Code: 823.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 088910.
Add this copy of Equal Rites (Discworld) to cart. $177.27, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Victor Gollancz.
Add this copy of Equal Rites to cart. $399.09, good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1987 by Victor Gollancz.
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Collectable-Good Condition in Good jacket. 9780575039506. SF, Fantasy & Horror. VG-/Good+ 1987 1st print 1st ed Gollancz hardback, unclipped jacket with correct price of £9.95. Name to corner of fly-leaf in pen. Some spotting to end-papers and top edge of page block. Some wear along jacket edges with minor stain residue around inside of base of jacket spine, bright and unmarked. Size: 220mm / 140mm. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; SF, Fantasy & Horror; Fantasy; ISBN: 0575039507. ISBN/EAN: 9780575039506. Dewey Code: 823.914. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091476.
Terry Pratchett is the Moe, Larry and Curley of contemporary satire. I've bought this book for more than one friend because I wanted them to laugh the way I did when I read it. When I hear guffawing somewhere in my house, I know somebody is reading one of the scores (thank goodness!) of Terry Pratchett books. If you don't take yourself too seriously, get these books.
BJCAT1
Sep 7, 2008
Kind of cute but no page turner
Equal Rites is part of Pratchett's Disc World series, so familiarity with the basics would be helpful for any new reader. The theme in this volume has to do with a male-magic dominated forced to recognize that females have a right to access the higher ranks of magicdom. This is the story of a young girl who has magical powers and gifts, learns to use them, and eventually challenges the magical hierarchy for a place of her own.
Pratchett's is a master wordsmith-- his plays on words are clever, and his characters are unfailingly colorful. This volume, however, is thinner on story line than some of his other works. Good for a few hours of light reading and some good chuckles.