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Making Money (Discworld #36)

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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 expectati...more

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Published September 18th 2007 by Harper (first published September 3rd 2007)

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Feb 09, 2008 Chris rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, pratchett

This is the follow-up to Going Postal, in which the former con-man Moist von Lipwig sets up the new Ankh-Morpork post office and thwarts the evil corporate wiles of the Clacks.

When my co-workers asked me what I was reading, I told them, "It's a fantasy about.... About banking."

I know, I know, it sounds like a bizarre topic for a fantasy novel, even for a Discworld novel, but gods bless Terry Pratchett, he can even make basic economic theory interesting. Why is it not that bad that a penny costs...more

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Oct 19, 2007 Seth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: discworld, fantasy, sf-f-h

Quite fun. Fairly typical of the non-major-character stories in the series, although Moist von Lipzwig might be becoming a major character. The plot is a simplification of Going Postal: Vetinari ropes Moist into leaving his post as Postmaster and taking over as Assistant to the chairman of the Bank of Ankh-Morpork. Seeing as the chairman is a lapdog, this puts him in charge. The family that has run the bank for generations doesn't like this, the bank manager doesn't like Moist, and a mad scienti...more Quite fun. Fairly typical of the non-major-character stories in the series, although Moist von Lipzwig might be becoming a major character. The plot is a simplification of Going Postal: Vetinari ropes Moist into leaving his post as Postmaster and taking over as Assistant to the chairman of the Bank of Ankh-Morpork. Seeing as the chairman is a lapdog, this puts him in charge. The family that has run the bank for generations doesn't like this, the bank manager doesn't like Moist, and a mad scientist in the basement with an Igor is about to Do Something.

Oh, and Moist's girlfriend Spike is stirring up trouble with the golems again and might be starting a war with the Low King. Which is actually kind of tame for her. On the plus side, there is a lecherous lich leering after her, so Moist gets to get jealous.

As with all the Vetinari-centered, non-major-character stories (and with about half of the Vimes stories), this one is about the city as a living character in and of itself, asking the same question governments have been struggling with for thousands of years: what makes something valuable, and how can we get control of it? Ankh-Morpork is on the gold standard, which is entirely too inelastic for Moist's view of the world, but no Discworld economist has proposed any alternative and people don't know whether they can trust money they can't block magic with.

The economic question of automation springs up again, although the take on it is from the other side than it was in The Truth: what if it isn't one craft that's reduced from an industry to a cottage craft but instead categories of unskilled labor? How does the ripple of economic change spread and how can it gain momentum instead of lose it. This is always presented to Moist in the negative sense: how his rash ideas that words and passions can save people more than sensibility and money can could destroy even Ankh-Morpork; it takes him a long time to see the flip side of that coin.

On the downside, this isn't really anything excitingly new for Discworld. I'll keep reading the same stuff from Pratchett forevere--it's brilliant. But sometimes he rises above the (already high) crowd and gives us a Night Watch, or a Fifth Elephant; if the occasional Monstrous Regiment is the price we pay to get them, then I'm happy to pay it.

I did laugh out loud through this one, reading far too many lines to my girlfriend (who was waiting to read it after me), so it's great in that Discworld-is-funny way (unlike, say Monstrous Regiment or Thud), but it's one of those "wait for the coincidences to catch up and then for Vetinari to show that he's known it all along" books, which are just so-so in my opinion.

Well, well worth reading for the humor, but don't drop Night Watch for it.(less)

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Oct 08, 2007 Hanna rated it 3 of 5 stars

I was expecting more from Moist von Lipvig - his ordeals at the bank didn't seem as dire as his fight with the Grand Trunk in Going Postal, so he didn't really shine as much as he could have.

Maybe it's just because Going Postal is one of my favorite Discworld novels that the sequel seemed so off. But a lot of the book seemed... formulaic? I felt like I had read this book before as I was reading it. Here's hoping the next Pratchett book is better.

Still, while it wasn't as good as I was expecting...more

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Oct 26, 2007 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Edit 10/mumble: I finished this a while ago. After reading some earlier Pratchett recently, this shone like a very shiny literary thing. Massively enjoyable. Unfortunately, since it's been a couple weeks since I finished it, I can't give a detailed review. It lived up to my expectations, though, which is always appreciated.

Edit 10/05: Got it today from the library. Mwah ha ha.

OLD: Technically I'm not reading this, but I'm first on the holding list for the library, and the librarian currently rea...more

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Oct 15, 2007 Fuzzy rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm a huge fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, but I have to say that this is not the best of the bunch. Maybe it's that the main character, Going Postal's Moist von Lipwig, is a thoroughly reformed scallywag. In Postal we all knew that he was going to realize that he had a heart of gold and do the right thing, but it was fun watching him discover it. And the plot is clever enough, but maybe just a bit too clever, with too many of its gears exposed. It's not bad -- I LLOLed* a few times --...more

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Oct 12, 2007 Kate rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, fiction

A disappointment a long time coming. Main character Moist von Lipwig is, by design, a forgettable man, but the task of making him both memorable and someone to root for appears to be greater than author Terry Pratchett. Unlike recent successes Monstrous Regiment and Wintersmith, Making Money goes for pages, sometimes even chapters (thankfully, Pratchett has divided this book and its predecessor into chapters, contrary to his usual reader-torturing, endless passages), without even a smile, le...more

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Oct 01, 2007 Maria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-own, fiction, fantasy

10/01/2007: Wow, this was great. Mind, I think the book is somewhat flawed. There were a few storylines that seemed really promising but didn't go anywhere, like Cosmo Lavish and Heretofore. Going Postal was much more tightly written, as I remember. PTerry should have saved Cosmo's mania for a different book. Maybe he will write one still, and maybe it'll be a Watch book! *crosses fingers*

But on the whole, it was a really fun book, one that opened up so many new directions for future books to t...more

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Oct 21, 2007 Caroline rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, read-in-2007

Moist von Lipwig of Going Postal makes a return, this time with the task of getting the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork in order. There's a lot of new interesting characters to be found, as well as familiar faces from the rest of the series as well as Going Postal. The Lavishes were just great and entertaining all around, and it was fun to see some of wizards and City Watch make small appearances.

I'll admit that my favorite part of this book was how much Vetinari actually appeared in it. I've always...more

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Nov 30, 2008 Siria rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 21st-century, british-fiction, fantasy

Though still enjoyable, this wasn't one of Pratchett's best, I'm afraid—there's a lack of something indefinably Discworld-ish. Perhaps it's the fact that he's using chapters now, but overall I think that the plot lacked the density and the bite that makes for a really good Pratchett novel; there was an awful lot of set-up with very little pay off. A satire of the modern banking system, especially in the present, could use a lot more venom than he deploys here, and I thought he could maybe have f...more

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Sep 26, 2007 Monkey of Doom rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Discworld Fans

Shelves: discworld

I was literally jumping for joy when I got this book from the library! Overall, though, I enjoyed Going Postal better than the most recent adventures of Moist Von Lipwig.

I loved how Terry Pratchett fleshed out the characters so nicely, which made up for the lacking in plot. I found Cosmo's obsession hilarious and thought his ending was very fitting. Mr. Fusspot, neh, he was ok, but I prefer Gaspode hands (or paws) down. Mr. Bent was a great newcomer to Discworld life; I really hope to see more o...more

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Sep 24, 2007 piraterie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read2007, fantasy

It is about banking and it is interesting!

I think I liked this one better than Going Postal. I didn't find Moist to be a very interesting character in that one, and I still don't after this, but he has his moments. And Adora Belle is just kind of...meh. I like the idea of her, but the execution doesn't really do anything for me.

But! The other characters! Gladys! Mr. Fusspot! Topsy! And Mr. Bent! I loved Mr. Bent so very much. And this was such a good book for Vetinari too. Heart.

In any case, I h...more

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May 20, 2008 Cloudwalker rated it 2 of 5 stars

Well...perhaps I expected too much, but this wasn't quite as much fun as "Going Postal." Still, it was a better than okay read, and worth the time spent.

One small thing, though. While Pratchett's fictional world is every bit as absurd and unpredictable as that in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, it's also kinder to its inhabitants. There is pain and fear and suffering, but it is neither random nor meaningless. That's a rather nice touch in escapist reading.

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Nov 15, 2010 Maurizio Codogno rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, finished

Trentaduesimo (o trentaseiesimo, se consideriamo anche quelli "per giovani lettori") libro del Discworld, questo Making Money riprende il personaggio di Moist von Lipwig da <a href="http://xmau.com/notiziole/arch/200601...;Going Postal</a>, e stavolta lo manda a dirigere la banca principale di Ankh-Morpork. Il tutto insieme a golem vecchi e nuovi, maghi vivi e morti, naturalmente Lord Vetinari, e a una visione dell'economia che è simile in modo preoccupante a quella che si vede in quest...more

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Jan 20, 2009 Mark rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, humor

There were only a few scenes I liked, so I'm wondering if even 3 stars is more based on my warm feelings for Pratchett rather than the book itself. There's no real hook in the beginning (compare with Going Postal) so I was never drawn in. There were too many plots that I didn't care about, it would have been much better to restrict it to two or three plots (that I still wouldn't have cared about, except maybe they would have been written better). There were too many retreads of characters from p...more

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Dec 26, 2008 Peter rated it 5 of 5 stars

Making Money (A Discworld Novel)
Terry Pratchett
Transworld Publishers (Double Day)

ISBN 9780385611015

The latest book in the ever lengthening Discworld series again concentrates on Moist von Lipwig as the central character. The environment is familiar and Ankh-Morpork is still ruled by Vetinari. Most of the characters though are new. The wonderfully comic Cosmo, who is completely mad, and his relatives, and a small dog all vie with Moist for ownership of the Ankh-Morpork bank. The bank has been und...more Making Money (A Discworld Novel)
Terry Pratchett
Transworld Publishers (Double Day)

ISBN 9780385611015

The latest book in the ever lengthening Discworld series again concentrates on Moist von Lipwig as the central character. The environment is familiar and Ankh-Morpork is still ruled by Vetinari. Most of the characters though are new. The wonderfully comic Cosmo, who is completely mad, and his relatives, and a small dog all vie with Moist for ownership of the Ankh-Morpork bank. The bank has been under performing for years and requires the same type of transformation as the Post-Office (see the previous book in the series – Going Postal). Then there's the Golden Golem, the Golem Trust, and the possibility of war with the other cities on the Disc. Unseen University, Ponder Stibbons, and the Necromancy department Department of Post-Mortem Communications, are there to help out and avoid catastrophe, or contribute to it. A full cast list can be found in lspace.

We also come across another type of computer this one is water based and the whole area where is is operated is wet. It models the economy (read the book to find out how). When Moist is introduced to it, he says to it's programmer “Hello, I'm Moist”, to which the reply is “I should have put the umbrella closer to the door”. That's my type of quote!

It is clear from this novel that Pratchett does not have a high level of respect for banks. What is there that's of real worth – could it be Gold? As unlikely here as it is on the Discworld, but nonetheless something that people are drawn to. The gold standard is abandoned, as it has been in the sphere world. The story develops with its usual flourish, and a good deal of comedy, but here the characters themselves are more obviously comic in their own right. This is an easy and enjoyable read. Unlike most of the other novels in this series, its pace does not pick up dramatically at the end, which is no bad thing.

My last review of a Pratchett book was Wintersmith.(less)

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Feb 07, 2013 Al rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Amazingly, former arch-swindler-turned-Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig has somehow managed to get the woefully inefficient Ankh-Morpork Post Office running like . . . well, not like a government office at all. Now the supreme despot Lord Vetinari is asking Moist if he'd like to make some real money. Vetinari wants Moist to resuscitate the venerable Royal Mint—so that perhaps it will no longer cost considerably more than a penny to make a penny.

Moist doesn't want the job. However, a reques

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Moist doesn't want the job. However, a request from Ankh-Morpork's current ruling tyrant isn't a "request" per se, more like a "once-in-a-lifetime-offer-you-can-certainly-refuse-if-you-feel-you've-lived-quite-long-enough." So Moist will just have to learn to deal with elderly Royal Bank chairman Topsy (née Turvy) Lavish and her two loaded crossbows, a face-lapping Mint manager, and a chief clerk who's probably a vampire. But he'll soon be making lethal enemies as well as money, especially if he can't figure out where all the gold has gone.

From Publishers Weekly

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.

From Booklist

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

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Jan 25, 2013 Richard Barnes rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I used to think that Pratchett was a poor man's Douglas Adams - I was so, so wrong. For a start, Pratchett actually produces books regularly, something Adams never quite got the hang of...

Both are masters of words - many authors can spin a gripping yarn but Pratchett does just that with some finely spun phrases.

With Making Money, Pratchett aims his sharp pen at banking - his brilliant Moist van Lipwig (wonderful characters, another of Pratchett's strengths) is shoved into revolutionising The Roy...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Christopher rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm a pretty big fan of Discworld, and this was pretty standard fare for the series. If you like Pratchett, you'll like Making Money. If you liked Going Postal (to which Making Money is a direct sequel) you'll like revisiting the characters.

Pratchett's wit is in fine form in this book, and I think he actually avoids the plot pitfalls which some of his rockier stories suffer from. All in all, this a is an even snappier read than even some other discworld novels, as the plot only momentarily gets...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Harold Ogle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, humor

A relatively late Discworld novel, Making Money is the second book featuring career con man Moist von Lipwig, and it picks up shortly after Going Postal ended (though it is not necessary to have read that first - it's never necessary to read any of the Discworld novels in any particular order, except to see how Pratchett has changed as a writer). Moist has reformed the post office, now the Patrician offers him a way into a new challenge: save the Ankh-Morpork bank. This ends up involving taking...more

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Apr 23, 2011 BlackPhoenix rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

"Igor strahlte. Endlich! Diese ganze Höflichkeit war ihm ziemlich auf die Nerven gegangen. Ein Igor erwartete irrsinnige Befehle. Das war es, wozu ein Igor geboren (und in einem gewissen Ausmaß gemacht) war. Ein gebrüllter Befehl, etwas zu tun, dessen moralische Beurteilung zweifelhaft und dessen Ausgang nicht vorherzusagen war? Köftlich!"
Wie immer parodisiert Terry Pratchett in seinen Scheibenwelt-Romanen bestimmte Themen. In "Schöne Scheine" war es dieses Mal das Geld und das Bankwesen.
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Jan 06, 2011 Travis rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2007

Unsurprisingly, I loved this. I loved Going Postal as a one-off, and I'm thrilled that Moist von Lipwig has become a character with his own series (the next Discworld book is going to be about Moist, too). There was lots of Vetinari, but very little Vimes. That's okay, though. There are lots of Vimes books, and I love Moist almost as much as Vimes and Vetinari. I really love Adora Belle, too, and Gladys.[return][return]I'm not sure what I think of the whole Mr Bent plot. At first, with the stuff...more

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Apr 19, 2010 Jaime Nelson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Making Money by Terry Pratchett (394 pages)

What is Discworld?
Discworld is a series by Terry Pratchett. It’s fantasy, but it’s a hilarious satire poking fun at our own world. The characters live on a flat world composed of humans, vampires, witches, werewolves, igors, golums, trolls, dwarfs, zombies, etc. And I do mean etc.

What is Making Money?
It’s a Discworld book, effectively the sequel to Going Postal, which is being bade into a film right now. Making Money stars Moist von Lipwig, ex-conma...more

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Dec 30, 2009 Matt rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, humor

There are two ways I can review this book. The first is to talk about the book. The second is to talk about me.

It's probably fairer to actually review the book first.

'Making Money' is one of the more recent books by the much esteemed and highly prolific Terry Pratchett, for whom everyone prays (even if they aren't the praying sort) that he staves off his senility long enough to crank out another 30 or 40 novels. Pratchett has a bit of something for almost everyone's taste and is one of the auth...more

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Jun 30, 2009 Sharyl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Making Money (2007) is the lastest installment of The Discworld Series, and is really a continuation of Going Postal (2004)*, in which we meet Moist von Lipwig, a man sentenced to hang as a cheat, con, and thief, until Ankh-Morpork's dictator, Lord Vetinari, realizes that his talents could be put to very good use.

Actually, he was hanged. But--that's another tangent of the story for the former Albert Spangler, who survives to have a new lease on life as Moist von Lipwig, a man whose talents inclu...more Making Money (2007) is the lastest installment of The Discworld Series, and is really a continuation of Going Postal (2004)*, in which we meet Moist von Lipwig, a man sentenced to hang as a cheat, con, and thief, until Ankh-Morpork's dictator, Lord Vetinari, realizes that his talents could be put to very good use.

Actually, he was hanged. But--that's another tangent of the story for the former Albert Spangler, who survives to have a new lease on life as Moist von Lipwig, a man whose talents include the charm, gift of gab, quick thinking, and outright sneakiness that somehow allow him to mezmorize people--okay, con people--into doing whatever he needs them to do. And Lord Vetinari has a job for him. In Going Postal, the job is to somehow rescue a failing postal system and make it run efficiently, which Lipwig pulls off with ingenuity, luck, and style. (Style is important.) This time around, though, Lord Vetinari has another job. "Tell me, Lipwig, how would you like to make some real money?" That is, how would Lipwig like to take over the Bank of Ankh-Morpork and The Royal Mint? At first Lipwig refuses, but of course, we know that he will be forced into the position in the most comically way possible.

Actually, Lipwig's job as Postmaster General has gotten a bit too easy and boring for this former man of danger. In fact, this tale opens with Lipwig trying to break into his own office. He still has a criminal mind, and in his restlessness, he's taken up Edificeering** and Extreme Sneezing*** as leisure pursuits. Well, especially when his fiance, Adora Belle Dearheart, is away for extended lengths of time. Her presence, it seems, provides enough danger for him.

As usual, the variety of characters is not missing--Igors, golems, trolls, vampires, werewolves, and insane rich people populate Discworld, and these books are always fun to read. Actually, the chairman of the bank is Mr. Fusspot, a delightful terrier. Lord Vetinari has the chairman eating out of his hand, by the end of the book.

And Lipwig? Oh, he'll run the mint and the bank for awhile, but--Lord Vetinari knows that one day, Lipwig will again become a danger to himself and the city and--just how old is the taxmaster? .......

I enjoyed Making Money very much (it's not usually this fun), and my only reservation about this novel was that I found myself missing the Watch, or the cops of Ankh-Morpork. I particularly enjoy Commander Vimes, and was a bit disappointed that he was barely in this novel. The Watch is a most diverse group of characters who add splash to any occasion and I think they should always be invited to the story.

* ..which is still my favorite Discworld novel (so far, of the ones I've read) despite the fact that it's not about the Watch

**Involves scaling the highest, steepest, trickiest and most difficult buildings in the city.

*** I have no idea, but Lord Vetinari says it's potentially lethal, and I believe him.
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May 19, 2009 Helen rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is different to Pratchett's earlier works, a little more serious, but this is no bad thing- in many ways it feels a return to form for the writer, the less joke-fuelled novel feeling a little more like Pratchett's first few novels, but more polished.

I'd say this is arguably one of Pratchett's best works- Moist is becoming a typical Prachettian hero, sneaky and underhand yet ultimately honest in the style of Vimes, Granny Weatherwax or Lu Tze- Pratchett seems to like characters who do bad th...more

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Jan 23, 2012 Thomas rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, fun, funny

So, it didn’t take as long as I expected to get to my next Discworld novel. It didn’t hurt that a reader pointed me toward a good reading guide for the series, or that I found the one that followed the last one I read while browsing the library this weekend. And hey, while we’re on the topic of things that helped me get back around to the series, let’s just say that it’s not often that I get to read books in a series back-to-back (-ish). So all the points convened on what became a foregone concl...more So, it didn’t take as long as I expected to get to my next Discworld novel. It didn’t hurt that a reader pointed me toward a good reading guide for the series, or that I found the one that followed the last one I read while browsing the library this weekend. And hey, while we’re on the topic of things that helped me get back around to the series, let’s just say that it’s not often that I get to read books in a series back-to-back (-ish). So all the points convened on what became a foregone conclusion.

Anyway, Making Money follows right after Going Postal, and follows Moist von Lipwick’s journey from con man to postmaster to director of the Ankh-Morpork mint. Like the previous story, Moist’s adventures become more perilous than he would have expected, as he butts heads with those who gain to profit from the banks. And like Going Postal, he has to match wits with a variety of shady individuals in public and private, and still manages to stay charismatic through it all.

The story follows some of the same themes as Going Postal, this time focusing on banks and the industry of money. Pratchett seems to have a clear opinion of banks and the government, and deconstructs the idea of a national economy over the course of the story. And like Going Postal, Moist himself comes up with the main idea that manages to keep the business running, which is of course the same idea that we use to run our country today. It’s a fun conceit, and makes the reader think about how these ideas came to be in the real world. And there’s a hint at the end of the novel that Moist’s next adventure will involve tax collection, so I imagine there will be a grand simplification of that idea in his next novel.

Making Money is a wild romp and a fun ride, even if it isn’t quite as good as Going Postal. Maybe it’s because I’ve already seen Moist dodge all the challenges thrown his way, or maybe it’s because the ending was a little too forced and a little too pat, but it just didn’t resonate quite as well as Going Postal (though that didn’t stop me from reading the entire book in one day; Pratchett still tells a wonderful story that’s just plain fun to read). But that’s not going to stop me from picking up more of his books along the way. Anyone care to recommend the next place to start?(less)

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Jul 14, 2010 Lindsey Duncan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: funny-fantasy

"Making Money" serves up a dose of full-out mayhem amongst the familiar scenery of Ankh-Morpork. It's amazing how running gags have woven together to create their own mythology - in the case of the golems, one that is continuously evolving and changing.

This is the second book that features former swindler Moist, and in some ways, it suffers from pitfalls of sequel-itis. Much of the first two-thirds of the books feels as if Pratchett tried to rewrite the outline for "Going Postal" with different...more

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Oct 18, 2012 Bruce rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: british-literature, comedy, discworld, english-literature

Moist von Lipwig, the charming (and reformed) rogue of the Discworld, returns with a new task set him by the Patrician Vetinari of Ankh-Morpork. It seems that Moist (a.k.a. Alfred Spangler) did such a good job of reforming the Post Office that it practically runs itself now. Moist has turned to such entertaining pursuits as extreme sneezing and scaling the walls of the main post office building for excitement. Vetinari, of course, knows of this -- Vetinari knows everything that goes on in Ankh-M...more

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Jan 13, 2009 Laura rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: discworld

This is Pratchett's second outing with the character Moist von Lipwig, and it's not as entertaining as the first one, but still good. Surprisingly good, considering that the basic premise is more or less the same. Some of the things that were new and refreshing in Going Postal aren't new any more, and Making Money book does occasionally feel as if it is covering the same ground over again. But for the most part I found it entertaining and funny, with the occasional very well-placed barb and the...more

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Jun 17, 2012 Remo rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, humor, novela

Otro de Terry Pratchett. El señor Húmedo von Mustachen, que con tanto éxito había dirigido la casa de Correos, es propuesto para el cargo de director del banco Real de Ankh-Morpork. La familia Espléndido, con un 49% de participaciones en el banco, se opone, pero el presidente, (que es un perro), parece aceptarle. Con la excusa de este argumento TP se dedica a hablar de los bancos, del dinero fiat, del patrón oro y de otras cuatas cosas. Por supuesto, criticando a mansalva de manera mordaz todo l...more

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