Books Read: 2007

[yendi]

90. Making Money, by Terry Prachett. Awesome. I'd thought it was a bit soon to revisit Moist (since he was the lead just two books ago, not counting the YA Tiffany books), but this book works brilliantly. From the Patrician solving sudoku in his head in under twenty seconds to the final, brilliant fate of the book's villain, there's not a wrong moment in this book. We even get, for the first time in ages, actual chapters! Plotwise, this is Terry's take on banking, economics, the gold standard, and other fun topics, with digressions into Golem rights (we also witness a female golem for the first time), ancient history (had the civilization of Um been mentioned before in the Discworld books? The very idea of it had me giggling), and those rich folk who leave untold millions to their dogs. We also get yet another Igor, the real name of C.M.O.T. Dibbler, some nice cameos by assorted Guards, and lots of laughs. Highest recommendation.

Comments

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Excellent book. I don't think Um has been mentioned before, but we don't get a lot of countries/civilizations mentioned unless action is taking place there. (Aside from the Muntab Question running joke) I did not figure out the plot twist of how Von Lipwig deals with the golems. One bit was a little telegraphed...as soon as the offhand mention of Wuffles' grave appeared I knew the Patrician was going to end up with Fusspot.

...er, hi. Passing lurker trying to come of out fannish hermitage by interacting more.

[yendi]

Yeah, the solution that Moist came up with took me by surprise, as well. That's part of why I love Pratchett -- he writes excellent stories, instead of just funny ones.

[kylakae.livejournal.com]

w00t! I can't wait to read it!

[yendi]

I pushed it to the front of my to-read list the second I got it. :-)

[kylakae.livejournal.com]

I usually do that with my fave authors, too!

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

I am way WAY behind on my Pterry reading -- the last one I read in order was the vampire one (blanking on the title) and then I read the one where Vimes travels back in time -- and I keep wondering how the YA titles fit in. Do they need to be read in order somewhere, or are they mostly separate from the other Discworld storylines?

(Yes, I know they can ALL be read in any order, but it's nice to have the subplots line up)

[yendi]

The Tiffany ones do need to be read in order (the first YA book, The Amazing Maurice, is on its own). They don't impact the "regular" continuity, even with the appearance of Granny and Nanny.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

He'll be here tomorrow night. Might go. The line will be massive, as it's his only bay area stop.