Dec 29 2005

I’ve always wanted to do one of those classic animal stories that make people cry, so this is like that…Disney with fangs

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Yesterday[1] I did my top films of 2005, today I guess it is time for my top reads of the year.

    In no special order, my top reads of this year:

  • Iron Council by China Mieville - This is just a great read. I’ve enjoyed his other books, but they normally take a while to get through. I flew through this one. Loved the golems, and while I didn’t have any characters to love, I was interested in them all. I’m still undecided about the ending.
  • We3 a graphic novel by Grant Morrison & Frank Quietly - You’ll have to read this for yourself to get it because telling you that it is a sort of Homeward Bound meets Robocop would probably put you off. Not too sure about the proposed film adaption though.
  • Going Postal by Terry Pratchett - Another great addition to the Discworld ‘verse, this book introduces the character of Moist Von Lipwig. Hi-larious reading.

Only three books because I’m often harder on books than films, but also because I haven’t really been doing a lot of reading this year.

Linknotes:
  1. actually it wasn’t yestarday at all, it was today, but not the today that you are reading this. This is a post from the past. A time traveling post, if you will. Or not, whatever, its all good.
Tags: favbooks2005, Favourite books, Going Postal, Iron Council, We3

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Oct 16 2005

Going Postal

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Author: Terry Pratchett
DDC: 823.914

Moist Von Lipwig has just become Postmaster General, even escaped death to do so, the only problem is that the Post Office is more than a little run down. And full to bursting point with undelivered letters. Not to mention the fact that the previous Postmasters had an unfortunate habit of turning up dead.

If you’ve enjoyed any of the Discworld novels you should enjoy this one. It has all the Pratchett humour, and footnotes, and it also has a wonderful leading man in Moist. You can’t help but enjoy this read.

And like most of Pratchett’s books this isn’t simply a funny fantasy book. We do have that element, but we also have the redemption story of Moist. And of course, the social-commentary aspect. All comine together to form an unputdownable addition to the Discworld ‘verse.

Tags: 8 Stars, 823.914, Discworld 'verse, Going Postal, humour, Moist Von Lipwig, sff, Terry Pratchett

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