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"NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLO M OF NI T..."
Of all the Discworld novels, I think "Going Postal" would be the easiest to film. The plot is very Hollywood: plucky Post Master, who also happens to be an ex-bunco artist pits himself against murderous big-time capitalists, falls in love with tough, Bette Davis-type babe, saves cat from burning building, and challenges bad guys to a winners-take-all race. <
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>Think of it as a loopy combination of "It's a Wonderful Life," "The Great Race," and "Psycho" with the technicolour and wit that only Pratchett can supply. The initial zoom-in from Great A'tuin swimming through the multiverse, to the four elephants on his back, to Discworld on their backs, to the gallows of Ankh-Morpork, where our hero is (you might say) hanging around, is almost worth the price of admission (especially when I think about how much I had to pay to see the latest Harry Potter). <
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>As to the background, Ankh-Morpork's post office has stopped functioning. Bad management, too little money, and the invention of the 'clack' have left mountains of decades-old, undelivered mail to be tended by just two caretakers: a broken-down old postman, and his younger companion, a guy who is a ringer for the motel clerk with a mother problem in "Psycho". <
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>Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork appoints a new Post Master to get the mail back on track. <
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>Actually 'appoints' is the wrong verb. Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig is offered a choice between death, or the position of Post Master, with a golem as his baby-sitter. <
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>After several misadventures wherein he learns that it is impossible to run away from a golem, Van Lipwig catches his first glimpse of his new place of employment. The sign on it reads: "NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLO M OF NI T..." <
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>His first assignment as Post Master is to discover who stole his 'O,' 'G,' and 'H.' <
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>"Going Postal" is a contemporary topic on both Discworld and Earth, but I much prefer Terry Pratchett's version. <
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