Making Money (Discworld Series)

Quite Humorous

Returning to the Discworld to follow the exploits of Moist von Lipwig for his second book (the first being Going Postal). Definitively worth the read.

Love it - great followup to going postal

Great followup to Going Postal

Going postal continuation

Having read all of Pratchett's books, I wouldn't miss the new one. His delightful satire is smooth and in your face but occasionally a really good one sneaks in. This continues the character from Going Postal into banking.

Discworld revisited

As always, another Discworld installment is a welcome breath of fresh air and a chance to laugh at ourselves.

Another great chapter in the Disk World series

A continuation of the character from Going Postal. I liked him a bit better in that book but he is still a great character. As usual this book makes me laugh out loud.

A reviewer

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?

As Usual

Making Money was as usual for this author an outstanding read. I felt it started off a little too similar to the other title featuring the main character. But it quickly redeemed itself with new and sparkling characters that make you laugh. To anyone who is a Pratchett devotee, read on and enjoy as usual!

zany entertaining satirical fantasy

Convicted con man Moist von Luwig was punished by being named the Ankh Morpork Postmaster General. To the shock of the stakeholders, he successfully reengineered the Ankh-Morpork Post Office from running like another government agency into an efficient effective customer oriented business. Shockingly mail is delivered on time to the right address at a phenomenal rate of accuracy.----------- He is so successful his superior Lord Vetinari offers Moist a new position that combines his experience as the head of a government bureaucracy with his money making skills as the head of the Royal Mint. Apparently hereditary and incest employment practices over hundreds of years has led to a situation in which the cost to make the money exceeds the value of the money made. However, if he accepts the position he will have an angry staff made up of inefficient, unproductive and mostly idle workers. However after GOING POSTAL, royally MAKING MONEY seems easy until someone steals the gold from the impenetrable vault of the Royal Bank.------------- This zany entertaining satirical sequel continues to lampoon the government bureaucracy, the executive branch leadership up to the White House, and Congressional fiefdom rulers. The story line spoofs the efficiency experts who insist on cutting employee waste while demanding more pork for their districts or promulgating the enforcement of the President¿s Management Agenda except for DOD and Homeland Security. The Royal Bank¿s Glooper Machine understands the global economy tenet is there is never enough money for the ultra wealthy whose taxes must be zero so that they can trickle down trickles to the working class to pay taxes. Moist is still at his effective best with the con, but his first inclination to make MORE MONEY is not enough as he must investigate who looted the treasury (beyond tax breaks) setting him up to take the fall though he is unsure of which agency.------------- Harriet Klausner

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