Equal Rites

By Terry Pratchett

Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, fantasy, general, English literature, Science fiction, Discworld (Imaginary place), Fiction, Translations into Spanish, English Fantasy fiction, Fiction, satire, Wizards, Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character), Discworld (imaginary place), fiction, Translations from English, Fiction, humorous, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Literature and fiction, fantasy, Granny weatherwax (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Spanish Fantasy fiction, Margaret A. Edwards Award

Description: 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...