Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches, #2) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Jan 15, 2008 Rosemary rated it it was amazing

This wasn't my first Pratchett book -- that was Color of Magic -- but it is the book that sent me back to Pratchett and since drained my bank account. These days, I own everything written by Pratchett except Carpet People. And I'll probably add that some day. I picked up the cartoon version of Wyrd Sisters and ran it one night as I was wrapping Christmas packages. Halfway through listening to it and sticking myself to shiny paper, I started to chuckle and then to laugh out loud. Next day, I went ...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Jamie Collins rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, humor

A fun novel featuring the Witches of Discworld. I enjoyed the little bits of humor more than the actual plot, although the Shakespearean theme was great. The whole book would have been worth it just for the glimpses of Nanny Ogg’s drunken rendition of “The Hedgehog Can Never be Buggered at All”.

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Jan 26, 2017 Randy rated it it was amazing

Bloody freak'n wonderful. Is this a dagger I see before me? ...more

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Apr 18, 2008 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, become the three witches in Macbeth. Granny Weatherwax says "Words change reality"
The Fool says "the past is what people remember, and memories are words. Who knows how a king behaved a thousand years ago? There is only recollection, and stories." ...more

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