刚刚出炉碟形世界最新作品：Making Money& I& y3 u+ J% |4 Q; U; ^. j

: J. ?. f& Q, r( ?6 `8 s这是一项你无法拒绝的提议。谁不希望成为Ankh-Morprk皇家制币厂和相邻银行的负责人？这是能够享用终生的铁饭碗。但，前行骗专家Moist Von Lipwig渐渐发觉”终生“并不是一定意味着”很长一段时间“。他几乎可以肯定出纳主任是个吸血鬼。地窖里住着某种不知名的生物。皇家制币厂本身亏损严重。300岁的巫师三番两次对他的女友展开追求。现在，Moist不仅仅是在制造钱币，而且也在以惊人的速度制造敌人；他不得不从监狱劫走一名囚犯，打劫自己的银行金库，阻止新任经理舔他的脸颊—不然的话，他的金融生涯，虽然十分紧张刺激，将会变得非常，非常短暂...* p* _% S6 F( m( b  q
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这是04年Going Postal的续集，我非常喜欢Going Postal（我甚至有Ankh-Morprk邮局日记，我的电脑就叫做GNU），三年之后总算还能读到Lipwig先生，兴奋！

附件是Making Money的Audio Book BT种子5 a# @& g2 Q1 p- s0 c
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电子版谁找到请share

做为下载困难户却奇迹般地下到了这个文本。
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网速实在太慢了（虽然文件不到400k，上传却也很慢，大概明天能传好）～
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8 [3 C$ j( O, Z8 ~  @0 P& |ftp2实在不好连，ftp4半夜勉强可以连，往ftp3和4各传了一份。. Y5 x/ J* n0 S2 \! h# j
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谢谢，FTP 1 & 2都是最快的，这两天传不上是因为满了，需要调整……; L2 ?/ h# R1 h; X
我们暂时固定放ftp4好了。ftp2 碟形世界目录下我也放了一份了。

我有Making Money的电子书，但是.lit文件，如果要的话，我可以发去Lala信箱里。' E0 O7 p4 G' S( V9 H  i0 b: ^% Y
如果要pdf或者html格式，我想很快也会有吧。或者可以用.lit转换，: S5 P5 H  }" z) u

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SOLDIER #1:  Where'd you get the coconuts?3 Z9 L' N8 S) T, d+ N
ARTHUR:  We found them.: Z+ R( B* M/ e6 b2 I/ ]5 `' G
SOLDIER #1:  Found them? In Mercea? The coconut's tropical!& y# T) ~8 _7 }; n; }, c7 N
ARTHUR:  What do you mean?
- F1 ?8 u8 _/ q: cSOLDIER #1:  Well, this is a temperate zone.
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SOLDIER #1:  Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?* T- `+ J* W; |
ARTHUR:  Not at all. They could be carried.& s- T1 e9 t/ r# G0 ]1 J% f' ~
SOLDIER #1:  What? A swallow carrying a coconut?8 }0 c( S# e& R; W
ARTHUR:  It could grip it by the husk!
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5 O8 a! {) @4 U3 {) z: X6 k/ pJust read it yesterday -- anyone else feeling it's a bit of a let-down? There're funny bits and pieces but on the whole it feels less than exciting. There isn't any mystery except the one concerning the ancient golems, which starts the book but turns out to be an anti-climax. Though it's neat that instead of being gold, they turn out to be 4000, they only caused a large and noisy crowd instead of any semblance of a real crisis. The one new new charater that I really like, Mrs. Lavish, passes away rather early in the book. Though the concept of the Lavish family is interesting, Cosmo Lavish is extremely lame as the chief villian. As soon as we learn of his obsession with his lordship we know he's not much of a threat. Mr. Bent seems more or less irrelevant, his "dark secret" not so dark and not very important. His one mistake is supposed to be a Big Thing but the capital letters are rather forced. Equally disappointing is the Glooper, which never managess to anything except the gold rain at the end, despite its enormous potentials. As for character development, other than learning that Moist von Lipwig seeks danger we don't see much of any change in anyone.
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& {7 q$ }: s5 {% ?1 H) q" lLord Vetinari as usual has most of the good lines including an amusing thesis on the psychology of people's fascination with clowns. I am saddened by the passing of dear old Wuffles but most heartened to know that after a year's mourning he has found a replacement in the Chairman -- I wonder if he'll also get Aimsbury?
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2 i* D. S( d& yI hope the next one will be a Witch or Susan book. I'd prefer another Watch book but I guess it's not likely so soon after Thud.5 F' A6 |/ i% _/ B) K% p
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p.s. I wonder if Vetinari allows Owlswick Jenkins to chat with Leonard da Quirm?

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原帖由 PANDIE 于 2007-10-2 03:47 发表
( j4 I7 v4 b- ~" R+ Y我有Making Money的电子书，但是.lit文件，如果要的话，我可以发去Lala信箱里。" r2 m$ a! Y3 }# L4 ]1 [
如果要pdf或者html格式，我想很快也会有吧。或者可以用.lit转换，
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目前正在埋头苦读中

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好幸福！！！
6 T3 H1 ^, u2 S3 b我才看到第五本

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Finally finished the book. I have to say I am a little disappointed. I had expected a Going Postal 2, but this is definitely not it. GP, I think, is very much a character-driving book. The plot is straight forward, but the characters are oh so rich you practically could paste walls with them and no mistake!* K9 L2 L: {2 d- _5 i9 X) J1 C6 H
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But for MM, the plot is much more complex and maybe a little unfocused. I quite agree that the Glooper is pointless, and Hubert is a much weaker version of Stanley. I actually liked Mr. Bent, but he could use a little more brushing up or if there was more development between him and Moist after his “funny little turn”. Moist is always good at those sorts of things and it would be fun to watch. Miss Dearheart is a huge disappointment, who was being turned from an ice-maiden into a puckish, giggling fool. No matter how lame Cosmo Lavish was, he actually achieved one thing that few Discworld villains manage to succeed, which was staying alive. But, yeah, he was a step down from Gilt. Mr. Fusspot was beyond cute. I’d pay good money to watch him eat a toffee pudding. For the man himself, Moist was not so in your face anymore, I have no problem with a subdued Lipwig, but he seems run around without doing much. Whatever he achieved, it’s more to do with luck than his own talent, that’s just not enough ‘moist’ to me. But I do like the scene where he prayed to Anoia. Sergeant Angua and the rubber bone-very nice touch.
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I am a big fan of the Watch series, but bad news for you, it gonna be a Tiffany Aching book next. I actually would perfer to see more Carrot. As much as I like Vimes, his character is all chewed up. But Carrot is still very much a puzzle to me, the way he manipulates people, yet still remains utterly upright and Mr. Nice, that’s just uncanny. I bet he gives a good run for Vetinari's money.: q/ j7 U5 K7 S- [/ v5 B5 B

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PPS: Do you have a favorite villain?

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Who thank'd me duly by return of post --
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And smear his page with gall instead of honey,  Q1 G# M+ h! D( U% e& q8 t4 ]
All I can say is -- that he had the money.
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( ~  i3 R. L+ {7 jI agree that most of the new characters don't have much character or much point at that and althought Moist has some interesting moments he never grows. Yes Cosmo Lavish survived, as did the Dragon King of Arms, or Dee, or the Magpies, or the queen of the Evles -- all of them much more interesting than poor old Cosmo. I just realized that neither I nor you remembered to mention Cribbins the other villain and that's how forgettable he is! Yes Angua is pretty cute but I want to know how she is doing with Carrot. Never cared too much for him though since he's been more or less the same for several books now and with no signs of further development., e9 m4 K" T6 H) d

6 J/ c2 A+ I6 u) l' XAnd I wouldn't call this novel complex -- it's just filled with loose plotlines!
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/ @7 f/ o, M( z9 PThanks for the info about the next book but I always ignore the Tiffany ones -- I tend to think of Thud! as the one before Making Money. Lord Vetinari is one of my all time favourite characters -- I don't know if he counts as a villain? Probably not now. The count Magpie perhaps because he brings out the best from Agnes.

Rumor has it, the next Moist book is raising taxes， so let's hope it would be better because I sincerely liked the character (He somehow reminds me of Michael Caine). To tell the truth, discworld is becoming too modern for me, I love the older ones, Mort, Pyramids, the first few books of the watch, at that time, the techie jokes are funnier. The stories are more touching.Sadly, Century of the Anchovy is just not for me. 4 @- K1 A2 e7 ?; M/ E' [6 C
I swear whenever I asked people their favorite villain, Magpie always comes on top. Vetinari certainly rules but I prefer him in the background. In MM, he muddles too much. I always thought Astfgl was a interesting villain, kinda sad too. Oh, and The New Firm.

我也想看啊,可惜我看起英文来也很慢