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Making Money (Discworld) | 
| Autor: Terry Pratchett
Urheber: Terry Pratchett
Verleger: Random House UK
Kaufen Neu: EUR 6,38
Neu (83) Gebraucht (7) ab EUR 4,90
Bewertung:  9 Rezensionen
Verkaufsrang: 380
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 480
Versandgewicht: 0.5
Maße (innen): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0552154903
EAN: 9780552154901
Publikation: Juni 16, 2008
Verfügbarkeit: Versandfertig in 1 - 2 Werktagen
Versand: Internationaler Versand möglich
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 Gar nicht mal uebel... August 25, 2008
Gila Von Meissner (Hamburg)
Ja, ich haette mir auch ein anderes Thema als Moist van Lipwig gewuenscht, nachdem "Going Postal" ja gerade erst erschienen war. Ein wenig Abwechslung in den Hauptpersonen haelt die Scheibenwelt interessant.
Trotzdem ist das Wiedersehen mit Moist van Lipwig in bekannter Terry Prachett-Manier angenehm, unterhaltsam und kurzweilig. Vielleicht ist der Anschluss an das Vorgaengerbuch fuer viele Leser zu logisch, doch ich finde, dass Making Money definitiv zu den besseren Discworld-Buechern gehoert.
Parallel zur realen oekonomischen Diskussion stellt sich die Frage, ob eine Bank wirklich Gold als Sicherheit fuer ausgegebenes Geld benoetigt. In Notzeiten kann man dieses nicht einmal essen, waeren Kartoffeln als Sicherheit demnach nicht viel sinnvoller?
Der verrueckte Professor ist in diesem Fall Hubert mit seinem Igor, und erinnert an all die Computer-Spezialisten, die mit virtuellen Modellen die Wirtschaft vorhersagen wollen. Eine Figur, die zur Discworld passt, und ueber deren Einfuehrung ich mich gefreut habe.
Veterinaris Gegenspieler Cosmo ist wunderbar widerlich, Moists Verlobte wie immer in eine Rauchwolke eingehuellt, und was der vermutete Vampir und Haupt-Kassierer Bent denn nun wirklich ist, bleibt bis zum Schluss unklar.
Die Geschichte liest sich fluessig, man trifft alte Bekannte, und es bringt wie immer Spass, die Discworld zu besuchen.
Vielleicht nicht das ideale Buch fuer Discworld-Neulinge, fuer alte Freunde allerdings eine wunderbare Fortsetzung.
Gerade im Hinblick auf Terry's Erkrankung freue ich mich ueber jede Neuerscheinung und hoffe, dass die Scheibenwelt nicht zu schnell ein Ende findet.
 Don't let Moist have another sequel Juni 23, 2008
O. Keller (Mannheim)
What a boring read. Moist stumbles through the (long) story which has some resemblance to going postal. But unfortunately he isn't the going postal Lipwig who charms himself out of dire situations and sets stakes far too high to be reachable only to cleverly find a way of which no one could have possibly thought before, after all he was hanged already........... this time he is outsmarted by policemen, neither his new comrades nor his new enemies are as brilliant as the completely postal ones and he doesn't seem to be a match for Adora Bell dearheart who should probably be the next main charakter in one of the hopefully neverending discworld novels. After all she is far more interesting and spiky, whereas moist seems rather lost and featureless.
Three stars from me bcs. it's a medium read, were this a only Prattchet rating it would definitively be lower........
 Vetinari volunteers von Lipwig November 19, 2007
Stephen A. Haines (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)
3 aus 5 fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
In "Going Postal", Pratchett introduced Moist von Lipwig, a condemned confidence trickster, at his "end", hanged at the order of Ankh-Morpork's Patrician, Havelock Vetinari. It wasn't Moist who was executed, however, but Albert Spangler, his most frequently used alias. That identity was swept away to enable Lord Vetinari's wish to rejuvenate the City's postal system. Moist was up to the task, transforming an ancient, creaking and nearly obsolete civil service into a humming success. The rejuvenation kept the post office a City institution instead of divested into greedy, private hands.
But success isn't Moist's desired state. He craves danger, illicit activity, deception and the thrill of the chase. To keep his hand in, he must break into his own post office! Vetinari didn't spare Moist on a whim. He knows his man and his methods, deftly manoeuvring the talented thief for his own ends. "Tyrant" or no, Vetinari lives for the City of Ankh-Morpork, using whatever means available to keep it going effectively. With no other vested interest and lacking anything like an army for enforcing his aims, Vetinari relies on guile and one of the most devious personalities in literature. He uses that talent to manoeuvre Moist's taking over the Royal Bank and Mint. Moist will be "making money" in a new way.
"Ankh-Morpork" of course, won't be found in any Rand McNally [in case you were thinking of looking]. That's because Vetinari's City is the largest on the Discworld. Pratchett has produced over three dozen books on this world, which is only partly imaginary. His slogan for the series: "Discworld is a world, and a mirror of worlds" reveals the reflection there is us. There are a few exotic characters residing on the Discworld. The City Watch hires trolls, dwarves and even promoted a werewolf to Sergeant, for example. These are minor characters here, although golems move to near-centre stage in this tale. One of them, who's discovered "ladies' magazines" and books on deportment, has donned a blue dress and dubbed herself "Gladys". She is Moist's personal maid, demurely turning her back when he dresses.
Golems are seen as a threat by many in Ankh-Morpork. They do the repetitive, mindless tasks without murmur or complaint. If they cause job loss with such behaviour, however, the economy will suffer - as will the Bank. Run by the Chief Cashier, Malvolio Bent, who staunchly defends traditional standards, innovation has little place in the Bank. A nephew of the former Chairman has introduced speculative forecasting on the City's economy, including what might transpire in conditions of mass unemployment. Scorning anything as crude as an abacus, Hubert has expanded on the ancient water clock to create The Glooper, a maze of glass pipes, valves and buckets to trace the impact of small changes in the flow of money. Hubert calls it his "analogy machine". Silicon being the basis for glass and computers is a point to remember.
Hubert is a Lavish, the family that has run and controlled the Royal Bank for generations. The Lavishes, are, well, lavish. They are Old Money, which means they know how to save, spend, and use it for their own ambitions. One Lavish, Cosmo, has even more grandiose plans - take over the management of the Bank, and depose Vetinari in the process. Moist, as the new Master of the Royal Mint, and keeper of the present Chairman, a multi-breed dog named Mr Fusspot, stands in Cosmo's path. Moist seems immune from Cosmo's machinations, until a figure from the past arrives. Cribbins knows Albert Spangler from old and intends to benefit from the knowledge. Only Vetinari is aware of who Moist actually is, keeping that secret for his own purposes. Now, Moist's past is rising up like a restless shade. How will Ankh-Morpork respond when it learns their admired Postmaster and Master of the Royal Mint is a former crook? Especially when it's discovered that the gold reserve keeping the economy ticking over and backing up Moist's innovation of paper money has mysteriously disappeared?
To those who've read Pratchett, extolling his style and wit will be redundant. He's a master at word bending, double meaning and adapting. The Bank's cellar, a huge vault, was excavated by a former Chairman on speculation that it would attract a beneficent god. "If we build it, wilt thou comest?" is a typical Pratchett tossed-off line. Yet, as any fan will testify, he's not limited to petty wit. He understands issues confronting us all, conveying them with panache. He does this through his characters, at whose creation Pratchett is a master. Moist is one of his finer efforts, but his on-going depiction of Vetinari through the Discworld series has made him a favoured character: "Do I need to wear a badge that says tyrant?" Pratchett's characterisations, and the twists and arabesques of his plots, spiced with an accomplished knowledge of his topic, keeps his books not only on the "Must Read" list, but rewards those who pick them up again and again. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]
Noch besser in der Hoerversion Oktober 27, 2007
Avid Reader (bei Frankfurt)
4 aus 5 fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Yes, of course, all the other reviewers are right - this is not a really totally absolutely new masterpiece, but hey, we buy Pratchett because we like more of the same. And Moist von Lipwig is ok as a protagonist, Lord V is wonderfully tyrannical - I mean, we don't really expect anything to change in Ankh M.
Maybe I got more laughs out of this novel because I (wisely?) bought the CD version, read by genius Tony Robinson. The audio version might also be abbreviated, so all the boring bits are missing, but the good ones are still there, like the Nichtlachen-Keinwortz Syndrome bank clerk Bent is suffering from. Yup, I definitely had a wonderful week going to and back from work with Tony and Terry providing the entertainment.
A gol(d)en(M) age...? Oktober 25, 2007
Ronald Laure (Munich)
2 aus 4 fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Well, here we have it, Terry's 2nd installment in the Discworld-Moist von Lipwig Series. And what do I thin k of it? Well first of all, I have to admitt, that in all his Discworld-series Im mostly into the whitches an Sam Vimes. Moist turns out to be too much troubled an too much, well... predictable?!. All in all, the story's well written - as expected, and as well designed as any other of his novels. There are enaugh puns, enaugh twists an' far to much criticisms on modern society to be boring - or to be memorable... choose as you wish. Nevertheless the bood is fun, it is fastpacing and writen in typical "prattchet"... it has it funny moments, and it's puns, it's quotes and it's polarizations... but in my opinion it lacks a villain... but when Adora and Moist share a dinner on sheapshed... with sunglasses, because moist can't eat anything that looks him in the eye... oh well...
so be sure to go on the typicall prattchet-ride, be sure to gett everything that you wanted for...
but know, that this book ist goot, but not at his best...
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