# Hogfather (TV)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 26, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hogfather-tv/427814 "2007-11-26T17:35:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hogfather-tv/427814/21 "2007-11-28T05:25:57Z")

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[QUOTE=j666]  
I would have sworn I’d read Pratchett, and that he annoyed the hell out of me, but the only book I recognize on [TerryPratchettBooks.com](http://TerryPratchettBooks.com) is “Good Omens”, which I found delightful. (Is that a complete list?)

But, now that I think, I did find “Good Omens” annoyingly cute in places. Not _quite_ arch, or trite, or excessively self-aware … just a bit cute.

I quite _liked_ that I had to pay attention to keep up with what was going on; I found the movie internally consistent. More than I can say of most blockbusters.  
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Good Omens (written with Neil Gaiman) is a lot different from the Discworld series. It was okay, but not nearly as good as even a mediocre Discworld book.

Also stay away from Strata, which is a book about a Discworld but not THE Discworld.

I think Guards, Guards is the consensus choice of a place to start, but I started randomly with The Last Continent, and loved it, though looking back it was a miserable first encounter with Pratchett.

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