Hogfather
Hogfather by Terry Pratchettby Terry Pratchett
Shares rank 19 of 41 fantasy novels by recommenders
Readers call it a funny, re-readable Discworld novel, and some say it is a must-read for thinking about AI.
Readers call it a funny, re-readable Discworld novel, and some say it is a must-read for thinking about AI.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Relevant to dealing with AI
“Feets of Clay and Hogfather should be must reads for people dealing with AI right now imo.”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Time Is Different” “how Death disabled it are very much aligned with how Gen AI can feel sometimes”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “I Miss Terry Pratchett” “Hogfather and Feets of Clay should be mandatory reads for people going into AI”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"” Loved it and re-reads it yearly
“I've re-read Hogfather every Christmas since it came out.”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “I Miss Terry Pratchett” “Just finished hogfather and loved it.”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “The Perplexing Appeal of the Telepathy Tapes”
Other fantasy novels people recommend
The four most recommended other fantasy novels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Ringsby J.R.R. Tolkien | 66 | 11 | 86% | 12 | 15 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| The Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien | 49 | 13 | 79% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Dungeon Crawler Carlby Matt Dinniman | 48 | 6 | 89% | 11 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationalityby Eliezer Yudkowsky | 19 | 17 | 53% | 7 | — | — |
| Hogfatherby Terry PratchettThis page | 4 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I think the three mini-series did a fairly decent job.”
“I've re-read Hogfather every Christmas since it came out.”
“how Death disabled it are very much aligned with how Gen AI can feel sometimes”
“Feets of Clay and Hogfather should be must reads for people dealing with AI right now imo.”
“Hogfather and Feets of Clay should be mandatory reads for people going into AI”
“Just finished hogfather and loved it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.