Sourcery
 2022 Penguin paperback, cover design by Leo Nickolls | |
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Tony Robinson (Corgi); Nigel Planer (Isis) Colin Morgan (Penguin) |
| 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 |
Sourcery is the fifth Discworld book, and the third to star Rincewind, this time without Twoflower. While not a direct sequel to The Light Fantastic, it does continue Rincewind’s story.
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 | “Book 5. Sourcery” | anchor.fm |
| 2023-08-04 | Livro de Cabeceira[1] | “Rui Nunes apresenta a obra “Fontiçaria”, do autor Terry Pratchett.” | spotify.com |
| 2024-03-27 | Dining Table Discworld | “Sourcery” | podbean.com |
| 2024-06-21 | Spilled Inklings | “Sourcery - Terry Pratchett” | Spotify |
| 2024-10-01 | Discworld Order | “E04 - Sourcery” | spotify.com |
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[2] |
| 2021-06-09 | Fiction Fans | “Winter's Orbit & Sourcery” | fictionfanspodcast.com |
| 2023-03-22 | The Turtle Reads | “Ballerina Fish and Sourcery“ | captivate.fm[3] |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ In Portugese; a podcast from the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive.
- ↑ Post with info only; audio no longer available.
- ↑ Link direct to media file as The Turtle Reads has no website with episode information.