h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yes. Send cheques by post, please

So who's reviewing it?

*twiddles thumbs waiting for book to arrive*

I think it's a race...

But I only started Monsterous Remgiment last night!!!

You'll have to be fast then

A race? Oooooooh Oooooh do I win because I've finished it?

Bugger, I'll be last.

Perhaps, perhaps. We'll see who else has finished and when they finished it.

so I might have won something! OOOooooooooh!

Well, I've finished the book. The review might be a different matter.


Geggs

Is there a second prize aswell as a first? are there any prizes?

Is there a consolation prize for he who comes last?

there usually is

Yes, I demand a cuddly toy!

Once I lose.

How about this for a review?

Albert Spangler is dead. He must be. Everyone saw him hanged. But Spangler was just one of the identities used by the con man Moist von Lipwig, so how come Moist is still walking around? The answer is that it’s because the Patrician wants him alive. The Patrician also wants him to be the new Postmaster of Anhk-Morpork, and to get the Post Office back on its feet. Its not something Moist would choose do to, but the Patrician may not allow him much choice. And then there’s the businessmen that are now running the Clacks, and aren’t too happy about the Post Office being revived. They might not give Moist much choice either.

This is a novel about Freedom, Choice, and HopeWhich is the greatest of all gifts. It’s a book that shows you just now manipulative the Patrician can be when he wants to be. It’s a searing indictment of ‘business speak’ too. And it shows you how and why people can freely choose to restrict their own freedom. Ankh-Morpork becomes more real with each book, I mean, how many fantasy books you’ve heard of talk about a city’s postal service?

4 stars


Geggs

Don't ruin it for me!!!

Pre-xactly m'boy!

dont be silly GB he didnt tell the ending

No, but he told the start.

Anyway, I started to read Monsterous Regiment again last night, and I find that I keep hearing it in Tony Robinsons voice since I listened to The Fifth Elephant on tape a few months back.

That happened to me to actually!