delightful tale in The Witches subsection of Prachett's amazing Discworld series, the fact that it immediately follows on from sitelinkWitches Abroad made it even more enjoyable.
I really love spending time with these characters in particular,
There's so many aspects that make this series great and this case it was the appearance of crop circles that led to parallel worlds and in turn murderous elves!
Pratchett's take on folklore is humorously horrific.
While all the various mentions to A Midsummer Night's Dream just highlighted that I've touched any Shakespeare since school.
But that is what is so magical about this series, as certainly elements will appeal to different readers.
Although they may feature witches and wizards, vampires and dwarves, along with the occasional odd human, Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld novels are grounded firmly in the modern world.
Taking humorous aim at all our foibles, each novel reveals our true character and nature,
It's a dreamy midsummer's night in the Kingdom of Lancre, But music and romance aren't the only things filling the air, Magic and mischief are afoot, threatening to spoil the royal wedding of King Verence and his favorite witch, Magrat Garlick.
Invaded by some Fairie Trash, soon it won't be only champagne that's flowing through the streets.
. . Elfler hayrete şayandır, Hayret uyandırırlar.
Elfler harikadır. Harikalar yaratırlar.
Elfler düş gibidir. Düşler üretirler.
Elfler muhteşemdir. İhtişam yayarlar.
Elfler büyüleyicidir, Büyü dokurlar.
Elfler müthiştir, Dehşet doğururlar.
Sözcüklerin özelliği, anlamlarının yılan gibi kıvrılabilir olmasıdır.
Ve yılan bulmak istiyorsanız, anlam değiştiren sözcüklerin ardına bakmanız gerekir.
Kimse elflerin iyi olduğunu söylememiştir,
Elfler kötüdür,
Diskdünya'nın en eğlenceli serilerinden olan "Cadılar" ın dördüncü kitabı.
Seride bağımsız okuyamayacağınız kitaplardan biri zira sitelinkCadılar Dışarıda nın devamı halinde akıyor hikaye.
Hamlet'ten Macbeth'e uzanan sitelinkWilliam Shakespeare referanslarında bu sefer sırada "Bir Yaz Gecesi Rüyası" var.
Sanırım serinin en eğlenceli üçlüsü olan Havamumu Nine, Ogg Ana ve Magrat Genua'daki "peri masalı"nın ardından yeniden Lancre topraklarında.
Muhteşem üçlünün gündeminde bu sefer büyük düğün hazırlıkları, cadılığın ardından kraliçeliği öğrenme çabaları, geçmişin sırları ve tek boynuzlu atlar var.
Bir de elflerin gerçek yüzlerini Tolkine'in anlattığı asaletten alınmamış nasiplerini gösterme amacını da es geçemeyiz elbette.
Bu kitapta Görünmez Üniversite rektörü ve kütüphanecisi de hikayenin eşlikçisi.
Cadılar serisinde hala favorim Cadılar Dışarıda olsa da yine çok eğlenerek okudum.
Özetle Diskdünya yine bildiğimiz gibi,
Muazzam. нічого не люблю у Пратчетта так сильно як його історї про відьом, а тут улюблена трійця і знову шекспірівщина, прекрасна історія. Ritual magic is gone mad, even more lunatic than the lucky fool, in a Shakespearean mythology overload.
The idea of the special, magic days inspired by natural phenomenon, astrology, and seasons is as old as humanity, but in this case, it goes a bit hawire and crop circles are just the beginning.
Unsuspected, unknown elements that go against the stereotypical description of anything magic or real, are a splendid comedy trope, as they question the whole logic of expectations regarding anything, easily leading to prejudices and problems.
Elves one may have hardly ever seen in fantasy come to play with this premise and show what way a life of wealth and without problems can do with one's personality.
The reason for the rare use of such modifications might lie in the problem with the suspension of disbelief, it simply doesnt fit if certain groups of fictional nations, groups, magic fractions, etc.
dont act as suspected. Its a grey area too, because going wholedegrees might be a bit too much exagerration, but in the far, far land of between good and bad, light and dark, football or soccer, there are many interesting thinks to philosophize about, such as
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In each extreme, from super good, to über evil, there are nuances and naughty little butterfly effects that can suddenly lead to the hero going evil or, hopefully not because it spoils the thrill and is boring, the evil going bad.
Please stay a sadistic badass, thanks, Not sure why its easier to believe that a good one turns bad than an evil one good, maybe it has something to do with retributive justice or that we prefer good people, because we are of course nice too, becoming evil for whatever more or less logical reasons.
Because I havent read A Midsummer Nights Dream, I might miss many of the gags, the same problem as with the other Pratchett novels in which the classics are satirized, but I guess it wont definitively be worth it just to get behind the laughs.
There are sadly no parallel universes, no different attitudes of wizards and witches, and in general far too less to really laugh about in classics that one tends to ask: Why so serious So better keep reading the satires inspired by world literature.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
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The idea of the dissected motifs rocks, highlighting the main real world inspirational elements of fiction and satire is something usually done with so called higher literature, but a much more interesting field in readable literature, as it offers the joy of reading, subtle criticism, and feeling smart all together.
Qué bueno! De nuevo encantada con un libro de Mundodisco, Siempre he dicho que mi subsaga favorita era la de la Muerte, pero hace algún tiempo que creo que las brujas la han superado.
No se me ocurre qué decir sin repetirme: me encanta el humor de Terry Pratchett, el universo de Mundodisco.
. . Nada que no haya dicho ya o que no se sepa, Pero es que este libro, que es en parte una parodia de "El sueño de una noche de verano", me ha enganchado mucho y me ha hecho disfrutar hasta el punto de que se me ha hecho corto y no quería que acabase.
Una maravilla de principio a fin, Qué gran talento tenía Pratchett!
Un saludo,
Carol Rodríguez The gals have been gone a while, and lots of things can happen in eight month's time.
Magrat is still planning to marry the new king and former fool of Lancre, and anyone who's everyone will be attending the Royal Wedding, including our favorite Librarian.
If only they can get him to put on some clothes, . .
But wait strange things are happening. Well, stranger things than the strange things that normally happen in Discworld,
Even the bees are worried,
Granny Weatherwax is reunited with an old love, Nanny Ogg is being wooed by a dwarf who's also the world's second greatest lover.
Magrat is discovering that being Queen is really, . . boring.
And the "lords and ladies" have somehow found a way through, and here's a hint.
. . they're NOT here for the Morris Dancing!
Now, it's up to the witches to stop Magrat's fairy tale ending from being ruined by.
. . fairies.
Lancre, Granny's "turf". Very bad idea to invade here and challenge a certain witch, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
In thisth volume of the Discworld series our three witches Granny Esme Weatherwax, Nanny Githa Ogg and Magrat return after their adventure in Genua to find all preparations made for a certain royal wedding.
Since I never much cared for Magrat, I also didn't really mourn her no longer being a witch but a queentobee.
However, the festivities are first hindered by a pair of cold feet and then also slightly.
. . shall we say "amended" by crop circles showing up everywhere, On the Disc, crop circles mean that the barriers between worlds weaken and what is trying to get to Lancre has not only been there before, but has also not been very nice the last time, no matter what folklore says nowadays.
Theywhomustnotbenamed indeed! So it is up to Granny and Nanny to save the day again though others are helping them, too, if they want them to or not.
This wonderful installment not only has a nice ending to Magrat's participation in the coven but also elements from Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, which is my favourite of his.
And we get a larger cast thanks to a few wedding guests being there as well, making for a very nice and funny mix not to mention some juicy information about Granny's younger years.
Like I said, I was never a fan of Magrat's but she was definitely at her best in this one especially the scene so it was a worthy goodbye in my opinion.
Granny is cunning and grumpy as ever Nanny is frivolous but caring and, yes, talented as ever Greebo is eternally looking for something small and squeaky and making the most accurate observation about Magrat.
All while a certain archchancellor is trying to reconnect with a certain witch, a certain dwarf is as persistent in his wooing of a certain other witch, the Librarian is in a foul mood due to how he's being treated, a troll refuses to comment about the matter, a wonderfully bloodthirsty falcon is finally getting the food it craves, we learn almost all about beekeeping, and.
. . mayhem ensues. But not without a proper unicorn, of course and no, they aren't as fluffy as you think either.
These are from the Discworld Imaginarium and the attention to detail is even more staggering than I had hoped but you have to have
read the books to realize it!
Anyway, I've been a fan of the witches ever since the first book Granny made an appearance in and that hasn't changed.
Therefore, I knew this would be a winner but the fact that Pratchett managed to either keep the incredibly high level of quality or even improve on it, is fantastic.
Bees for the win!,