33: Going Postal

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 29. Sourcery 30. The Light Fantastic 31. The Colour Of Magic 32. Eric 33. Interesting Times DISCOVER US ONLINE: https://discpod.fun / [email protected] on email / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @discpod on Bluesky and Tumblr GRACE LOVELACE: https://princess.software / @[email protected] on Mastodon JUNIPER THEORY: @[email protected] on Mastodon / http://twitch.tv/junipertheory BALINA MAHIGAN: @[email protected] on Mastodon / @balina.bsky.social on Bluesky IRIS JAY: https://irisjay.net / @[email protected] on Mastodon / @irisjaycomics on Bluesky, Pillowfort, Tumblr / http://irisjay.net/newsletter DIANA WYNNE JONES'S BOOK "DARK LORD OF DERKHOLM", A GREAT PLACE TO START IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO HER WORK: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dark-lord-of-derkholm-diana-wynne-jones/16632200?ean=9780064473361 THE ALBUM "GUT", BY BATHS: https://bathsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gut THE OPENING THEME FROM THE ANIME "SYMPHOGEAR XV": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5l2wBEWNKc THE GAME "ENA: DREAM BBQ": https://store.steampowered.com/app/2134320/ENA_Dream_BBQ/ THE CONNECTIONS MUSEUM, SEATTLE: https://www.telcomhistory.org/ConnectionsSeattle.html