Hogfather - Terry Pratchett

Susan had never hung up a stocking . She'd never put a tooth under her pillow in the serious expectation that a dentally inclined fairy would turn up. It wasn't that her parents didn't believe in such things. They didn't need to believe in them. They know they existed. They just wished they didn't.There are those who believe and those who don't. Through the ages, superstition has had its uses. Nowhere more so than in the Discworld where it's helped to maintain the status quo. Anything that undermines superstition has to be viewed with some caution. There may be consequences, particularly on the last night of the year when the time is turning. When those consequences turn out to be the end of the world, you need to be prepared. You might even want more standing between you and oblivion than a mere slip of a girl - even if she has looked Death in the face on numerous occasions...

Published: 2006-10-02 (Corgi)

ISBN: 9780552154284

Language: English

Format: Paperback, 432 pages

Goodreads' rating: -

Genres

Fiction Fantasy Humor

Reviews

Tonya rated it

5 stars! My favorite Death book to date. It's about belief and childhood and the little lies we need.

Michael rated it

This is, I think, the fourth year running that I've read Hogfather in the week before Christmas. So I simply can't even try to give it a real review. It isn't quite my favorite Discworld book (that would be Night Watch), but it's well on up there. It's certainly my favorite Death book, which is saying something.

Burton rated it

In Discworld belief causes imagined beings to exist, so when a devious plot to control childrens minds results in a dearth of belief in the Hogfather, the Fat Man temporarily disappears and Death has to fill in for him on this Hogswatch night. I laughed aloud a few times while reading this clever Christmas parody, but I had a bit of trouble following the plot and grasping who all the characters were given that this was my first Discworld book; in general Id say that Pratchett is another example of British humor that I dont entirely appreciate (along with Monty Python and Douglas Adams) hes my husbands favorite, but I doubt Ill try another of his books.Favorite lines:Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.Ridcully: I could certainly run a marvellous university here if only we didnt have to have these damn students underfoot all the time.