Unlike most of Pratchett's Discworld novels, Going Postal is divided into chapters, a feature previously seen only in Pratchett's children's books and the Science of Discworld series. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Going Postal is the first book in the Moist von Lipwig series. Going Postal is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 33rd book in his Discworld series, released in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2004. Perhaps there's a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. But hes got to see that the mail gets though - come rain, hail, sleet, do. But there are people who still believe in it, and Moist must become one of them if he's going to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, an evil chairman. Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morporks ailing postal service back on its feet. The post is a creaking old institution, overshadowed by new technology. Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put the ailing postal service of Ankh-Morpork – the Discworld’s city-state – back on its feet. The post was an old thing, of course, but it was so o ld that it had magically become new again. The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. 'One of the best expressions of his unstoppable flow of comic invention' The Times
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |