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{{AHFOS}} is the thirty-second Discworld novel, and the second in the [[Tiffany Aching]] series. It introduces [[Miss Level]], the first of Tiffany’s tutors, and the other young new witches of the Ramtops. It also features [[Granny Weatherwax]], as well as the “Witch Trials” and several characters first introduced in the short story {{SALF}}. | |||
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Tiffany Aching is going ‘into service’: to be a lady, no less, a maid in a big house. At least, this is what she tells her parents. | |||
Really, Tiffany is going away to learn magic. | |||
But making friends with fellow witches is always difficult when an invisible-being-that-cannot-be-killed takes over your body – stealing money, and threatening violence. | |||
Tiffany must use all her witchy cunning to reclaim what’s hers. Luckily, she has a bit of help. What’s tiny, Scottish and blue all over? A Nac Mac Feegle of course – the rudest type of fairy, and handy to have in a tight spot... | |||
== Podcast episodes == | == Podcast episodes == |
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Author | Terry Pratchett |
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Audio read by | Tony Robinson (Corgi) Stephen Briggs (Isis) Indira Varma (Penguin) |
Cover artist | Paul Kidby Laura Ellen Anderson |
Country | UK |
Language | English |
Series | Discworld |
Release number | 32 |
Sub-series | Tiffany Aching |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 2004-04-29 |
Preceded by | Monstrous Regiment |
Followed by | Going Postal |
A Hat Full of Sky is the thirty-second Discworld novel, and the second in the Tiffany Aching series. It introduces Miss Level, the first of Tiffany’s tutors, and the other young new witches of the Ramtops. It also features Granny Weatherwax, as well as the “Witch Trials” and several characters first introduced in the short story “The Sea and Little Fishes”.
Blurb
Tiffany Aching is going ‘into service’: to be a lady, no less, a maid in a big house. At least, this is what she tells her parents.
Really, Tiffany is going away to learn magic.
But making friends with fellow witches is always difficult when an invisible-being-that-cannot-be-killed takes over your body – stealing money, and threatening violence.
Tiffany must use all her witchy cunning to reclaim what’s hers. Luckily, she has a bit of help. What’s tiny, Scottish and blue all over? A Nac Mac Feegle of course – the rudest type of fairy, and handy to have in a tight spot...
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
Date | Show | Episode | External link |
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2020-03-21 | Radio Morpork | “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Witch” | radiomorpork.wordpress.com |
2021-04-15 | The Death of Podcasts | “A Hat Full of Sky” | aalgar.com |
2021-05-08 | Pratchat | “Big Wee Hag: Far Fra’ Home” | pratchatpodcast.com |
2021-06-06 | Desert Island Discworld | “Dottie James and A Hat Full of Sky” | desertislanddiscworld.com |
2021-10-28 | Wyrd Sisters | “A Hat Full of Sky” | wyrdsisters.podbean.com |
2022-07-15 | The Compleat Discography | “A Hat Full of Sky” | compleatdiscography.page |
2023-05-08 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “Exactly This Insufferable” (1/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
2023-05-14 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “You Are a Horrible Geas” (2/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
2023-05-21 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “Deglaze the Plan” (3/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
2023-10-16 | Nanny Ogg's Book Club | “A Hat Full of Sky (and The Sea and Little Fishes)” | libsyn.com |
2024-05-01 | Fiction Fans | “A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett” | fictionfanspodcast.com |
2025-02-10 | Disc Coverers | “A Hat Full of Sky” | spotify.com |
Other appearances
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.
Date | Show | Episode | External link |
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2018-04-12 | The Pratchett Podcast | “EPISODE58” | app.talkshoe.com |
Adaptations
To be added: audiobooks.
External links
- A Hat Full of Sky at the L-Space Wiki
- A Hat Full of Sky on Wikipedia