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Raising Steam (Discworld) - Hardcover By Pratchett, Terry - GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780385538268
- Book Title
- Raising Steam
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Fantasy / General, Science Fiction / General, Humorous / General, Fantasy / Epic
- Item Weight
- 25.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
038553826X
ISBN-13
9780385538268
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038290007
Product Key Features
Book Title
Raising Steam
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / General, Science Fiction / General, Humorous / General, Fantasy / Epic
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-000869
Reviews
Advance Praise for Raising Steam "A spectacular novel, and a gift from a beloved writer to his millions of fans. . . . A tremendous synthesis of everything that makes Pratchett one of the world's most delightful writers." --Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing "From the first, the novels demonstrated Pratchett's eye for telling detail and the absurdities of the human condition. . . . 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, The Guardian "Terry Pratchett's creation is still going strong after 30 years. . . . Most aficionados, however, will be on the look-out for in-jokes and references from previous novels--of which there is no shortage. Discworld's success, like that of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories, has never been driven by the plots. . . . It is at the level of the sentence that Pratchett wins his fans." --Andrew McKie, The Times (London) Praise for Terry Pratchett "Terry Pratchett may still be pegged as a comic novelist, but . . . he's a lot more. In his range of invented characters, his adroit storytelling, and his clear-eyed acceptance of humankind's foibles, he reminds me of no one in English literature as much as Geoffrey Chaucer. No kidding." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World "Given his prolificacy and breezy style, it's easy to underestimate Pratchett. . . . He's far more than a talented jokesmith, though. His books are almost always better than they have to be." --Michael Berry, San Francisco Chronicle "Nonstop wit. . . . Pratchett is a master of juggling multiple plotlines and multiplying punchlines." --Ken Barnes, USA Today, "Consistently funny, wise and clever. . . . Rewarding to both longtime readers and novices, filled with characters who leap off the page and metaphors that make you laugh out loud. . . . Pratchett's appeal isn't just his roller-coaster plots but the depth of his ideas." --Sam Thielman, Newsday "A delightful fantasy send-up of politics, economics and finance, as the Discworld gets a railway and complications ensue. . . . A lovely homage to the courage at the core of technological advance. . . . Pratchett melds politics, finance and the occasional dark turn with his fantasy and humor, and as ever his footnotes are not to be missed. . . . How many writers are more fun to spend time with?" --Ken Armstrong, The Seattle Times "A spectacular novel, and a gift from a beloved writer to his millions of fans. . . . A tremendous synthesis of everything that makes Pratchett one of the world's most delightful writers." --Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing "From the first, the novels demonstrated Pratchett's eye for telling detail and the absurdities of the human condition. . . . 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, The Guardian "Terry Pratchett's creation is still going strong after 30 years. . . . Most aficionados, however, will be on the look-out for in-jokes and references from previous novels--of which there is no shortage. Discworld's success, like that of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories, has never been driven by the plots. . . . It is at the level of the sentence that Pratchett wins his fans." --Andrew McKie, The Times (London) "A brash new invention brings social upheaval, deadly intrigues, and plenty of wry humor to the 40th installment of Pratchett's best-selling Discworld fantasy series. . . . As always, Pratchett's unforgettable characters and lively story mirror the best, the worst, and the oddest bits of our own world, entertaining readers while skewering social and political foibles in a melting pot of humanity, dwarfs, trolls, goblins, vampires, and a werewolf or two." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Brimming with Pratchett's trademark wit, a yarn with a serious point made with style and elegance." -- Kirkus Reviews "Leavened with Pratchett's usual puns, philosophical quips, and Discworld in-jokes, the story offers an amusing allegory of Earthly technology's many seductions." -- Booklist Praise for Terry Pratchett "Terry Pratchett may still be pegged as a comic novelist, but . . . he's a lot more. In his range of invented characters, his adroit storytelling, and his clear-eyed acceptance of humankind's foibles, he reminds me of no one in English literature as much as Geoffrey Chaucer. No kidding." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World "Given his prolificacy and breezy style, it's easy to underestimate Pratchett. . . . He's far more than a talented jokesmith, though. His books are almost always better than they have to be." --Michael Berry, San Francisco Chronicle "Nonstop wit. . . . Pratchett is a master of juggling multiple plotlines and multiplying punchlines." --Ken Barnes, USA Today
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 astonished crowds. To the consternation of Ankh-Morpork's formidable Patrician, Lord Vetinari, no one is in charge of this new invention. This needs to be rectified, and who better than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Office, the Mint, and the Royal Bank: Moist von Lipwig. Moist is not a man who enjoys hard work--unless it is dependent on words, which are not very heavy and don't always need greasing. He does enjoy being alive, however, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse. 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 from going off the rails . . .
LC Classification Number
PR6066.R34R35 2014
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