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Wyrd Sisters
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 28 April 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Comic (humorous) fantasy, Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Satirical fiction and parodies, Adventure / action fiction
- Rating
- 4.9 (11 reviews)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before
The audiobook of Wyrd Sisters is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.'
Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A child heir and the royal crown, both missing.
Witches don't have these kinds of leadership problems themselves - in fact, they don't have leaders.
Granny Weatherwax is the most highly regarded of the leaders they don't have. But even she finds that meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe. Particularly when the blood on your hands just won't wash off...
With an afterword by Joanne Harris.
'Pratchett's Discworld books have made millions of people happy' Guardian
'I love Terry Pratchett' Caitlin Moran
Wyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
© Dunmanifestin Ltd 1988 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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'Like Jonathan Swift, Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own, and like Swift, he is a satirist of enormous talent'
The Times
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'One of the perennial joys of modern fiction'
Mail on Sunday
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'One of the pleasures of the book is the way in which literary classics float effortlessly through them in a way that would be pounced on as inter-textual in another author but is never allowed to become strident or alienating in Pratchett's work'
Guardian
User Reviews
Book 4.9
Narration 4.9
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5.0 4.0
I read this as the first Pratchett I ever encountered not long after it was published. That was a long time ago now. I recently determined to reread every one of the novels and set out to do so in publication order (apart from the Guards sequence which I read as a group recently.
This is the one where he takes off in his command of the craft, it is witty, controlled, and superbly written. It is a masterful example of his clever writing and I am delighted to have reread it.
The afterword by Joanne Harris in the audio version I have ‘read’ is a wonderful addition.Didactylos 2026-02-22 -
5.0 5.0
Just brilliant the more you read the genius of Terry Pratchett the more you know you will need to read all his incredible stories again and again.
Thank you TP for making this strange universe we dwell in even stranger. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃Johnboy 2025-05-26 -
5.0 5.0
I'm a new-ish reader/listener of Pratchett's books and, as I suspected after listening to Equal Rites, the witches are simply amazing.
I love how they resemble the women I know and love in real life, and above all I love their self-respect and self-worth.
I've probably missed half of the theatrical references, but what I caught was enough to make me laugh out loud throughout the book.
In my view, it's brilliant story about magic, the power of words, chosen "destiny" and women doing what they feel is right.
Ms. Varna is a wonderful reader, musical and clear... I look forward to more audio books read by her :)Elnath 2024-10-09 -
5.0 5.0
Favorite reading in the series so far, just brilliantly done!
smi 2024-09-20
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5.0 5.0
Really funny characters with good development. I loved how it tied into the story of Macbeth but didn’t just retell it. Narration was also great :)
eisoryam 2024-07-10 -
4.0 5.0
Excellent narration
Barrie 2024-01-22
Details
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Narrator
- Indira Varma, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- Duration
- 9 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 April 2022
- ISBN
- 9781473588158
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Comic (humorous) fantasy, Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Satirical fiction and parodies, Adventure / action fiction
- Rating
- 4.9(11 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.9(11 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never beforeThe audiobook of Wyrd Sisters is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan. 'Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.'Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A child heir and the royal crown, both missing.Witches don't have these kinds of leadership problems themselves - in fact, they don't have leaders.Granny Weatherwax is the most highly regarded of the leaders they don't have. But even she finds that meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe. Particularly when the blood on your hands just won't wash off...With an afterword by Joanne Harris.'Pratchett's Discworld books have made millions of people happy' Guardian'I love Terry Pratchett' Caitlin MoranWyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.© Dunmanifestin Ltd 1988 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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