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Raising Steam (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Terry Pratchett (Author), Stephen Briggs (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 12 hours and 20 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
  • Audible.co.uk Release Date: 7 Nov 2013
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00GBQY03K
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (715 customer reviews)
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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....

©2013 Terry and Lyn Pratchett; (P)2013 Random House Audiobooks

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98 of 107 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Different, but still Discworld 14 Nov 2013
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
The majority of the negative reviews on here - in particular the WONDERFUL review by A Nailor - kudos to you, that is the best review I've read on Amazon - aren't entirely wrong. I can completely understand why people are saying that the language, the characterisation, the plotting are all slightly... well, off. This has been true to a greater or lesser extent of all his novels since Monstrous Regiment, and may be (I'm really not sure) a result of Terry having to accommodate the use of speech recognition software in dictation of the novels. Certainly, they are very different animals from the earlier novels, which are much easier to read and full of snappy dialogue and splendid jokes.

So why am I giving this 5 stars? I certainly struggled through the first hundred pages, and felt my heart sinking more and more at the long and convoluted sentences, and the rather jarring scenes which seemed to have little to do with the plot.

But then, something just clicked. I slowed down my reading (and in fact went back to the beginning and reread it with a different mindset). Yes, it's not the same old Discworld, but underneath that it is still the product of the superb mind of Terry Pratchett. It took a lot of effort, but I could see what he was doing, and began to appreciate it. The humour is still there, if not so obvious and instantly accessible.

There's less overt magic, which as a fantasy addict I regret, but this is a grown-up Discworld, where magic is gradually giving way to the increasing industrialisation of Ankh-Morpork.

Do I miss the old Pratchett? Yes, of course. But this is a new phase in the developing world, and I'm glad that Terry Pratchett is still giving us valuable new insights into human (and other species) behaviour. Long may he continue to do so!
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352 of 416 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars This book will break your heart... 8 Nov 2013
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
... And not really in the good way. On the quite unlikely chance that Terry ever reads this, I don't blame him and I'm not even mad. I am very happy for him to have my �10; he deserves it and more. I wish him only the best, and would have happily given him the �10 if he asked for it, without particularly wanting or needing to finish the book.

I finished the book and felt like I'd just been to a funeral.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is a globally beloved institution, for good reason. He is to fantasy what Douglas Adams is to science fiction. Sadly, the 40th book of the Discworld is pretty much like Eoin Colfer's ghastly resurrection of the Hitchhiker's Guide series, only slightly worse. Colfer just didn't GET Adams and his humor, on a molecular level, so you weren't too bothered by it conflicting with your own nostalgia - you just accepted that you had paid your money for a bit of fanfiction. This is rather like buying the Officially Licensed Eighth Harry Potter Book to find that it's an alternate-universe tale of Harry laboriously taking public transport for two hundred pages while monologuing about the Industrial Revolution, and Frodo Baggins shows up near the end and breaks the fourth wall to explain to you that this is all very funny and satirical. And it's written by Dan Brown. For the young-adult market. You don't mind what's happening; you're just slightly puzzled, wondering why everyone is out of character and when the story is going to start. It's not actually BAD, it's just maybe not what you wanted.
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139 of 166 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The weight of expectation 9 Nov 2013
By Chloe
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I felt compelled to write this review after some of the negative reviews I read on here nearly stopped me from purchasing this novel (which would have been the first Discworld novel I didn't buy on publication since Men at Arms was published and I had just discovered the Discworld at the age of ten via my uncle, another long term fan).

I will say now that I am so far 25% of the way through the book, which doesn't leave me fully qualified to review but perhaps more so than someone who claims to have read 4%, hardly enough for any novel to get going. I have to say, I'm not sure exactly what some of the reviewers are wanting from this book, but I fear that Pratchett must feel akin to the England football team en route to another world cup, with the weight of expectation heaped so high that he can't possibly hope to meet it. Pratchett has written 40 novels in the Discworld series - in any series with that amount of novels, there are going to be some absolute belters and some that are mildly entertaining but not the best book you have ever read. I am going to say now, I struggled to finish Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad and Lords and Ladies and haven't returned to them, whereas I have reread Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, the Fifth Elephant and Thud more times than I could count. The books I didn't like were written by Pratchett a long time ago during a time which is considered by many as the height of the Discworld series (I don't believe there is a height - I think as a series it has fluctuated in quality throughout). This is the point of the Discworld - certain books will appeal to certain people more than others - some people's favourite novels in the series would probably only receive 3 stars from me and vice versa.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Top
As usual no disappointment with a Terry Pratchett book. As always, a great story with believable characters and a good plot.
Published 9 hours ago by Bob
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant as usual
Terry Pratchett has written another wonderful read. His books always give an alternative look at what has or is happening in the world, with great insight and humour. Read more
Published 20 hours ago by Mr. James P. Power
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite audiobook versions of the Discworld
I'll admit it right out front - I'm a longtime Discworld fangirl. I've read and/or listened to all the books, pretty much as they came out. Read more
Published 23 hours ago by Mary Casey
5.0 out of 5 stars raising standards
If you love discworld books, no reason to not to love this one. Has some of my favourite characters, Vimes, Moist Von Lipwig etc. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb as always
Funny, witty and as ever a superb parody on real life. Another favourite discworld novel, I must be into double figures now.....
Published 2 days ago by Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Provocative
An excellent rip-roaring tale full of political and social intrigue. Another well penned study of the 'human' condition in a variety of recognizable guises.
Published 4 days ago by steven thomas peck
4.0 out of 5 stars Audio book variety is the way forward
I just want to add my comments to the pile. I bought this on audio book. Stephen Briggs makes an good attempt at bringing everything to life but even so I found myself re... Read more
Published 4 days ago by A. P. Raynham
5.0 out of 5 stars another delight from disc world
Familiar characters in Discworld, with new engineering. Pratchet's joy of language and observation of life is as sharp and amusing as ever.
Published 4 days ago by Rosa Hachemi
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful
We are bck in Anhk Morpork with a few new characters and many well loved ones, train spotting, violence intrigue and occasional genocide along with multi culturalism wrapped up in... Read more
Published 5 days ago by M. M. Charles
5.0 out of 5 stars not quite finished yet....
All you want from a discworld book, everyone's there and feels like you are revisiting old friends along with some new ones! Terry P - thanks for a life outside life
Published 7 days ago by Mrs E M Reader
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