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**veritasnoctis** · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: Terry Pratchett Health News

Terry Pratchett, author of the famous Discworld series, has unfortunately been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. For more information, click here.

Pratchett's novel Night Watch won the Prometheus Award in 2003. Other novels of his that may be of interest to libertarians are Going Postal, a humorous novel about the dysfunctional post office, and the recent Making Money, a jab at fiat money and federal control over the money supply. All three are Discworld novels.

Has anyone in this forum read any of these novels? If you have, perhaps you could give those of us who haven't your impressions or even post a formal review in the Fantasy section.
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Yours in liberty,
Geoffrey Allan Plauche

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
("Who watches the watchmen?")
-Juvenal, Satires VI.347

**veritasnoctis** · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject:

I read that Pratchett projects a third Moist von Lipwig Discworld novel, in the trilogy that includes Going Postal and Making Money, entitled Raising Taxes.

Pratchett also mentioned in an interview how the character Moist is continually amazed in his role as a government official how people eagerly embrace his (to him) obvious scams. Even when he tells people he's conning them, they still like him and line up to be conned. In Making Money, Moist says to people at the bank, "I just want your money," and Pratchett says "they hand over the money!"
_________________
Yours in liberty,
Geoffrey Allan Plauche

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
("Who watches the watchmen?")
-Juvenal, Satires VI.347