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    <body><![CDATA[Discworld. Someone's put out a hit on the Hogfather, but the show must go on, so this year Death's putting on the red suit and delivering the Hogswatch gifts. Every other year or so, I reread this at Christmas. It's about winter holidays, but also about that small wedge of truth where myth and belie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1827087">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The subject of <em>Hogfather</em> is Christmas.  Except on Discworld, it's called Hogswatch, the jolly old fat man is the Hogfather, and he rides around in a sleigh pulled by four large boars named Gouger, Rooter, Tusker and Snouter.  Like Santa Claus, the Hogfather goes about climbing down chimneys and leav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68121791">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The subject of Hogfather is Christmas.  Except on Discworld, it's called Hogswatch, the jolly old fat man is the Hogfather, and he rides around in a sleigh pulled by four large boars named Gouger, Rooter, Tusker and Snouter.  Like Santa Claus, the Hogfather goes about climbing down chimneys and leav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67161846">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading it again, actually. Rereading it helps me get though the holiday season with my sanity intact.<br/><br/>This is one of my favorite Terry Pratchett books. It is a satire of Christmas for people who actually like Christmas (as it might well be said that all Terry Pratchett's books are satires ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80123848">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[What's funnier than Death?  Death dressed as Santa Claus (or in Discworld, the Hogfather).<br/><br/>This is the third Discworld book I read (previously reading the first two), and have since read several others, but this is probably my favorite so far.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have I really read that much Pratchett?  OK, my daughter really likes him, and he's lots of fun.  What's your excuse?<br/><br/>I don't think the Pratchett books are really &quot;great literature&quot;, though Hogfather is probably the best.  The connection between belief, blood, childhood, ritual,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40836247">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm starting to feel that the Discworld series is a little like candy--fun and easy to read, but maybe not serious enough. Or rather, it's all just a good time until near the end when Pratchett discusses the Issue. Kind of like a little piece of meat (or other protein) at the center of a tootsie-pop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48157167">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A sentimental favorite, and the Pratchett book I have read the most, (I think the count is up to five or six times now?). It's a Christmas story, at its heart, and features some of my favorite Pratchett characters, DEATH, DEATH OF RATS, even Nobby Nobbs in a small part. While most Terry Pratchett no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46606248">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fun story of the Discworld. In this one, the Auditors put out a contract on the Hogfather (Discworld's version of Santa Claus). Death steps into the role and delivers the toys, so the kids won't stop believing in the Hogfather. Meanwhile, Death's granddaughter Susan goes looking for him and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53679468">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 <em>is</em> the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. <p> 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, &quot;Ho, ho, ho!&quot;) Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him.  So someone does. Well, at least Death <em>tries</em>.  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 (<em>Mort</em>, <em>Reaper Man</em>, and <em>Soul Music</em>) know, he takes things literally. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul. <p> 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 &quot;oh god of Hangovers.&quot;  But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Christmas.  <em>--Nona Vero</em> </p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Death.  I'd like to learn to speak in all caps, it would be right handy as a teacher.  I think he makes a brilliant Hogfather.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my favorite of the Discworld books, but I liked it better than some. I have a great affection for Pratchett's Death and Susan, which is probably why I enjoyed it. However, it dragged in the middle - we come into the book in media res with Death's involvement with the Hogfather (I promise I'm not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73314549">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The difficulty with these Pratchett novels is that, like a Krispy Kreme, it's best consumed in small doses.  As such, the length of these novels is just a bit too much for my tastes.  Not that they're long by any normal sense, just that I lose interest with 100 pages or so left.  I wish Pratchett wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39641621">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 <em>is</em> the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. <p> 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, &quot;Ho, ho, ho!&quot;) Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him.  So someone does. Well, at least Death <em>tries</em>.  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 (<em>Mort</em>, <em>Reaper Man</em>, and <em>Soul Music</em>) know, he takes things literally. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul. <p> 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 &quot;oh god of Hangovers.&quot;  But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Christmas.  <em>--Nona Vero</em> </p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[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 <em>is</em> the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. <p> 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, &quot;Ho, ho, ho!&quot;) Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him.  So someone does. Well, at least Death <em>tries</em>.  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 (<em>Mort</em>, <em>Reaper Man</em>, and <em>Soul Music</em>) know, he takes things literally. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul. <p> 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 &quot;oh god of Hangovers.&quot;  But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Christmas.  <em>--Nona Vero</em> </p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[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 <em>is</em> the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. <p> 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, &quot;Ho, ho, ho!&quot;) Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him.  So someone does. Well, at least Death <em>tries</em>.  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 (<em>Mort</em>, <em>Reaper Man</em>, and <em>Soul Music</em>) know, he takes things literally. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul. <p> 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 &quot;oh god of Hangovers.&quot;  But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Christmas.  <em>--Nona Vero</em> </p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH.  AND IT'S TOO QUIET.<br/><br/>Where is the big jolly fat man?  Why is <em>Death</em> creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho?  The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...<br/><br/>Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't <em>be</em> a morning.  Ever again...<br/><br/>The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).<br/><br/>As they say:  You'd better watch out...<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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