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A relatively late Discworld novel, Making Money is the second book featuring career con man Moist von Lipwig, and it picks up shortly after Going Postal ended (though it is not necessary to have read that first - it's never necessary to read any of the Discworld novels in any particular order, except to see how Pratchett has changed as a writer). Moist has reformed the post office, now the Patrician offers him a way into a new challenge: save the Ankh-Morpork bank. This ends up involving taking
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The second book in the Moist von Lipwig series, "Making Money" picks up where we left off at the end of "Going Postal". We watch how Moist's relationship with Spike develops, we learn more about Gladys the female golem who's still trying to figure out what being female is all about, we get to enjoy more sallies between Moist and Sacharissa the journalist and we get a better picture of Vetinari's design for the reform of Royal Ankh Morpork bank. The book features the cuteness that is Mr Fusspot,
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I really can't decide how much I liked this book. At times, it seemed silly and not a very good sci-fi story. But the I got interested in Moist and his ideas. Moist is a guy who was given a second chance at life. He found himself in charge of the post office and succeeded at making it efficient. Then he found himself in charge of the bank, where he did away with the gold standard and started printing paper money. And, somehow he began to succeed at that job too. And, yet, he is by nature a thief
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Sadly I think this is one of the weaker Discworld books as this lacks Pratchett's usual flair for satre, irony and dry cutting wit. It also seems to lack the intensely interesting characters and fast paced runaway story. I'm not sure if part of that was due to the length of a majority of the chapters, most of which were more than 40 odd pages which made reading them quite an onerous task and often found me flicking through and seeing how much was left (not particularly condusive to maintaining a
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Moist VonLipwig has got the post office under control and is getting bored. Lord Vetinari then decides to have Moist assist in fixing the banking industry. Another fun romp through Discworld.
Another excellent Discworld book. Moist von Lipwig is such a wonderful character and the Patrician is so skillfully created. Excellent read!
Jun 22, 2010
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