Nominee · Locus Awards 1988
Equal Rites
1987 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
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...
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- speculative fiction comedy
Locus Awards 1988
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