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...
Genres
- 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 literature
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