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Post by Woody on Oct 6, 2007 19:39:30 GMT
I'll hopefully be reading the new Discworld novel at some point in the not to distant future once the posties decide to go back to work!
heres the juicy synopsis
It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long. The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be doing is ...Making Money!
Woody
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Post by Liz from Cheshire on Oct 6, 2007 19:45:21 GMT
I saw that in Smiths today..looks interesting Have you ever read any Robert Rankin?
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Post by Woody on Oct 6, 2007 21:21:20 GMT
I've never got round to reading anything by Robert Rankin although i have heard his stuff is very funny, and I'd probably like it!
I was never a big reader when i was younger, when i was 14 i got Terry Pratchett recommended to me. I got Wyrd Sisters & Reaper Man from the library and I've been hooked on Pratchett's work ever since! Reaper Man though is still probably my favourite of his books, i didn't like reading and this was the first book i couldn't put down!
I have heard Colour of magic & light fantastic (his first two discworld novels) are been made for TV by the same guys behind the Hogfather. His work is hard to translate to the screen and will NEVER be as good as the book. The Hogfather book had more Heart & feeling than the film did, if a book can make you laugh out loud or cry or stir any emotion its a good book. The screen version of Hogfather as much as i enjoyed it lost some of its emotional power, especially in the end scene when Death is trying to bond with his reluctant grand daughter. Still looking forward to the film adaptations anyway!
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Post by "Rock On!" with Shane Carlson on Oct 14, 2007 8:10:58 GMT
Saw "Making Money" money in Heathrow airport yesterday...but will wait for the paperback to come out. I've enjoyed the previous book with these characters - so this new one promises to be another good 'un!
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Post by shaggy on Oct 14, 2007 19:08:53 GMT
new Pratchett on me Chrimbo list
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