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Raising Steam

(Discworld novel 40)

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Raising Steam

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Tony Robinson
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THE BESTSELLING RAISING STEAM AUDIOBOOK


To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork – a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it’s soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear.

Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work – as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital . . . but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don’t always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . .

Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi’ t’flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he’s going to stop it all going off the rails . . .

Tony Robinson narrates this wonderful new Terry Pratchett audiobook.

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Critic reviews

Laugh-out-loud funny...A chuffing wonderful book.
Terry Pratchett’s creation is still going strong after 30 years as Ankh-Morpork branches into the railway age…There are sly nods to the history of railways and a cheeky reference to The Railway Children. Most aficionados, however, will be on the look-out for in-jokes and references from previous novels – of which there is no shortage…It is at the level of the sentence that Pratchett wins his fans.
The genius of Pratchett is that he never goes for the straight allegory. . .he remains one of the most consistently funny writers around; a master of the stealth simile, the time-delay pun and the deflationary three-part list. . .I could tell which of my fellow tube passengers had downloaded it to their e-readers by the bouts of spontaneous laughter. (Ben Aaronovitch)
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Excellent book read the brilliant tony Robinson very witty and vety funny really enjoyable experience to listen

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Would you consider the audio edition of Raising Steam to be better than the print version?

Both versions are equally as good

What did you like best about this story?

Tony Robinson was born to read Pratchett novels, he is funny and brings the book to life

Which character – as performed by Tony Robinson – was your favourite?

All of them, they are funny, whitty but I love Harry & Dick

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, and I enjoyed every minute,

The Funniest Train Journey You'll Ever Take

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Terry p great as always. Only he can make trains cool. Natural and detailed awesomeness

Cool

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

another brillinat Disk world novel brought to life by Tony Robinson

What was one of the most memorable moments of Raising Steam?

Iron Girda crossing the mountains fantastic

Which character – as performed by Tony Robinson – was your favourite?

As always Commander Sam Vimes brilliant but also love Moist

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The Discworld Steams into the Future

Another Run away success

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Terry Pratchett booked are always sit the small turns off phrase, the quick wit and word play.

Unfortunately, abridging the book review much of this charm.

Tony Robinson does an admirable job narrating and bringing characters to life. I would recommend the unbridged version ahead of this.

Good story, but the abridgement breaks the fkow

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