Product Description

The brand new adult Discworld novel sees Pratchett taking on the banking system: 'almost spookily relevant...clever, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny' (The Times)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #824 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-24
• Released on: 2007-09-20
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

The Guardian, September 29, 2007
...the finest satirical series running. If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?

Daily Express
Terry Pratchett is a comic genius.

The Times
As bright and shiny as a newly minted coin; clever, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny.

Customer Reviews

Discworld by Numbers
This is an enjoyable Discworld adventure that follows on from Going Postal. It sees Moist Von Lipwig put in charge of the Royal Mint with the task of making it some money.

It's a very easy read and has the usual Discworld humour, but I can't help but feel that Terry Pratchett was going through the motions a little when writing this - it feels a little bit like Discworld by Numbers. The story just seems to amble along and there aren't any great twists or surprises. Having said that, Moist is a good character and he is fleshed out more in this book. We also get more insights into the mind of Lord Vetinari. The villian of the piece - Cosmo Lavish doesn't seem quite nasty enough.

Still, Pratchett remains a great observer of modern life and even seems to be able to have foreseen the credit crunch with his musings on the way in which money markets work.

Still a worthwhile read, but there doesn't seem to be much happening in the Discworld of late - a really good adventure that shakes things in Ankh Morpork up a little is required I think.

A worthy sequel
Making Money sees the return of the lovable rogue Moist van Lipwig. Going Postal was a hoot and Making Money is almost a remake rather than a sequel. That said, Making Money still delivers; it contains some spot on humour, heaps of entertaining dialogue, bags of originality, a score of new characters and a finale you won't see coming. Pratchett is definitely definitely making the most of Moist, which is no bad thing. It's not his funniest work, it's not his most inventive, but that doesn't stop it being a cracking read. Plenty of cameos to keep the hardcore fans happy, although this is a standalone read. Recommended to everyone.

Think of the positive aspects
I found myself laughing a number of times - which I rate highly. True, there were quite long sections which I read with a more funereal expression, particularly when I felt a 'Laugh' sign onna stick was being waved at the readers. The other definite plus was the high key role of Lord Vetinary, which more than compensated for an (improved) Moist von Lipwig and worse, his girlfriend (after her second appearance the thought 'first against the wall when the revolution comes' became irrepressible).

Not near his best but a bit of laughter + Vetinary = Read.