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Going Postal
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| Author: |
Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher: |
HarperTorch, 2005 Doubleday UK, 2004 HarperCollins, 2004 |
| Series: | Discworld: Book 33 |
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1. The Color of Magic |
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| Awards: |
2005 Locus F Nominated 2005 Nebula Nominated |
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| Sub-Genre Tags: | Comic Fantasy Fantasy Contemporary Fantasy |
| Member Rating: |
  (18 reads / 14 ratings)
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Synopsis
Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses -- until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into... a government job
By all rights, Moist should have met his maker. Instead, it's Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, who promptly offers him a job as Postmaster. Since his only other option is a nonliving one, Moist accepts the position -- and the hulking golem watchdog who comes along with it, just in case Moist was considering abandoning his responsibilities prematurely.
Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be a near-impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office building; and with only a few creaky old postmen and one rather unstable, pin-obsessed youth available to deliver it. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, money-hungry Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical head, Mr. Reacher Gilt.
But it says on the building neither rain nor snow nor glo m of ni t ... Inspiring words (admittedly, some of the bronze letters have been stolen), and for once in his wretched life Moist is going to fight. And if the bold and impossible are what's called for, he'll do it -- in order to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every human being (not to mention troll, dwarf, and, yes, even golem) requires: hope.
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This also gives Dance his second major role playing an iconic modern fantasy character, after playing Patrician Havelock Vetinary in Terry Pratchett's GOING POSTAL for Sky. Posted by: Adam Whitehead | July 29, 2010 at 05:15 PM ... - Television Review Terry Pratchett's Going Postal Part One ...
Television Review Terry Pratchett's Going Postal Part One. May 31, 2010 Chris. Part one of Sky One's latest adaptation of a Discworld novel has aired. It is based on the novel Going Postal , which is a favorite of many, ... - New Arrival: The Return of Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett's Going Postal On TV! Posted on Saturday, 29th May 2010, 5:26pm by Les. As I mentioned last month, the third of Sky's Discworld TV adaptations is remarkably imminent: Part 1: Sunday, 30 May on Sky One (and probably the ... - Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (review) | Geek-Speak
Review of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal, which was recently shown on Sky in the UK. - Sky unveils major new commitment to UK comedy | Sky1 | News | Throng
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