![]() ![]() He makes hilarious cameo appearances in virtually every Discworld novel, but a select few use him as the central character, and they are in my opinion the best books in the range, as he is such a funny character. ![]() Hogfather is the fourth novel to revolve around Death, Pratchett’s version of the Grim Reaper, who TALKS IN CAPITAL LETTERS. It’s probably unfilmable, which is presumably why it took such a long time for anyone to even try. ![]() It was made into a tv movie by Sky, which is a competent and watchable effort, but for my money nobody has ever captured the magic of Discworld on screen. Pratchett’s 20th Discworld novel, and my favourite of them all, was something of a Christmas special: Hogfather. That’s not to say they don’t have important things to say, because they do, but they tell their tales in an accessible and entertaining manner. So much fantasy, and sci-fi for that matter, takes itself far too seriously, but not the Discworld novels. He reflected our world in his fantasy, using his books to comment on the absurdities of life. So many fantasy authors over the years have produced tedious escapism, far removed from the real world, but Pratchett took a different approach. Terry Pratchett was truly one of the greatest authors who ever lived. ![]()
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