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Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20) - Terry Pratchett
Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)
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What could more genuinely embody the spirit of Christmas (or Hogswatch, on the Discworld) than a Terry Pratchett book about the holiday season? Every secular Christmas tradition is included. But as this is the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. This year the Auditors, who... show more
What could more genuinely embody the spirit of Christmas (or Hogswatch, on the Discworld) than a Terry Pratchett book about the holiday season? Every secular Christmas tradition is included. But as this is the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. This year the Auditors, who want people to stop believing in things that aren't real, have hired an assassin to eliminate the Hogfather. (You know him: red robe, white beard, says, "Ho, ho, ho!") Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him. So someone does. Well, at least Death tries. He wears the costume and rides the sleigh drawn by four jolly pigs: Gouger, Tusker, Rooter and Snouter. He even comes down chimneys. But as fans of other Pratchett stories about Death know, he takes things literally. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul. Fans will welcome back Susan, Death of Rats (the Grim Squeaker), Albert and the wizardly faculty of Unseen University and revel in new personalities like Bilious, the "oh god of Hangovers." But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Christmas. --Nona Vero, Amazon.com
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780552167581 (0552167584)
Publisher: Corgi
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Series: Discworld (#20)
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Lora Hates Spam
Lora Hates Spam rated it
3.0 Hogfather
by Terry Pratchett This was a weird concept, even for Pratchett. The Hogfather has ceased to be and Death thought he would just fill in for him, with the expected series of misunderstandings of human antics. The daughter of his adopted daughter, Susan, gets caught up in things, much to her chagr...
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books rated it
5.0 Bloody Stupid Johnson
"'It's a bathroom,' said Ridcully. 'You are all acting as if it's some kind of a torture chamber.' 'A bathroom,' said the Dean, 'designed by Bloody Stupid Johnson. Archchancellor Weatherwax only used it once and then had it sealed up! Mustrum, I beg you to reconsider! It's a Johnson!' There was ...
Darth Pedant
Darth Pedant rated it
4.0 Hogfather
Near perfection. Minus one star for trying to kill me. (Not really.) Happy Hogswatch, everyone!
Lillelara
Lillelara rated it
5.0 Hogfather
Reblogged from DEATH OF RATS: Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. Sq-u-u-u-e-e-e-a-a-a-k! There is genuinly not much that I can add to the DEATH OF RATS´ review of the Hogfather. This book IS bloody awesome. Book: Any- and everything Terry Pratchett.
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it
4.0 24 Festive Tasks Door 23 book - "Hogfather -Discworld #20" by Terry Pratchett - a visit to the place where the descending angel meets the rising ape.
I read "Hogfather" twenty years ago. This is the first time I've re-read it since. The experience has shown me once again that no man can step into the same river, or in this case, book, twice. I'm not entirely the same person. These are not entirely the same times. So this is not the same book. ...
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