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Going Postal

(Discworld, Book 29)

By Terry Pratchett

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780060502935

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Arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig never believed his crimes were hanging offenses -- until he found himself with a noose around his neck, dropping through a trap door, and falling into ... a government job? Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be an impossible task.Continue

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Going Postal By Terry Pratchett

In the 29th volume of his Discworld series (relax you don't have to read them all), English master fantasist and humorist Terry Pratchett takes on that most moribund of government institutions: the post office. Going Postal features Moist von Lipwig, ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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"Fun fantasy" He is a thief, a con-man, and an embezzlerand the law finally catches up to Moist von Lipwig when is arrested. He refuses to tell anyone where he hid the $150,000 in ill- gotten gains. He is hung, but awakens in the Patrician Lord Vetin ... (read full critics)

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Although many people haven't liked Pratchett's later works as much as his earlier efforts, I found this entry - satirizing the postal system - to be delightfully funny. Moist Von Lipwig is not Pratchett's most charming protagonist, but this is still head and shoulders above most books out there. No ... (continue)

Although many people haven't liked Pratchett's later works as much as his earlier efforts, I found this entry - satirizing the postal system - to be delightfully funny. Moist Von Lipwig is not Pratchett's most charming protagonist, but this is still head and shoulders above most books out there. Not up to previous Pratchett standards, but very funny, nonetheless.

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guaddess said on Sep 23, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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Pterry is an absolute genius of wit and inventive. And this counts for everything he writes: even a shopping list, probably. But every book confirms this. Always.

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virinthesky said on Sep 4, 2008 | Add your feedback

I'm giving up on reading this author. I just don't get the humor and I guess I never will.

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Deanna Kyre said on Jul 9, 2011 | Add your feedback

Phreaking good !!!

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Darlinghurst said on Jul 21, 2010 | Add your feedback

Fantasy should be about epics

And this book is able to create and epic around boring postmen and the power of hope.
And while it presents all the post topics, it is also a geek joke to the underground phreaking culture of the '80s.

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rogersm said on Feb 18, 2010 | Add your feedback

Another nice book by Terry Pratchett!
This time, in the parallel universe of the Discworld, we read about Moist Von Lipwig's efforts to revive the Postal Service, the fight between it and the Clacks system, which sometimes made me think of Western movies.
It's a nice book that cleverly ... (continue)

Another nice book by Terry Pratchett!
This time, in the parallel universe of the Discworld, we read about Moist Von Lipwig's efforts to revive the Postal Service, the fight between it and the Clacks system, which sometimes made me think of Western movies.
It's a nice book that cleverly deals with the evolution of communication technologies - I very much enjoyed the parts that describe the Clack Towers - media attention and how it develops media hype, hackers, crooks, racial relations, for example with Golems, and the fact that even the worst human beings, in the end, seem to have a heart.
I liked it :)

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natalia said on Nov 28, 2009 | Add your feedback