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Terry Pratchett: Sourcery (1989, Signet)

253 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 1989 by Signet.

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4 stars (6 reviews)

When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now magically, he's turned up again, and this time he's brought the Luggage.But that's not all...Once upon a time, there was an eighth son of an eighth son who was, of course, a wizard. As if that wasn't complicated enough, said wizard then had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son -- a wizard squared (that's all the math, really). Who of course, was a source of magic -- a sorcerer.

15 editions

reviewed Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (5))

Night spread across the Disk like plum jam, or possibly blackberry preserve. But there would be a morning. There would always be another morning.

5 stars

Solid Pratchett with story loops and all.

Again, exploration of mass delusion and grandeur. A very world-war-two-esque work, really. Solid stuff.

It’s vital to remember who you really are. It’s very important. It isn’t a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.

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Perhaps they would be words that would be remembered, and handed down, and maybe even carved deeply in slabs of granite. Words without too many curly letters in, therefore.

Are very nice quotes that punctuated the storyline. The only thing that prevents me from ranking this at five stars is that I know that later works of Pratchett were so much more powerful and dense.

Review of 'Sourcery' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I'm rereading all the Pratchett novels.

This story is somewhat blurry, but the characters are first rate. I especially like Creosote the poet, Nijel the brave, and, especially, Conina the hairdresser. Rincewind reminds me of one of my friends who has the same calculating personality but a good heart (and is even brave when he gets away from himself). This story is fun, but I especially love the characters.