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Covers of Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, and Carpe Jugulum

“Comedy is laughter in the face of death”

Wyrd Sisters (1988) by Terry Pratchett

Witches Abroad (1991) by Terry Pratchett

Lords and Ladies (1992) by Terry Pratchett

Carpe Jugulum (1998) by Terry Pratchett

August 16, 2024 by drmllz 2 Comments

These are re-reads, these are beloved, these are–I suggest–suitable for the fanfic square because they are riotous and revelrous games with Shakespeare plays and fairy stories and Dracula and witch traditions, even while they question the logics behind them. For example, as Pratchett points out, witches would probably not be dancing around nude during their eldritch rites because it would get quite chilly. Wyrd Sisters (1988) Autocorrect keeps trying to make wyrd into ‘word’, which is fitting, because this is a book partly about the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, British humour, CBR16, cbr16bingo, discworld, drmllz, fanfic square, Fiction, humor, rereads, Terry Pratchett, witches

drmllz's CBR16 Review No:12 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, British humour, CBR16, cbr16bingo, discworld, drmllz, fanfic square, Fiction, humor, rereads, Terry Pratchett, witches ·
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