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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 |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Comic Fantasy Fantasy Contemporary Fantasy |
| Member Rating: |
  (11 reads / 10 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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Title: Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Series: A Discworld Novel Genre: Fantasy / Humour Pages: 474 Moist von Lipwig is a talented con artist with a dilemma: he can either face certain death or, at Lord Vetinari's request, ... - Reading Group Round Up | Writer Tamago
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I just had the immense pleasure of reading the latest Terry Pratchett Discworld novel, Making Money, the sequel to one of my favorite books in the series, Going Postal. Making Money is the continued adventures of Moist von Lipwig, ... - Terry Pratchett's <i>Unseen Academicals</i> Reviewed - Bow. James Bow.
And while I as a fan entered Pratchett's world with (in my opinion) superior later offerings like Wee Free Men, Going Postal and The Truth, I had to admit that he lost the thread a little with Making Money. Perhaps this shouldn't be a ... - Your Postal Blog: "Going postal." What do you think about the ...
Terry Pratchett wrote a wonderful novel called "Going Postal." It is part of his huge Discworld series, but it can stand alone (with some patience from the reader in understanding Discworld is sort of like our world, but flat... and on ... - SF Signal: REVIEW: Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
I think part of the problem is that this book is following up the titles I mentioned before, Going Postal or Night Watch or some others like that, and it just can't stand next to them. At least for me, I'm afraid it just couldn't ... - Terry pratchett going postal - cd 5 going postal - 47
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