Sourcery

Title: Sourcery
Author: Terry Pratchett
Published: 1988, 2009 as an e-book
Genre: Humour fantasy
Pages: 336


I kept getting distracted again, so this one took a while. Plus there was a holiday abroad, and I spent it blissfully away from all internets. That was fun!

Sourcery! The fifth Discworld book. A good explanation on why the wizards are not allowed to have families. The eighth son of the eighth son tends to be a wizard. The eighth son of the eighth son of the eighth son? A wizard squared: a sourcerer, extremely powerful, able to bend even reality itself to his whim. And Ipslore the wizard is the eighth son of an eighth son, and his eighth son has just been born, leaving him a widow. Ipslore himself is dying, and manages to cheat Death itself to be able to guide his son the sourcerer to the top of the world. Him, and all wizardkind.

Of course this is not such a good idea, really. Not with all the reality-bending and stuff. Our favourite failure of a wizard, Rincewind, is roped in to help save the world with some unlikely heroes. I like the poking fun of hero stereotypes in this one. But at least they're a bit better at it than Rincewind!


   "I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that makes living worthwhile?"
   Death thought about it. 
   CATS, he said finally. CATS ARE NICE.


I like Death.