Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late...
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Fantasy, Fiction, Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character), Discworld (Imaginary place), Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, Wizards, Fantasy fiction, Discworld (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, humorous, English Fantasy fiction, Translations into Spanish, Spanish Fantasy fiction, Translations from English, Fiction, humorous, general, Literature and fiction, fantasy, Granny weatherwax (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, satire, Margaret A. Edwards Award, English literaturePeople
Eskarina Smith (Fictional character), Granny Weatherwax (Fictional character), Drum Billet (Fictional character), Archchancellor CutanglePlaces
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Equal Rites: A Discworld Book
1988, New American Library
in English
- 1st Signet printing.
0451157044 9780451157041
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"This is a story about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesn't pretend to answer all or any of these questions."
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