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{{work|page=Discworld
{{Infobox book
| title = A Hat Full of Sky
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| author = Terry Pratchett
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| elevator pitch = Tiffany continues to train as a witch. The only real magic she can do is to step out of her body - which makes her a target for a passing eldritch abomination.
| genre = Fantasy
| franchise = Discworld
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* [[Character Filibuster]]: Granny Weatherwax's rant about how "the soul and center" of witchcraft is "helpin' people when life is on the edge".
* [[Close-Knit Community]]: The Chalk. Tiffany mentions they always look after each other because her grandmother expected it.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Some of the things Granny Weatherwax did in previous books are mentioned as rumours about her. In addition, the book—especially the {{spoiler|Witch Trial sequence}}—is as much a sequel to the short story "The Sea and Little Fishes" as to ''[[
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The hiver has been around practically since the universe began. It was aware of everything at once in its natural form. The universe was a ''much'' smaller place back then, but the hiver ''still sees and hears everything.'' This is, suffice to say, traumatic, and so it [[Grand Theft Me|hops into living minds.]] It gains some degree of insulation against the quantity of the universe, and in exchange it allows its victim to essentially act as pure id. It is better at being you than you are.
* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: When Tiffany is possessed by the Hiver, she's inspired to raid the local witch shop, buy a cape, a tall hat, and several pieces of occult jewelry.
* [[Fancy French Name|It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY]] : Mrs Earwig - sorry, Ahwij.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: ''When I am old, [[
* [[Geas]]: Rob Anybody is put under a Geas by his wife Jeannie to protect Tiffany Aching. It becomes a [[Running Gag]] that Daft Wullie keeps thinking Rob means an actual goose. Of course as Sourcery points out, there are actual birds named geas on Discworld.
* [[I Have to Go Iron My Dog]]: When Roland comes to see Tiffany off, Miss Tick mentions seeing a very nice example of a...big stone.
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