“...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.”
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"Unadulterated fun. . . witty, frequently hilarious." —San Francisco Chronicle<br/>The third novel in New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, a fantasy universe where anything can happen—and usually does.<br/>A dying wizard tries to pass his staff on to the eighth son of an eighth son. When it is revealed that the he is a girl named Esk, the news of the female wizard sends the citizens of Discworld into a tail-spin.<br/>With their biting satire and limitless imagination, it is easy to understand why 80 million Discworld books have been sold worldwide. Equal Rites possesses rich characterizations, a journey of awareness, and even a hint of romance from master storyteller Terry Pratchett.
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Terry Pratchett
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“...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.”
“The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.”
“Books tend to react with one another, creating randomized magic with a mind of its own.”