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Making Money (Discworld) de Terry Pratchett
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Making Money (Discworld) (2007 original; edició 2007)

de Terry Pratchett (Autor)

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Postmaster general Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations in running the Ankh-Morpork Post Office. 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. He's referring to the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork that has run on the hereditary employment of the Men of the Sheds, 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 counter-intuitive.

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 . . .… (més)

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Títol:Making Money (Discworld)
Autors:Terry Pratchett (Autor)
Informació:Harper (2007), Edition: 1, 400 pages
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Making Money de Terry Pratchett (2007)

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Not quite as good "Going Postal," particularly in audio form. The recording quality is low, and musical bookends to the source CD-ROMs are present. Dialogue tags are missing in the text, and Briggs doesn't always make it clear who is speaking; similarly, the caesuras, where action confusingly skips forward, that aren't long enough to really signal a break in the narrative. But the story of Moist transitioning from Postmaster to Chairman of the Bank is entertaining enough despite these flaws. ( )
  yarmando | Mar 4, 2024 |
How does Pratchett make this seem so effortless? As always, I note that the story itself isn't that funny, and the dialogue isn't that funny. It is his narrative style that makes it funny. This book doesn't have as many of the wonderful drops of profundity that can be found in other Discworld tomes. But that doesn't mean one can't learn a thing or two by reading/listening to it. ( )
  Treebeard_404 | Jan 23, 2024 |
I think I read a much earlier Discworld book many moons ago. I'm probably not the right audience for this, as humorous fantasy/SF usually doesn't appeal as I find it a bit predictable and not very funny. I quite liked some of the characters, but I didn't find enough tension between the humour. The plot seemed very thin, and although various perils were set up for the hero Moist - whose name is presumably meant to be amusing but doesn't really seem so to me - they were quickly resolved or just forgotten, such as the assassins guild who fired a couple of arrows but afterwards just disappeared. The main threat - from the man with mechanical dentures, who threatened to reveal Moist's criminal past - is similary easily resolved by a bit of good luck. Towards the end there is an introduction of clowns which I have always found creepy, rather than funny, so that didn't help either. So although I did occasionally chuckle and did enjoy the visit to the necromancer, I can't say this was uproariously funny. So for me a solid 3-star read. ( )
  kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 |
Moist!!!!! I love the Moist books. Terry Pratchett is my favorite writer! ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
A 2007 novel, book 36 in the Discworld series, book 2 in the Moist von Lipwig series.

A former conman is appointed to run a bank.

B (Good).

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Overall it's a lot better than I'd expected, considering that it's (1) Moist von Lipwig, an underwhelming character, and (2) a book more-or-less about finance written by a rich old man in 2007.

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  comfypants | Sep 12, 2023 |
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For all the economic theory in play here, Pratchett makes everything look easy - you get the sense that he's one of the smartest people writing fantasy out there, but he just doesn't feel like showing it off. He is always unbelievably fluid in his prose and the comic aphorisms that seem to flow out of him. Every once in a while he cues his punchlines too noticeably, with an "after all," or an "oh all right then." But it's hard to complain - he also uses the word "hopefully" correctly. Also: "charivari."
afegit per PhoenixTerran | editaio9, Austin Grossman (Apr 17, 2009)
 
When Pratchett is at his best, he matches the greatest satirists in piercing the veil of shared illusion. In a time when money's absurdities puzzle even those who purport to possess it, we need him to do better.
 

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Postmaster general Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations in running the Ankh-Morpork Post Office. 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. He's referring to the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork that has run on the hereditary employment of the Men of the Sheds, 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 counter-intuitive.

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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