Moist von Lipwig has been running the Post office, and has turned it round such that it is running smoothly - and as a result he's bored. He shortly after this becomes un-bored when he inherits a dog called Mr Fusspot, who, it just so happens, has been bequeathed 51% of the Bank and it's associated ...
A madly funny look at money, how to make it, how to predict it, and the return of Moist von Lipwig. Follow up to Going Postal. For the longer review, please go here:http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Making_Money_Terry_Pratchett/content_547326889604
Moist von Lipwig is a young man.Most of Pratchett's main cast is distinctly older, from Rincewind to Vimes to Granny Weatherwax, with the notable exceptions of Tiffany Aching and maybe Susan Bones. Younger characters (Mort, Polly, Agnes/Perdita, Brutha, Teppic) get the spotlight briefly but are most...
I really loved 'Going Postal' and I love Moist and Adora but 'Making Money' just felt too much like 'Going Postal' with banks instead of the post-office. I think I might have enjoyed another book where Moist is dealing with other troubles at the post-office more.Apart from that Mr. Bent was another ...
Not my favorite Discworld book by a long shot. Too many sideplots that didn't add anything to the main narrative (or entertain in and of themselves). I'm also not very fond of Moist as a protagonist, I think because I don't really understand what drives him. Okay, yes, he craves excitement, but that...
Another good read from Pratchett, a man whom I've only come to seriously appreciate when I stopped wanting fantasy to be serious all the time. 'Making Money' managed to've come out at exactly the right time, with the credit crunch just around the bend. Its themes of the monetary system, the importan...
1 January, 2009I love these newer Discowurld books where Pratchett is bringing his creation into the industrial age.***June, 2009Where a science fiction author might use robots to examine the idea of gender, Pratchett uses golems. For some reason, I love that. I also really enjoy how most of his sto...
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