La notte di Babbo Maiale

Father Christmas should watch out who is his sick leave substitute, although even a strange rebranding won´t be able to stop the commercialization of sticky, superficial holiday bliss. Power vacuums are nasty things, just imagine what happens if an unimportant, human factor disappears, weakens, or ch Leggi tutto

"IT IS THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE IN WHICH MAKE YOU HUMAN. GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS, IT'S ALL THE SAME." Hogfather itself concerns the Discworld, where there are things that control the Universe called The Auditors and they do not like Humans, because Humans are messy. Well, they did invent dullnes

For me this has been the perfect Christmas read ever since I first read it. :) “Charity ain’t giving people what you wants to give, it’s giving people what they need to get.” “There’s a tip, though. Just ‘ho, ho, ho’ will do. Don’t say, ‘Cower, brief mortals’ unless you want them to grow up to Leggi tutto

„…човек по природа е митопоетично същество.– И какво означава това?– Означава, че си съчиняваме в движение разни глупости.“ Призракът на отминалата Коледа все още витае и Дядо Прас едва що е казал последното си ХО. ХО. ХО. Уютно време човек да седне и да направи разбор на годината. Или на живота си. Leggi tutto

Re-read on Xmas! And it couldn't have better timing. Who else would like to see Death taking on the role of Discworld's Santa? Or better yet, have Susan get involved. :) Or have a hit put out on the Hogfather while Death flies with the pigs? OR HAVE TO DEAL WITH RIDCULLY's BATH? *shudder* Well, here's Leggi tutto

This book is hilarious. The Auditors have decided that they need to "remove" the Hog Father...so they contact the Assassin's guild and Mr. Teatime (pronounce it "Teh-ah-tim-eh." ) is sent to "inhum" him (but Hog Father isn't human). As you can imagine chaos ensues. With Death taking over the Hog Fath Leggi tutto