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Making Money [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Terry Pratchett (Author), Stephen Briggs (Reader)

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Audio Cassette
Publisher: ISIS Publishing (Dec 1 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0753138425
ISBN-13: 978-0753138427

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Reprieved confidence trickster Moist von Lipwig, who reorganized the Ankh-Morpork Post Office in 2004's Going Postal, turns his attention to the Royal Mint in this splendid Discworld adventure. It seems that the aristocratic families who run the mint are running it into the ground, and benevolent despot Lord Vetinari thinks Moist can do better. Despite his fondness for money, Moist doesn't want the job, but since he has recently become the guardian of the mint's majority shareholder (an elderly terrier) and snubbing Vetinari's offer would activate an Assassins Guild contract, he reluctantly accepts. Pratchett throws in a mad scientist with a working economic model, disappearing gold reserves and an army of golems, once more using the Disc as an educational and entertaining mirror of human squabbles and flaws (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Moist von Lipwig, the savior of the Ankh-Morpork post office, has gotten settled into a routine. He's filling out forms, signing things, will probably get to be head of the Merchants Association next year, and he hasn't designed a stamp in months. He's so bored, in fact, that he's taken to climbing the walls of the post office and breaking into his own office. Lord Vetinari, always brilliant in his ruthlessness, recognizes an opportunity when he sees one, and offers Moist the job of running the royal mint. Moist tries to refuse, pretending that he's satisfied with the stable life, but he can't deny the urge for adventure and intrigue for long. The mint is, in the finest Ankh-Morpork tradition, a strange and oddly old-fashioned place, with bizarre traditions so ingrained the long-term employees can't imagine doing them any other way. Moist is the perfect innovator, with his wildly creative solutions to problems, for changing the way the entire city thinks about money. In the transition from the gold standard and old money, Pratchett brings up all the details that make Ankh-Morpork one of the most satisfying contemporary fantasy cities and continues in his trend of beautifully crafted, wickedly cutting satire on the underpinnings of modern human society. Making Money is smart, funny, and a thoroughly entertaining read. Schroeder, Regina --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Terry's best, Oct 13 2007

By	Reviewing for dummies "Toto" - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Making Money (Hardcover)

While this may not be Pratchett's best book, any book featuring a guy named Moist von Lipwig gets my vote. A graduate student introduced me to Pratchett's Disc World novels, and I have read and reread them over and over. That was a bit redundant. Still the Disk World novels are so funny, refreshing and "spot on" (forgive me) that I really owe that student for telling me about them. I always keep a Pratchett book on hand, especially if I'm reading something very literary, for the humor and sheer inventiveness. It amazes me that Pratchett has a "handle" on so many diffuse subjects and can make them so entertaining. Let's face it, economics is fairly boring, but Pratchett can make it interesting and fun. Who else can do that?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pratchett continues to evolve, Aug 28 2008

By	Jack Blatant (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Making Money (Mass Market Paperback)

I've been a Pratchett fan for many a moon, and one of the things that I love is that his writing, his characters, and his world continue to deepen and grow richer with age. This latest addition to the Discworld features a relatively new character, Moist von Lipwig, who recently debuted in Going Postal. Although Moist found his second chance in Going Postal, there were still some issues left unresolved, and in this new novel Lord Vetinari has some further challenges in store for him.

Despite the fact that Vetinari runs the most efficient city on the Discworld, there are always those who think that they could do one better - for themselves, if not for anyone else. As Sam Vimes wonderfully observed some books ago, the word "privilege" originally derives from the idea of "private law" - that is, one law for those who can afford it and another for the poor sods who can't. Moist finds himself in the position, once again, of entertaining the many at the expense of the rich few - not necessarily out of any Robin Hood-like instinct, but because he can't resist riding the absolute edge of the danger wave.

Another wonderful gem from the mind of Terry Pratchett.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pratchett does it again!, Feb 8 2009

By	Maurice Fawcett (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Making Money (Mass Market Paperback)

Terry Pratchett has done it again! This book features a return of his Moist von Lipwig character as the protagonist. In this adventure the Patrician twists the arm (the Patrician seems to be quite good at doing that) of a reluctant Moist and puts him in charge of getting the Royal Mint back into shape. This book is another gem from Pratchett and made me laugh out loud a few times! While being a fun read, and good satire, the book also manages to make some salient points about the state of our modern financial system. I would highly recommend this book!

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