Sourcery: (Discworld Novel 5) (Discworld Novels)

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For example, a popular spell at the time was Pelepel’s Temporal Compressor, which on one occasion resulted in a race of giant reptiles being created, evolving, spreading, flourishing and then being destroyed in the space of about five minutes, leaving only its bones in the earth to mislead forthcoming generations completely.” Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine in wraps, a clean copy. Spine lightly sunned, no other damage noted of any kind. 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. And the end of the world, depending who you listen to. Sourcery is a fantasy book by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 1988 and it is the fifth book in the Discworld series.

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It didn't look like the kind of snow that whispers down gently in the pit of the night and in the morning turns the landscape into a glittering wonderland of uncommon and ethereal beauty. It looked like the kind of snow that intends to make the world as bloody cold as possible.” 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. Hutchinson, Tom (9 June 1988). "Galactic giggle; Sourcery, By Terry Pratchell; Books". The Times– via Factiva. She's nothing more than a pathetic, little half-blood," the ancient woman had continued. "I say send her to the Masters. I'm in need of a little girl to clean my toilets."

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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. She had this amazing capacity to turn sadness into anger and anger into action, which meant nothing ever kept her down for long.” He had spent years in search of boredom, but had never achieved it. Just when he thought he had it in his grasp his life would suddenly become full of near-terminal interest.” On the Discworld, "sourcerers"—wizards who are sources of magic, and thus immensely more powerful than normal wizards—were the main cause of the Great Mage Wars that left areas of the Disc uninhabitable. As eight is a powerful magical number on Discworld, men born as the eighth son of an eighth son are commonly wizards. Since sourcerers are born the eighth son of an eighth son of an eighth son, they are "wizards squared". To prevent the creation of sourcerers, therefore, wizards are not allowed to marry or have children.

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Of course, like all the informal inhabitants of the University the roaches were a little unusual, but there was something particularly unpleasant about the sound of billions of very small feet hitting the stones in perfect time. Terry recieves an SFX award for Best SF/Fantasy author, Worst Dressed Person in SF and is inducted to their Hall of Fame for contributions to SF Rincewind rather enjoyed times like this. They convinced him that he wasn’t mad because, if he was mad, that left no word at all to describe some of the people he met.” As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one another where the fresh fruit was.”Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact – the very embodiment of magic itself – halfway across the Disc to safety. If he doesn’t make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand. announces that Terry has five novels in Britain’s Top 100 favourite books – a number equalled only by Charles Find sources: "Sourcery"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) 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.