Making money - BokDraken

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Publicerades 11 november 2008 av Corgi.

ISBN:: 978-0-552-15490-1
OCLC-nummer:: 219991392

The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail is delivered promptly; meetings start and end on time; five out of six letters relegated to the Blind Letter Office ultimately wend their way to the correct addresses. Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations—including his own. So it's somewhat disconcerting when Lord Vetinari summons Moist to the palace and asks, "Tell me, Mr. Lipwig, would you like to make some real money?"Vetinari isn't talking about wages, of course. He's referring, rather, to the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork, a venerable institution that haas run for centuries on the hereditary employment of the Men of the Sheds and their loyal outworkers, who do make money in their spare time. Unfortunately, it costs more than a penny to make a penny, so the whole process …

The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail is delivered promptly; meetings start and end on time; five out of six letters relegated to the Blind Letter Office ultimately wend their way to the correct addresses. Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations—including his own. So it's somewhat disconcerting when Lord Vetinari summons Moist to the palace and asks, "Tell me, Mr. Lipwig, would you like to make some real money?"Vetinari isn't talking about wages, of course. He's referring, rather, to the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork, a venerable institution that haas run for centuries on the hereditary employment of the Men of the Sheds and their loyal outworkers, who do make money in their spare time. Unfortunately, it costs more than a penny to make a penny, so the whole process seems somewhat counterintuitive.Next door, at the Royal Bank, the Glooper, an "analogy machine," has scientifically established that one never has quite as much money at the end of the week as one thinks one should, and the bank's chairman, one elderly Topsy (nee Turvy) Lavish, keeps two loaded crossbows at her desk. Oh, and the chief clerk is probably a vampire.But before Moist has time to fully consider Vetinari's question, fate answers it for him. Now he's not only making money, but enemies too; he's got to spring a prisoner from jail, break into his own bank vault, stop the new manager from licking his face, and, above all, find out where all the gold has gone—otherwise, his life in banking, while very exciting, is going to be really, really short. . . .

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読書狂 recenserade Making money av Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series -- 36)

solid, funny, but not mind-blowing

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very funny, and has a lot of Vetinari in it, which i always enjoy, but i don't know... maybe it's because i took a break for a couple of days in the middle, but it seemed a little off somehow? like, i was following all the different threads, you know, assuming that they'd eventually all come together, but somehow when they did, i was kind of surprised? i had the feeling in the beginning that the golems were only there because Spike needed to be in the story (more Spike please) and that's her entire gig, but then of course about halfway through it becomes pretty obvious what they are and where they're going to end up, and i don't know. i mean, i get the joke, and i'm not sure how else Moist was supposed to get out of it, but it felt a little deus ex machina? despite …

very funny, and has a lot of Vetinari in it, which i always enjoy, but i don't know... maybe it's because i took a break for a couple of days in the middle, but it seemed a little off somehow? like, i was following all the different threads, you know, assuming that they'd eventually all come together, but somehow when they did, i was kind of surprised? i had the feeling in the beginning that the golems were only there because Spike needed to be in the story (more Spike please) and that's her entire gig, but then of course about halfway through it becomes pretty obvious what they are and where they're going to end up, and i don't know. i mean, i get the joke, and i'm not sure how else Moist was supposed to get out of it, but it felt a little deus ex machina? despite the earlier set up??? i guess i'm just not sure (slight spoilers i guess, but it's pretty obvious by about halfway through if you've ever read another T Pratchett book) why we needed to replace the gold at all??? i also thought that Moist getting into banking was a bit forced. i'm not sure anyone could have recreated the magic of how Moist got into Post Office-ing, so i was curious how Pratchett was going to work this one, and i'm having trouble coming up with a rational reason why it didn't work for me, but it just didn't. Maybe Going Postal was a little too good in that sense, and it spoiled me for the rest of Moist's books? anyhow, Mr Bent's whole story line was hilarious - "Watch out! He's got a daisy!" "Yes, I know," is possibly the funniest exchange in any Discworld novel - and there's a couple of Watch cameos too... anyway, all in all, it's not a /bad/ novel, i think it's just that having read 35 other Discworld novels, i know how good they can be, and this one's just kind of... normal. meh, 4 out of 5 stars, glad i read it, but wouldn't read it again.

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Discworld (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.