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Hogfather
Sign in to saveHogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee. It was first released in 1996 and published by Victor Gollancz. It came in 137th place in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the most loved British books of all time, making it one of fifteen books by Pratchett in the Top 200.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hogfather is referenced by 141 other articles, and connects out to Discworld, list of Discworld characters and The Big Read.
It sits within the topics 1990s comedy novels, 1996 British novels and 1996 fantasy novels.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 1996
- Editions
- 40
- Subjects
- Fiction, Wizards, Discworld (Imaginary place), Fantasy, Discworld (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Death (fictitious character : pratchett), fiction, satire
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Hogfather
- Book.image
- Hogfather-2.jpg
- Book.caption
- First edition
- Book.author
- Terry Pratchett
- Book.cover_artist
- Josh Kirby
- Book.language
- English
- Book.genre
- Fantasy
- Book.publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Book.pub_date
- 1996
- Book.awards
- Came 137th in the Big Read
- Book.isbn
- 0-575-06403-X
- Book.preceded_by
- Feet of Clay
- Book.followed_by
- Jingo
- Book.oclc
- 36217246
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Award
- The Big Read
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Main subject
- Christmas
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- form of creative work
- novel
- takes place in fictional universe
- Discworld
- publication date
- 1996-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Hogfather
- derivative work
- Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
- different from
- Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
- set in environment
- fictional planet
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Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee. It was first released in 1996 and published by Victor Gollancz. It came in 137th place in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the most loved British books of all time, making it one of fifteen books by Pratchett in the Top 200.
The book focuses on the absence of the Hogfather, a mythical creature akin to Father Christmas, who grants children's wishes on Hogswatchnight (December 32) and brings them presents. While Death attempts to fill in for the Hogfather, his granddaughter Susan Sto Helit tries to find and rescue the Hogfather.
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