Going Postal
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 10/29/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 10/29/2005 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I loved this installment of Pratchett's Discworld series - not least because Lord Vetinari, the all-seeing Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, is on stage quite a bit in this one. He makes condemned-to-be-hanged con artist Moist von Lipwig an offer he can't refuse - take on the job of Postmaster of the city and revive its decaying postal service, or else serve out the remainder of the original sentence [the bit between the drop and the tightening of the rope!].
I really enjoyed this one, from the old-fashioned plot-summaries at each chapter-head (hey, wait, Terry doesn't do chapters - well, I guess he does now!) to the razor-edged conversations between Moist and Vetinari. [My hardcover edition also has illustrations of the various Ankh-Morpork stamps, a treat in themselves!] And the footnotes. And the visit to the library. There's a character who's concerned about the chastity of female *golems*. There's an odd young fellow who's an avid pin collector. And a subplot that involves all of the Discworld deities, including one of my favorites, Anoia, goddess of Things That Stick n Drawers: "Often, but not uniquely, a ladle, but sometimes a metal spatula or, rarely, a mechanical egg-whisk that nobody in the house admits to ever buying. The desperate, mad rattling and cries of 'How can it close on the damn thing but not open with it? Who bought this? Do we ever use it?' is as praise unto Anoia. She also eats corkscrews."
Oh, and there's a very nasty villain as well, definitely cringe-worthy.
Throw in some random conspiracy-theory shout-outs, a simply wonderful galloping-off-into-the-sunset scene, and The Golden Suit, and you have a really fine addition to the Discworld canon.
Later: Was also very pleased with Making Money, the second Moist von Lipwig book, in which he moves from stamps to banking at the ever-so-tactful urging of Vetinari...
[Edited to add: there's a TV movie of Going Postal in the works - hooray! And for more "postal" fun, see this Unshelved Book Club strip.]
I really enjoyed this one, from the old-fashioned plot-summaries at each chapter-head (hey, wait, Terry doesn't do chapters - well, I guess he does now!) to the razor-edged conversations between Moist and Vetinari. [My hardcover edition also has illustrations of the various Ankh-Morpork stamps, a treat in themselves!] And the footnotes. And the visit to the library. There's a character who's concerned about the chastity of female *golems*. There's an odd young fellow who's an avid pin collector. And a subplot that involves all of the Discworld deities, including one of my favorites, Anoia, goddess of Things That Stick n Drawers: "Often, but not uniquely, a ladle, but sometimes a metal spatula or, rarely, a mechanical egg-whisk that nobody in the house admits to ever buying. The desperate, mad rattling and cries of 'How can it close on the damn thing but not open with it? Who bought this? Do we ever use it?' is as praise unto Anoia. She also eats corkscrews."
Oh, and there's a very nasty villain as well, definitely cringe-worthy.
Throw in some random conspiracy-theory shout-outs, a simply wonderful galloping-off-into-the-sunset scene, and The Golden Suit, and you have a really fine addition to the Discworld canon.
Later: Was also very pleased with Making Money, the second Moist von Lipwig book, in which he moves from stamps to banking at the ever-so-tactful urging of Vetinari...
[Edited to add: there's a TV movie of Going Postal in the works - hooray! And for more "postal" fun, see this Unshelved Book Club strip.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Post Office - 38 Spring St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Friday, March 19, 2010
GoryDetails at Post Office - 38 Spring St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Friday, March 19, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (3/19/2010 UTC) at Post Office - 38 Spring St. in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
In what I hope isn't too obvious a theme {grin}, I left this book in a Hippo free-newspaper box in front of the post office at about 1. [Despite the title, the book renders considerable homage to postal employees everywhere!] Hope the finder enjoys it...
In what I hope isn't too obvious a theme {grin}, I left this book in a Hippo free-newspaper box in front of the post office at about 1. [Despite the title, the book renders considerable homage to postal employees everywhere!] Hope the finder enjoys it...
