Sourcery

Sourcery

2022 Penguin paperback, cover design by Leo Nickolls
Author	Terry Pratchett
Audio read by	Tony Robinson (abridged); Nigel Planer (unabridged) Colin Morgan (new)
Cover artist	Josh Kirby
Country	UK
Language	English
Series	Discworld
Release number	5
Sub-series	Rincewind
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Gollancz (hardcover), Corgi (paperback)
Publication date	1988-05-26
Preceded by	Mort
Followed by	Wyrd Sisters

Blurb

There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son... a wizard squared... a source of magic... a Sourcerer.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2015-09-29	Radio Morpork	“Apocralypse Now”	radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2018-01-08	Pratchat	“You're a Wizzard, Rincewind”	pratchatpodcast.com
2019-03-15	The Death of Podcasts	“Sourcery”	aalgar.com
2019-05-28	Wyrd Sisters	“Sourcery”	wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2020-04-06	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“Meg-A-Lo-Man-I-A-Cal” (1/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-04-13	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“What The Hell Are Stiff Peaks Anyway?” (2/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-04-20	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“I Don’t Want To Eat A Human Person” (3/3)	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-04-24	The Compleat Discography	“Sourcery”	compleatdiscography.page
2020-08-07	Who Watches the Watch	“Rincewind Read Orientalism” (1/2)	who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2020-08-14	Who Watches the Watch	“Epic Mobements” (2/2)	who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co
2021-03-17	The Disc-Course	“Mark's Not Home” (1/4)	shows.acast.com
2021-03-31	The Disc-Course	“The Dark Ians” (2/4)	shows.acast.com
2021-04-14	The Disc-Course	“Luggagequest” (3/4)	shows.acast.com
2021-04-29	The Disc-Course	“Carpooling to the Apocralypse” (4/4)	shows.acast.com
2021-05-01	Stuck on Arrakis	“Discworld Book Five”	buzzsprout.com
2021-05-07	Disc Coverers	“Sourcery”	anchor.fm
2021-12-05	Desert Island Discworld	“Neill Cameron and Sourcery”	desertislanddiscworld.com
2022-01-05	Nanny Ogg's Book Club	“Sourcery”	fireside.fm
2023-01-25	I’ve Never Read Discworld	“Sourcery”	anchor.fm

Other appearances

Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2012-09-05	The Pratchett Podcast	“The Pratchett Podcast episode 11”	thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com
2021-06-09	Fiction Fans	“Winter's Orbit & Sourcery”	fictionfanspodcast.com

External links

• Sourcery at the L-Space Wiki
• Sourcery on Wikipedia