Raising Steam
(Discworld novel 40)
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Narrated by:
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Richard Coyle
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Bill Nighy
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Peter Serafinowicz
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By:
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Terry Pratchett
About this listen
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before.
The audiobook of Raising Steam is narrated by Richard Coyle, who starred as Moist von Lipwig in the television adaptation of Going Postal. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'THE WORLD LIVES BETWEEN THOSE WHO SAY IT CANNOT BE DONE AND THOSE WHO SAY THAT IT CAN . . . IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THINKING CREATIVELY.'
Moist von Lipwig is a con man turned civil servant. As head of the Royal Bank and Post Office of Ankh-Morpork, he doesn't really want or need another job. But when the Patrician Lord Vetinari gives you a task, you do it or suffer the consequences. In Moist's case, death.
A brand-new invention has come to the city: a steam locomotive named Iron Girder, to be precise. With the railway's introduction and rapid expansion, Vetinari enlists Moist to represent the government and keep things on track.
But as with all new technology, some people have objections, and Moist will have to use every trick in his arsenal to keep the trains running...
The first book in the Discworld series-The Colour of Magic-was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
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Critic reviews
This version of the audiobook is of course fantastic, Richard Coyle without any shadow of doubt understands the context and flow of each scene. Plus y'know, he's Moist!
A love letter to Engineers
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Being a bit of a purist, until recently, I would read all the books again when a new one came out. Until I discovered the joy of the sub series anyway.
I especially like to listen to the books by sub series but I insert the Moist books into the Watch series as I feel they work well together. Richard Coyle and John Culshaw bring the Discworld denizens to life in a way that enhances them far more than my imagined character voices. I seem to pick up much more of the less obvious humour listening to the books and never, ever get bored repeating them.
I miss Terry Pratchett and I mourn the fact that there can be no true continuation or expansion of the characters lives, but Terry definitely left the world better than he found it.
I think I’ll start again with the Witches……
Endings
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Best reader ever! with a delicious slice of Serafinovich!
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Another delve into the Discworld
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Great story in the spirit of the series
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