Going Postal
Terry Pratchett
7 people recommended it in 7 threads, 2011–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett has my favorite entertaining read about signaling networks. In addition to the invention of a working mail system, you’ll read descriptions of semaphore towers working in a way that is similar to the Telegraph, except with light rather than pulsed waves over wire. It’s also hilariously funny and deeply philosophical at times.
One Christmas my dad gave me the Hitchhiker's collection, Going Postal, and Catch 22, all great books.
The other recommendations Ive seen are fantasy like The Traitor Baru Cormorant The Dagger and Coin series Making Money Going Postal
I'd also strongly recommend Terry P's Going Postal and Making Money.
Heh .. my fav book in the discworld series is Going Postal, and its sequel. I highly recommend them.
Discworld: Going Postal, Making Money, and Raising Steam (3 books total)
For fun I recently read and enjoyed: Foundation, Project Hail Mary (who's cutting onions in here), Going Postal, God Emperor of Dune, and Heart of Darkness.
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