The best audiobooks, the best format motionaudiobooks. The science of discworld audiobooks are read by michael fenton stevens and stephen briggs. In my conscience it seemed fitting that the witches books, that tread in the waters of female empowerment and equality on a number of occasions. Equal rites by terry pratchett book the fast free shipping. Listen to mort discworld novel 4 by terry pratchett available from rakuten kobo. Interesting times is the fifth book in the rincewind series, in case you want to read them in order here they are. Equal rites is fantastic, but the mixing of the audio on the audiobook is absolutely horrendous. The only hope for peace is rincewind, the failed magician who has a risky. Jan 28, 2019 considering the delightful nigel planer and stephen briggs are the gold standard for pratchett, this was a tough gig. Terry pratchetts third discworld novel, equal rites, asks many provocative questions about magic, where it goes, where it comes from, and why. Head office and distribution centre unit e1, 329 birnie avenue, lidcombe nsw 2141 abn 24 096 845 126. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Terry pratchett audio cd in audio books for sale ebay. I read this book last year, and just finished listening to the audiobook read by nigel planer with my children.
He was educated at westminster school, the university of sussex at brighton, and lamda. Mp3 books are available on both mp3 cd and usb memory stick and via streaming. Nigel does a great job and is at least on par some characters better, some worse with steven briggs. All this books and stuff, that isnt what it should all be about. Narrators of the series include nigel planer and tony robinson, who many listeners will recognise from some of tvs greatest comedies. The recording is decent, with distinctive voices for each character, but the editing is very spotty in places. Discworld series 37 books fix terry pratchett audio book torrent free download, 67587. The book covers the process up to puberty roughly and stops there. Unfortunately, drum billet never bothered to check the gender of the newborn baby, and it turns out it was a girl. Buy terry pratchett audio cd in audio books and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Once you have read that one, you start to develop a love for the characters. Terry pratchetts hogfather is a twopart television film adaptation of hogfather by terry pratchett, produced by the mob, and first broadcast on sky1, and in high definition on sky1 hd, over christmas 2006.
Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Mort audiobook by terry pratchett 9781407032733 rakuten kobo. Discworld series 37 books fix terry pratchett audiobook. On first read of the first three discworld books, i found them clunky and had several specifics to that saga that were awkward as literary ideas. Because i have read the earlier books, it is interesting to follow this argument in the disc world. From discworld to good omens, his novels are hilariously funny, filled. They were different from each other, but shared a certain reedy stuffiness which was quite fine. Mp3 unabridged discworld 1 colour of magic read by nigel planer clear sound discworld 2 the light fantastic read by nigel planer clear sound discworld 3 equal rites read by cilia embry faint sound discworld 4 mort read by nigel.
Terry pratchett 8 cassette audio book small gods read by nigel planer 9hrs. Two books from the main novels, equal rites and wyrd sisters, are read by celia imrie. Terry pratchett books where to start discworld, good. Unabridged novels are read by nigel planer the colour of magic to carpe jugulum and stephen briggs the fifth elephant to the shepherds crown. The colour of magic, the first novel in terry pratchetts wildly imaginative discworld series, takes the listener on a remarkable journey. Equal rites isnt one of pratchetts best, but i had high hopes for this audiobook, thinking that celia imrie a fine comic actress was a good choice for a story which centres on two female characters. Books by terry pratchett 42 books calibre audio library. Right before the wise old wizard drum billet died, he passed on his magical staff of power to the newborn eighth son of an eighth son. Although the scythe isnt preeminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants. Terry pratchet discworld complete set vol1 titles 115. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Does anyone know why nigel planer gave way to stephen briggs in.
The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards. Now his chauvinistic colleagues are forced to deal. Shame there was no nigel planer unabridged version tony robinson does bring this alive, but its a shame i couldnt get the unabridged read by nigel planer. Volume and pitch is completely off between sentences. Click new books to see the latest additions to the calibre library click on the book title to see more details including synopsis, books by same author etc. He has appeared in many west end musicals, including original casts of evita, chicago, we will rock you, wicked, and charlie and the chocolate factory. Witches abroad was the 12th discworld book, which means that coming to it late means going back to a discworld where the watch is still a bit of a joke, where tiffany aching has yet to emerge, and where so many of the social changes with regard to the less human creatures of the disc had yet to occur. Shame there was no nigel planer unabridged version tony robinson does bring this alive, but its a. I think sir terry flexed his literary muscles with his third book, equal rites. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today.
Equal rites discworld series book 3 terry pratchett author 2009 equal rites. Although the scythe isnt preeminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. Audiobook audiobooks terry pratchett for sale ebay. Apr 30, 2019 terry pratchett is counted amongst the greatest fantasy writers of all time, and time and again new readers discover him.
The first three books are hard work in my opinion until you come to morrt. If you are looking to get into the series, this book is a good place to start. Unfortunately, though, frequent mispronunciations and odd intonations show that she didnt really understand what she was reading, and jarred me out of the story. Now, suddenly, discworld is brought to the brink of an allout thaumaturgical war. Terry pratchett, nigel planer, random house audiobooks. Im going through the audiobooks at the minute and have grown massively. Narrator nigel planer is incredibly charming and thoroughly precise in his delivery. Particularly good, in my opinion, was the way she voiced the various wizards. Written by terry pratchett, audiobook narrated by tony robinson. Unfortunately, drum billet never bothered to check the gender of the newborn baby, and it turns out to be a girl.
The magical planet of discworld is supported by four massive elephants who stand on the back of the great atuin, a giant turtle swimming slowly through the mysterious interstellar gulf. Equal rites is a very pleasant little story about wizards and witches and a woman trying to grow up and develop as a wizard in the masculine by tradition wizard world. That being said, ill take tony robinsons abridged equal rites and wyrd sisters over celia imries any day. Equal rites, asks many provocative questions about magic, where it goes, where it comes from, and why. Equal rites the third discworld novel and the first to feature the hedge witch granny weatherwax, equal rites is an adventure story about the childhood of the discs first female wizard, eskarina smith. I have no doubt that the female wizard will appear in a. The story is weaker than many of the other discworld books in the witches series. Contentsshow career acting planer is perhaps best known for his role as neil, the hippie housemate of vyvyan adrian edmonson, rick rik mayall and mike christopher ryan.