Thoughts on Making Money so far...

[Joel007]

I quite enjoyed the running "walked off with your pencil" gag, especially since it made me take note as soon as drumknott put the pencil in his pocket.

[Marky Lazer]

Maybe it doesn't look so good because you're waiting so long for it? It happened more than once that I looked forward to something real bad and when it was there, it wasn't so cool after all. Not that it wasn't cool, but you expected more of it. Then, after a couple, say, weeks, you looked back at it and thought it was actually really cool after all...

I think with thoughts like this one I can easily join the Philosopher's Guild!

[Joel007]

So, in the case of Pratchett, a good marketing scheme would be to manage expectations rather than hyperbolize (*cough*rowling*cough*)

[Marky Lazer]

One can never say 'yes' or 'no' when part of the Philosopher's Guild. It's always maybe or perhaps.

[Bibliophile]

I have to agree with Torasponda. I enjoyed it, but it lacked some of the glitter of Going Postal. I wish I could say what it was, but the missing piece escapes me. I'm looking forward to another read when I get the time so I can rule out my own ineptitude...

[bruno-1012]

Originally Posted by Lenny

Right, I finished it earlier today.

It definitely gets better from about Chapter 4 or 5 onwards. It's a good book, but not as good as some of his most recent ones, such as Thud!. It also seems to continue the trend his later books have of being slightly dark. And it also shows how much the world is progressing. You can tell how much work he's put it into it, and how much he's developed it since his first outing with The Colour Of Magic.

And I've got to comment on The Glooper. There's always a bit of genius in a Pratchett novel, and The Glooper was the genius in Making Money. Brilliant! Makes me wonder if he's got all of his strange machines and such in his own basement. You can't make things like that up. Same goes for the cabinet.

Lenny,

Sorry to disappoint you but there is an actual hydraulic computer in existence in the UK. It was developed to assess fiscal policy back in the 50s.

Probably why it makes an appearance in this book....

Can't remember exact details but when I hook up with my library I will look up the details.

Never mind, found it here -

MONIAC Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Lenny]

Hmph. Silly LSE. Stealing Pratchett's ideas.

The Glooper is by far the better of the two. Looks a damn sight better in my opinion. And it functions better.

[Thessaly]

I enjoyed the book, but I don't think it will become one of my favourites. I wasn't too excited about it initially because I didn't really get into Going Postal, but I went to a Pratchett book signing with a friend, so the chance to get a copy signed personally was too good to resist!
I loved the Vetinari-aspiring Cosmo subplot, as I too am rather fascinated by the Patrician, so I liked the amount of Vetinari coverage. The Chairman is great, and Moist is a very entertaining character, but I didn't read Making Money with the enjoyment that I derived from, say, Thud!, or the Fifth Elephant.

[Marky Lazer]

I liked Vetinari quiet a bit in Guards!