Going Postal now available

David Stewart · 26-09-2004 8:46am #1

Picked up Going Postal in Hodges Figgis yesterday for €23.99.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 26-09-2004 8:52am

that a new discworld book?
oh.. balls, I need rent money in the next week!

OfflerCrocGod · 26-09-2004 11:21am

I though it was Oct release, well tell us what you think of it David Stewart - I can't buy any books right now because my final year project is taking up all my reading time

David Stewart · 27-09-2004 5:27pm

Very good. Vetinari is as menacing as usual (yet every so nicely) and the hero is as heroic as ever in spite of himself. And the Wizards are, well, Wizards. Without giving anything away I can tell you that none of the characters actually 'goes postal' but there is a reference to people who have 'gone Bursar.' And of course classic Pratchett dialogue:
"Is there a hospice in the city? Even a decent doctor?"
"There's the Lady Sybill Free Hospital"
"Is it any good?"
"Well, some people don't die."

Heartily recommended.

David

OfflerCrocGod · 27-09-2004 9:44pm

David Stewart wrote:

Heartily recommended.

I am so happy about that; I was afraid that he was going to write another Monstrous Mistake. Getting this as soon as I have some time to read it

WHOOO!

regeneration · 28-09-2004 8:29am

I only got it yesterday, but get this - there are CHAPTERS That's right folks, pratchett finally has chapterised (may not be a word) the discworld, Im sure his past critics will be glad to hear that. So far seems funny, and Moist Van Lipwig so far seems a lot more like a fleshed out Rincewind (the "cowardly" aspect anyway).

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 28-09-2004 2:03pm

chapters?

dear jesus christ

well the money's down in the bookshop, I just got to wait for them to get it in..
oooh, I don't want to wait

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 30-09-2004 2:29pm

I have it

22.99. eat that(!) original poster

time to go a readin'!

strangelove · 30-09-2004 3:13pm

CHAPTERS can he doo that?

I can't wait, but can afford to buy.

regeneration · 30-09-2004 5:51pm

Yeah but i mean you dont notice the chapters, I mean it's hardly a radical new concept.

I got my copy in waterstones in London - did anyone else get that special edition with the envelope with the ankh-morpork stamps on it? That was a nice touch i thought. Looked very convincing.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 30-09-2004 6:12pm

the inside of the book itself hash stamps all over it.. not the fancy shiny covery part

regeneration · 30-09-2004 10:49pm

yeah the inside cover has pictures of stamps, but the copies on sale in waterstones had an actual envelope inside, with "real" stamps (the designs from the inside cover) stuck onto it, ill scan it in at some point and show you if.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 01-10-2004 1:27pm

oh

i guess you get what you pay for with that extra euro

ozt9vdujny3srf · 02-10-2004 10:36am

Got meh copy last night!

Hell yeah its lookin good.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 02-10-2004 11:32am

finished it last night, loved it

fantastic book.

"and then stanley had one of his little moments"

lol

Sarky · 02-10-2004 11:34am

Wot? Chapters? Pratchett sold out, man. Now I don't believe in nuthin' no more. I'm goin' to LAW SCHOOL!

echomadman · 02-10-2004 9:38pm

Sarky wrote:

Wot? Chapters? Pratchett sold out, man. Now I don't believe in nuthin' no more. I'm goin' to LAW SCHOOL!

damn straight, I'm quite put off by these chapters, one of the things i loved with pratchett was the uninterrupted flow.
book is shaping up well though, should be finished it tonight.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 02-10-2004 9:48pm

I love the little preview notes at the top of the chapters though, they're almost as much fun as the chapters themselves

echomadman · 04-10-2004 5:56pm

finished it yesterday, i dont like the chapters at all, and the preview notes just amounted to mini-spoilers imo.
The book itself was excellent, super-geeky and hilarious, dimwell rhyming slang cracked me up.

Havelock · 06-10-2004 10:08pm

I shall pick it up tomorrow or Friday. Without my judgement it is worthless. But since I'm mentioned its bound to be good.

regeneration · 07-10-2004 8:59am

I finished it and am still undecided what to make of it; in many ways it feels a lot like "the truth", though in many other ways, it isn't.
It seemed to be two books - one book about the workers mythology and fleshing out the Grand Trunk company, the other was about Moist's "adventures" in starting up the Post Office again.
To be honest, I didn't like the fact that there were cameos from many other Ankh Mopork characters - from Sacharissa of The Times (Moist notes she's wearing a wedding ring!) to Ridcully to Vimes (though he doesn't speak), and even Dr. Lawn!

Ba_barbaraAnne · 08-10-2004 7:43pm

Best Pratchett for a while! Couldn't put it down. Strange having chapters though! Terry's pulling no punches on this one.

OfflerCrocGod · 09-10-2004 4:30pm

You could have added this as a reply to the thread "Going Postal now available"

I suppose it's not important since it's not as if this forum gets a huge number of new threads anyway.I'm very happy to hear he is back in form; I've not had the funds/time to get this yet....probably X-Mas before I can get the time

ozt9vdujny3srf · 09-10-2004 6:08pm

Merged "Going Postal" thread with this one

jongore · 11-10-2004 1:28pm

Just finished it and have to say that I enjoyed it even if it was a bit strange to have a discworld book with chapters. Moist is very good as the conman with the heart of gold and I liked the small cameos from old characters.

"Neither Deluge Nor Ice Storm Nor The Black Silence Of The Netherhells Shall Stay These Messengers From Their Sacred Business. Do Not Ask Us About Sabre-Tooth Tigers, Tar Pits, Big Green Things With Teeth Or The Goddess Czol." - Extremly Senior Postman Anghammarad.

Havelock · 12-10-2004 12:49pm

I loved it, the Ankh Morpork series (I recon its an off shoot of the Guards series) are raplidly becoming some off my favorites.

The cameos were much better than in MR (Me shudders)

Moist, a well thought out character. Dearheart, I reckon could replace Susan Sto Helit as my favorite famale character. Any one notice there were less foot notes. The Chapter system I didn't like, didn't read them as I read the book, read them aftewards and realsied how much they would have spolied.

Look forward to much more Pratchett. Any one else sometimes wish they hadn't read any Pratchett yet, so they could read all again for the first time? sigh..

Also I'm a philatelist, so anyone with that envelop with stamps looking to sell it?

regeneration · 12-10-2004 1:02pm

Hmmm I dunno - I found the cameos intruisive, frankly - it was about the time Dr. Lawn appeared that I thought - "urgh - wtf? stop this parade of [font=verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif]old[/font] characters". Actually, what was amazing that in all the cameos, Dibbler didn't appear

At first Moist felt like a more fleshed our Rincewind when it suggested that Moist was someone who was always ready to run away. But he gradually became a better character. Agreed though, Dearheart was a good character, and the "sexiness" was pretty overt.

I still think a whole book could have been made of just the grand Trunk company.

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