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Making Money (Discworld Novels)
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Average Rating:  out of 102 Reviews
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Price: $7.99
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Sale: $4.03
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Manufacturer: Harper
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780061161650
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Author: Terry Pratchett
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Publisher: Harper
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Edition: Reprint
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Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
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Publication Date: 2008-10-01
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Reading Level: 432
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Description: Amazingly, former arch-swindler-turned-Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig has somehow managed to get the woefully inefficient Ankh-Morpork Post Office running like . . . well, not like a government office at all. Now the supreme despot Lord Vetinari is asking Moist if he'd like to make some real money. Vetinari wants Moist to resuscitate the venerable Royal Mint—so that perhaps it will no longer cost considerably more than a penny to make a penny. Moist doesn't want the job. However, a request from Ankh-Morpork's current ruling tyrant isn't a "request" per se, more like a "once-in-a-lifetime-offer-you-can-certainly-refuse-if-you-feel-you've-lived-quite-long-enough." So Moist will just have to learn to deal with elderly Royal Bank chairman Topsy (née Turvy) Lavish and her two loaded crossbows, a face-lapping Mint manager, and a chief clerk who's probably a vampire. But he'll soon be making lethal enemies as well as money, especially if he can't figure out where all the gold has gone.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Terry does it again |
Date: 2009-01-07 |
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Details: Terry Pratchett's second book in the continuing saga of Moist Von Lipwig is just as good as the first one. Anyone familiar with Pratchett's books knows you have to have a twisted sense of humor, and this one is no exception. Highly recommended for any Pratchett fan. |
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Review Summary: Pratchett RULES! |
Date: 2008-11-04 |
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Details: But you know that. If you've read any Diskworld novels, you're familiar with the insane cast of characters, the wonderful convoluted plots, the comedic pace of six or seven quotables a page* (when other funny writers are lucky to get one every page or two at best), and the meticulously crafted backstory that chugs along with its own peculiar but consistent causality.
The lovely thing about Diskworld novels is that you don't need to read them in order, to Get It. You can read them in any order you want, and they'll make sense. Making Money features one of my favorite characters, Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, making the most sinister, terrifying threat that this colossal tyrant has ever done. He really went over the top with it this time. (Snarf). Yep. His scariest threat yet.
*And the footnotes. Don't forget the footnotes. Those are some of the best quotables!
I started building up my savings by a personal promise to get a Pratchett book any month that I've made my savings goal... and last month when I got Making Money, that was so worth it that I'm doing it again this month. Terry Pratchett is good for my budget and good for my soul. |
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Review Summary: "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return." |
Date: 2008-10-28 |
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Details: Mr. Lipwig did so well with that last dirty thankless job, repairing the moribund mail system, that Lord Vetinari has another for him: repairing the moribund banking system. When he interviews with the soon-to-be-late head of the bank, Mrs. Lavish, she declares him a thief, trickster, bunco artist, and liar. The perceptive old lady understands that these traits qualify him perfectly to create an economy from essentially nothing - which is what generations of self-serving bank directors have left in the coffers.
It all rolls forward from there. In the usual Pratchettic logic, engaging an Assassin's guild contract on someone turns out to be a great kindness, a dog finds a remarkable chew-toy, and the bank takes on the best forger around. The reasoning for that last seems to be that, if he's the best, then none of the others will be able to forge his banknotes.
This book's energy comes from Lipwig thinking mostly with his adrenal glands and Vetinari thinking with everyone else's - plenty to ensure lots of engaging action with lopsided logic.
-- wiredweird |
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Review Summary: Very Entertaining! |
Date: 2008-10-13 |
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Details: Terry Pratchett is absolutely fabulous, and "Making Money" is an excellent follow-up to Moist Von Lipwig's adventures. A must read for any Pratchett fan. |
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Review Summary: Good potential & still worth reading, but not his best (3 1/2 stars) |
Date: 2008-10-03 |
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Details: Terry Pratchett has slowly but surely been bringing Discworld in general and Ankh-Morpork in particular up to the "real" world (or at least a Victorian equivalent) and in Making Money takes on one of the few remaining barriers: the economic system. Since most cynics will agree that money-driven economy is a scam, who better to do this than one of Discworld's premier con artists, Moist Von Lipwig (previously seen in the excellent 'Going Postal')?
Alas, something doesn't quite click in this book, which may make it a disappointment to hardcore Pratchett fans: the ending is especially contrived, and rather than Moist using one of his ingenious schemes to get uot of the conundrum he's in, the book pulls a loose deux ex machina.
As usual, there's lots of sarcastic social commentary, and some wry dialogue and narrative snarking -- we expect no less from Pratchett. Probably my favorite aspect of this was one of the villains. My favorite character in the series is Lord Vetinari, and the villain of this is blatantly (and literally) a Vetinari "wanna-be" so it was fun to see someone trying to emulate my hero so BADLY.
Others might not be as forgiving as I am with this, and there's every chance that they will be disappointed if they go into this expecting the 5-star quality of many of his other, better works. Keep your expectations reasonable, though, and it's worth reading once. |
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