Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Harpertorch (US)/Corgi Adult (UK)
Going Postal is another in the ongoing Discworld saga by Terry Pratchett. This time Moist Von Lipwig is the main character and a bit of a con man. He was a very good con man, until he got caught. Then Moist (yes, he’s heard all of the jokes) is given a choice: death, or being postmaster of the Ankh-Morpork Postal Service.
Moist chooses to be postmaster in hopes of escape.
As usual in the Discworld books, not everything is what it seems. This is no ordinary post office for example the sorting machine could possibly kill you
or destroy the universe, something about Quantum according to the wizards at the Unseen University.
Not only does Moist have to get the post office up and running he also has to make it work against its competition, the Clacks.
Going Postal is a perfect starting point for newcomers to the series. Many of the books can be like that but here for the ongoing discworld reader there are a lot of mentions and bits that will make you laugh or make you think you’re smarter then another reader for picking it up.
Pratchett as usual continues to write about the disc in ways that keep it fresh, interesting and most importantly a page turner. Whether you’ve read every other Discworld book or not, Going Postal is one to have in your library, stack or however you keep your books.
Lipwig returns this month on September 24th with the latest Pratchett Discworld novel: Making Money.
Sabrina Peyton- Newly migrated to the UK to be with her husband. After working for Diamond Comics for a short time she ended up immersed in a few comic book forums and ended up moderating two of the largest, the Warren Ellis Forum (WEF) and Mark Millar’s forum Millarworld).
She’s written for Sequential Tart, The Vampirella Magazine, and is Editor in Chief of Fractal Matter.