terry pratchett's discworld wyrd sisters

I am repeating myself but no story involving Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax will ever be truly bad. “Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things.” This sets the stage for the second Witches novel on Discworld. Since witches don’t meddle in politics, they find a safe place for both child and crown – a travelling troupe of actors whose fake crowns are much more grand than the real one now hidden among their props. When Granny, Nanny, and Magrat’s meeting is interrupted, they find themselves with an infant and a crown on their hands. There are three witches and thespians, destiny and murdered kings, bubbling cauldrons and a clever fool – and of course Greebo, the cat. The German title for this early Discworld novel is MacBest and it should give you a pretty good idea of the theme Terry Pratchett tackles in this one. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe, particularly when the blood on your hands just won’t wash off and you’re facing a future with knives in it… Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn’t have. Witches don’t have these kind of dynastic problems themselves – in fact, they don’t have leaders. A child heir and the crown of the kingdom, both missing. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folks it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows met in the middle. Even if this wasn’t my favorite Discworld novel, I still enjoyed myself enormously. They are the coolest old ladies I’ve ever read about and I can’t get enough of them. The more Discworld books I read, the more I want to be like Granny Weatherwax and/or Nanny Ogg when I’m old.

Terry pratchett's discworld wyrd sisters