A young man invents the steam engine and the train and railroad soon follow. Lord Vetinari feels the winds of change blowing and puts Moist von Lipwig in charge of the burgeoning railway industry. But not everyone likes the idea of progress...Here we are, the 40th Discworld book. Even after 40 books...
I’ll tell you off the bat one thing this book got exactly right – the allure of steam trains. I think many if not most people have some memory of the first time they saw a steam train, and heard that whistle, and got that exciting feeling in the pit of their stomach if they were lucky enough that th...
Is this the best Pratchett? No. As other reviewers have pointed out, there is a change in style, tending to be more description than wordplay. And I’ll be far. Moist isn’t really one of my favorite Disc world characters. Yet, it is not a bad book, and it is a solid book. ...
(Description nicked from B&N.com.) “Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man with a flat cap and a sliding rule. He has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements—earth, air, fire, and water—and it’s soon drawing astonishe...
Raising Steam, the fortieth novel (apparently) in Terry Pratchett's immensely popular and immensely funny Discworld series, sees the steam engine (read, atmospheric pollution, industrial accidents and noise) comes to Ankh-Morpork, and, of course, Moist von Lipwig, reformed criminal and scoundrel, is...
Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman I'm not the greatest fan of short stories but Neil Gaiman is one of the few writers whose shorts I'm interested in. Feel free to make your own jokes. As with any collection, enjoyment varies: I'm not a big fan of the prose poems and I skipped through a couple of sto...
Touching, surprising and thoroughly addictive novel. Full of humor, comedic insights and strong characters. An intelligent fantasy. Terry Pratchett is an author that never fails to miss the mark. He knows how to write fantasy and he writes it well. An extraordinary book *****
I thought the concept behind the book was ambitious, perhaps more so than in other Discworld books. Pratchett wanted to show a complete process of historical change due to technology, and its consequences, across a whole continent. He takes us from the invention of the steam locomotive to the creati...
I was about 30 pages into it the first time I gave up. I started again after a few weeks and this time got about 40% through. It's not a bad book. There's some great walk-on parts with some of my favourite characters and the story is ok, it's just that I feel it's all a little hollow really. At the ...
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