An open letter to whomever recommended "The Hogfather" {US} - Page 14

JSWolf · 12-30-2008, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I bought it for us to watch together on Christmas Day.

So I'm dying from curiosity... how do they do THE VOICE?

Now that you've most likely seen Hogfather what do you think of Death? THE VOICE I think was done quite nicely. I am looking forward to when I get to reading Hogfather. But as I am reading Discworld in order, it'll be a while.

nekokami · 12-30-2008, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Wikipedia says "the name is a pun on "hogwash", Hogmanay and Watch Night, and possibly on the ancient holiday of Samhain" though it doesn't cite a source.

Thanks. Through Google I found this interesting post from 1997 which is possibly an early source of this connection:
https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/w...-L&D=0&P=46631

It seems possible that this comment came from or is related in some way to this segment (allegedly) of The Discworld Companion, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs:
http://www.geocities.com/liessa_nl/discworld
"Take Hogswatchnight, the Discworld winter festival. It's partly a pun on 'hogwash', but also takes in 'Hogmanay' and the old Christian 'Watch Night' service on 31 December. Even if people don't directly spot this, it subconciously inherits the feel of a midwinter festival."

That was the closest I came to finding a source attributable to Pratchett. Most of the pages were just copies of each other, usually taking text from the current Wikipedia article or what I suspect are just earlier versions of the Wikipedia article.

nekokami · 12-30-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Now that you've most likely seen Hogfather what do you think of Death? THE VOICE I think was done quite nicely. I am looking forward to when I get to reading Hogfather. But as I am reading Discworld in order, it'll be a while.

This may be hard to believe, but no, we haven't watched it yet. There's a bit of a problem getting all the family members who want to see it in one place at a time (with a TV). We're working on it!

JSWolf · 02-23-2009, 12:20 PM

I'm finding Small Gods to not be all that wonderful. It kind of plods along.

pshrynk · 02-23-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm finding Small Gods to not be all that wonderful. It kind of plods along.

It gets more hectic toward the end.

nekokami · 02-23-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm finding Small Gods to not be all that wonderful. It kind of plods along.

I felt that way for the first half, and then I thought things got a lot more interesting. It took me two tries to get through that one, though, because I gave up during the first half the first time I tried to read it.

JSWolf · 02-23-2009, 03:52 PM

I'm not giving up on Small Gods. I just read a little bit at a time. I have 120 pages left. What I plan on doing is finishing Final Jeopardy which is really good. If Linda Fairstein's latest book didn't have such an interesting description, I never would have been reading her first book in the Alex Cooper series. After this one, I'll finish up Small Gods and then move on to the Book Club's March choice.

Fledchen · 02-23-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm finding Small Gods to not be all that wonderful. It kind of plods along.

That's my favorite Discworld book so far.

RickyMaveety · 02-23-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

That's my favorite Discworld book so far.

I just started it, and so far I'm finding it very funny. Of course, I am on some pretty strong medication ... so even waking up to find my nose hard up against a seriously poopy cat butt seems pretty damn funny to me.

nekokami · 02-25-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I just started it, and so far I'm finding it very funny. Of course, I am on some pretty strong medication ... so even waking up to find my nose hard up against a seriously poopy cat butt seems pretty damn funny to me.

Hard for me to be sure about other people's reading tastes, but I think you'd find this one funnier than cat poop even without the meds, Ricky.

fugazied · 02-25-2009, 06:00 PM

Pratchett is great

There are also some really good audiobook versions of his books at Audible which I listen to sometimes (very well read). However I mostly read them as paperbooks when I was a teen - got the imagination going!!

GeoffC · 02-26-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I just started it, and so far I'm finding it very funny. Of course, I am on some pretty strong medication ... so even waking up to find my nose hard up against a seriously poopy cat butt seems pretty damn funny to me.

Which book is that in - I haven't got that far yet ....

Mindy · 02-27-2009, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

... so even waking up to find my nose hard up against a seriously poopy cat butt seems pretty damn funny to me.

Probably wouldn't be so funny if it turned out to be Greebo

JSWolf · 03-01-2009, 02:31 PM

Small Gods did get better towards the end. I rather liked the last 1/4 quite a lot.

Lords and Ladies is the next book in the series for me to read.

GeoffC · 03-02-2009, 01:42 PM

I found Lords and Ladies a tad hard .... maybe on the second read-around it might be better ...

03-01-2009, 02:31 PM	#209
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Small Gods did get better towards the end. I rather liked the last 1/4 quite a lot. Lords and Ladies is the next book in the series for me to read. Last edited by JSWolf; 03-01-2009 at 02:38 PM.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm finding Small Gods to not be all that wonderful. It kind of plods along.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm not giving up on Small Gods. I just read a little bit at a time. I have 120 pages left. What I plan on doing is finishing Final Jeopardy which is really good. If Linda Fairstein's latest book didn't have such an interesting description, I never would have been reading her first book in the Alex Cooper series. After this one, I'll finish up Small Gods and then move on to the Book Club's March choice.

02-25-2009, 06:00 PM	#206
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	Pratchett is great There are also some really good audiobook versions of his books at Audible which I listen to sometimes (very well read). However I mostly read them as paperbooks when I was a teen - got the imagination going!!

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I found Lords and Ladies a tad hard .... maybe on the second read-around it might be better ...