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The fifth [[Discworld]] novel and a return to Rincewind as central character. Very much a sequel to ''[[Discworld/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'' in style, plot and humour.
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Pratchett has commented that ''Sourcery'' is his least favorite book of the series, saying he wrote it out of pressure by fans to do another Rincewind book.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Ipslore cows Coin into committing evil actions and uses magical [[Electric Torture]] on him when he tries to disobey.
** For being a guy with eight sons, you'd figure he would have gotten better at this parenting thing over the years. But then, he threw out the other seven when they dared to question him.
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Rincewind says he doesn't like snakes much, and promptly gets thrown in the snake pit. Justified in that it was apparently the only functioning torture device in Al Khali that day.
** Also hilarious, in that there's really only one snake, and that one doesn't attack. The narration is split on whether it's because the snake sees Rincewind as a sort of possible mongoose, or whether it's just got a good thing going and doesn't want to spoil it by going around biting people.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Kind of a hindsight example, in that Coin easily dispatches Lord Vetinari, that most Magnificent of [[Magnificent Bastard
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