About this episode

The episode covers 'Going Postal', the first book featuring Moist von Lipwig, discussing its themes and cultural significance.

MAIL CALL!!!! Welcome back to DISC COVERERS, dearest discettes! This episode is one I KNOW a lot of you have been waiting for: we're covering GOING POSTAL, the first book starring fandom babygirl Moist von Lipwig and a towering polemic against the privatization of the telecommunications grid. From stamp collecting to civil infrastructure to the finest of vintage hacker jokes, this book is jam-packed with goodies for the most hyper turbo of nerds, and friend, if you're thirty-three episodes deep into a Discworld review podcast, chances are high you're one of those nerds. Neither snow nor rain nor glo(o)m of ni(gh)t will keep us from hooting and hollering about this one! CURRENT RANKING: 1. Night Watch 2. Going Postal 3. Monstrous Regiment 4. Feet Of Clay 5. The Truth 6. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 7. Carpe Jugulum 8. The Fifth Elephant 9. Small Gods 10. Reaper Man 11. Men at Arms 12. Hogfather 13. Thief of Time 14. A Hat Full Of Sky 15. The Wee Free Men 16. Lords and Ladies 17. Maskerade 18. Guards! Guards! 19. Mort 20. The Last Hero 21. Soul Music 22. The Last Continent 23. Witches Abroad 24. Wyrd Sisters 25. Moving Pictures 26. Equal Rites 27. Jingo 28. Pyramids…

People in this episode

Hosts: Iris Jay, Grace Lovelace, Balina Mahigan, Juniper Theory

Topics covered

• Discworld
• book review
• privatization
• telecommunications
• nerd culture

Keywords

• Discworld
• Going Postal
• Moist von Lipwig
• telecommunications
• book review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Going Postal

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