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| Making Money (Discworld) | 
 enlarge | Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (96 reviews)
Sales Rank: 46529
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0061161640
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780061161643
ASIN: 0061161640
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
Release Date: September 18, 2007
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 I dare you not to laugh... April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Once again, Terry Pratchett has made it completely impossible to read one of his novels without laughing out loud. Moist Von Lipwig returns in this novel to take charge of the bank and mint of Ankh-Morpork since he did such a bang up job with the city's post office in "Going Postal". A host of wonderful characters round out the cast...Mr. Bent, Mr. Fusspot, Adora Belle, Cosmo, Gladys and Ms. Lavish...each one funnier than the next. And in this novel, Pratchett delivers a line that is perhaps my favorite of any of his that I have read: "A smile played around Cosmo's lips, which was a dangerous playground for anything as innocent as a smile."
- Cayr Ariel Wulff, author of Born Without a Tail
 Not, I think, his best. April 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been reading Pratchett since before some of you were born. I've followed him from pretty much the beginning. An incredibly talented man, but he has had his ups and downs. If this is your first sojourn into Prachett, you can do better. That said, if you are just starting in on Prachett and, if you enjoy `Making Money' enough to continue, it get's even better. A lot better.
This is one of those which fit in the lower middle. Whereas in `Going Postal', we followed Moist as he progressed from amoral con artist to responsible citizen (in his own way). In this book we followed Moist because that it were the plot (what little there was) was. Generally, in a really good book, the main character develops in some way. In the best of Prachett's books the protagonist changes in a way that surprises him/her and makes us howl. A Postmaster as super-hero? Only Prachett could sell that and make it work (and work extremely well).
Also, in Making Money, he added interesting elements in the plot that just went nowhere; People making money at home, literally (manufacturing coin as a cottage industry); A magical machine, much like `Hex', that tracks the economy; And, of course, anything by B. S. Johnson. In classic Prachett they would have led slowly to a surprising and excellent joke or insight. Here, they just sort of dangle.
This is book was one of those in the middle of the pack as far as plot, character, and quality. If you want side splitting hysterical with quality plot, read 'Going Postal' (with Moist) or, better yet, 'Truth'. There is no funnier written passage in the English language then Captian Vimes describing the mayhem created in a busy city by a bunch of frightened dogs. That was Prachett at his best. This one, not so much. I think it needed more Dwarfs.
A better and far more interesting treaties on the particular subject was P. J. O'Rourke's "On The Wealth of Nations". Much funnier too.
Pratchett is consistently funny April 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although the points of view and the tenor of his themes have varied with time, Terry Pratchett is consistently funny. From the earliest slapstick novels dealing with the magic of Discworld through his satiric skewering of the social and commercial analogues of our own society, Pratchett is one of the very few novelists who can make me laugh out loud. "Making Money" points out the absurdities of a monetary system based on faith in institutions rather than an underlying value for that money. And he makes this arcane stuff funny! Thank you, Mr Pratchett.
making money,a fantastic novel April 2, 2008
I have been reading the Discworld novels since I was nine so you can imagine my excitement when I heard about this book.I was not disappointed , it's the sequel to Going Postal and Moist Von Lipwig is back.This time to save the bank of Ankh Morpork and seriously,there is nothing at all predictable about this book and once you start reading it's impossible to put down. I would recommend this book to anyone with a sense of humour.
Classic Pratchett March 28, 2008
You'd think by now that Terry Pratchett would run out of jokes and wry observations, but there is no sign of it in "Making Money." Wonderful characters, laugh-out-loud yet sophisticated humor (as far as I can tell...how does one really know?), and thought provoking situations guarantee you'll be up later than you planned, reading about making money, and annoying your partner with your giggling.
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