Going Postal: Stage Adaptation

by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett

Moist von Lipwig was a con artist, a fraud and a man faced with a life be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.It was a tough decision.With the help of a golem who has been at the bottom of hole in the ground for over two hundred years, a pin fanatic and Junior Postman Groat, he's got to see that the mail gets through. In taking on the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer, he's also got to stay alive.Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.In the mad world of the mail, can a criminal succeed where honest men have failed and died? Perhaps there's a shot at redemption for man who's prepared to push the envelope...

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Plays

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 25, 2013

About the author

Stephen Briggs is a British writer of subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy Discworld. He is also a narrator of many Discworld audiobooks
who graduated from Curtin University with a double major in Theatre Arts and Creative Writing before attending WAPPA and studying Broadcasting. Midway through his time there he decided he didn't want to be a journo and moved to Sydney to join RMK Voice Productions. Stephen has voiced countless campaigns and appeared in numerous professional plays. He has written and directed six short films, one of which, Whatever it Takes, satirises the Voice Over business.

Please note that there is a separate Stephen^^Briggs whose area of expertise is psychotherapy.

Reviews

[Geoffrey Dow · Rating 2 out of 5]

My first and, almost certainly, my last Pratchett. One of a nearly endless series of "Discworld" books, I think I "got" the humour, but I didn't find much of it very funny. Humour being as subjective as it is, your mileage may vary, of course.

[Sophie Wood ♡ · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book took me longer than any other in my life, as I felt that the flow of writing was so stagnant that it was rendered non existent. The plot was orbiting a very narrow vision and the characters were so ambiguous that I felt neither fit together in a single novel.

[Ben Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

one of my absolute favourite books of all time. If I'm in a rut, need to feel some adrenaline without leaving the house, or just in a bit of an OCD kind of mood, Going Postal is my go-to cure-all. The writing draws the reader in until you're barely reading the book, but instead watching a movie play out in your head. If you haven't read this book, do. If you have, read it again. Few books manage to transcend the state of book and create characters more real than some people i know in this world. Well done, Mr Pratchett. Well done.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fantastic book by Mr Pratchett. This is somewhat later than the others I have read so far, and quite different in not dealing with magic much. It's really more of a steampunk sort of feel in some ways with a helping of satire. The usual humourous take on academia, government etc. that you expect. Moist is an excellent character, taking us on his accidental journey from con-man to business leader!

[Niroshehaa Ragunathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourites! I've forgotten how many times I've reread this book. My husband even had to buy me a replacement after my first copy fell apart also having travelled around the world with me! Well worth the read, as always with TP, a work of art!

[Sue Chaplin · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are always such good lines in a Pratchett book and I do like the way he has a different take on things. This book is about a new communication system that was set up by a small group but then taken over by a group of business men by dubious means who then run it into the ground. Not only is the company beginning to fail but it has devastated the post office. The city's tyrant, a thinking tyrant, puts a known criminal in charge of the post office to return it back to full status.
Good fun as always, "the house of negotiable affection" was one of my laugh out loud moments.

[Ada · Rating 3 out of 5]

admittedly, I had a hard time getting through the first quarter of the book, but once it picked up in pace, and I started to enjoy the wit and story. Ironically enough, I had just seen the play "Prince of Egypt" and all I could think about through the rest of the book was the mail singing the song, "Deliver Us" from the play/movie. And then I was trying to analyze it for the satire that I'm sure it is. Which kind of distracted from the storyline.

[Sebastian Höglund · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved every minute of it.

[Gidiot · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite one!

[Sonam Agarwal · Rating 4 out of 5]

The starting setup seemed a little slow but after a couple of chapter the book gained pace. Well written and keeps you on the toe.

[Cheryl Kunkle Myron]

Funny and imaginative

[Raluca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite well summarised, for a play version (I would definitely want to watch it in theatre).

[Kiyomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read with much sarcasm. Love it.

[Lara Hemmelder]

Grappig hoe de hele wereld zich afspeelt in een postfabriek. Er wordt regelmatig in het verhaal afgedwaald naar grappige anekdotes , dat maakt het leuk om te lezen.

[Katrina Matthews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clever, funny and still as relevant to day as yhe day it was written.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

a fun fable about finance

[C Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of the industrial revolution series.

[Bonnie Dale Keck · Rating 5 out of 5]

40 of so books, different collections, some audio, it's pratchett, read and heard some as well, all. Dates wrong.

[Amber Masloski · Rating 4 out of 5]

better than the book. takes out all the unnecessary fluff.