There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son ... a wizard squared ... a source of magic ... a Sourcerer.

Sourcery | Terry Pratchett

The story follows the wizard Rincewind who appeared in the first two Discworld books. He has to deal with the problems created when a young boy named Coin, the eighth son of an eighth son, and the most powerful wizard in the world tries to take over the world. [1] Adaptation [ change | change source ] Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth There are eight levels of wizardry on the Disc; after sixteen years Rincewind has failed to achieve even level one. In fact it is considered opinion of some of his tutors that he is incapable even of achieving level zero, which most normal people are born at; to put it another way, it has been suggested that when Rincewind dies the average occult ability of the human race will actually go up by a fraction.” Sky TV planned to make a TV version of the book, although these plans were never completed. [2] Reception [ change | change source ] Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987, he turned to writing full time.She had this amazing capacity to turn sadness into anger and anger into action, which meant nothing ever kept her down for long.” Unseen University, the Discworld’s most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You’d think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . . In Dec. of 2007, Pratchett disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. On 18 Feb, 2009, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

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Terry receives a Margaret A. Edwards Award honouring his significant and lasting contributions to young First Edition. SOURCERY, Gollancz / Colin Smythe, Ltd., 1988, first edition, very fine in like full color wrap-around pictorial dust-wrapper by Josh Kirby. Discworld #5. INSCRIBED by the author. The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.” As the drastic consequences of sourcery begin to unfold, one wizard holds the solution in his cowardly, incompetent hands. Rincewind must take the University’s most precious artefact, the very embodiment of magic itself, and deliver it halfway across the disc to safety . . . If he doesn’t make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand.

The Science of Discworld II

announces that Terry has five novels in Britain’s Top 100 favourite books – a number equalled only by Charles