
Raising Steam
Discworld, Book 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.
'The most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies' Independent
Critic reviews
"I could tell which of my fellow tube passengers had downloaded it to their e-readers by the bouts of spontaneous laughter." (Ben Aaronovitch, Guardian)
the story
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Best reader ever! with a delicious slice of Serafinovich!
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Fabulous……,another lipwig classic
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Look at the ciaphus cain series for how to perform footnotes properly.
Story is good but not as good as others, but to be expected perhaps given the embuggerance.
Good book, okay performance.
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Loved reading it..
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It's always a joy to spend time on the disc and see such beloved characters as Moist and Vimes again, but all too often the prose feels like an imitation of Terry rather than Terry. That said, I'm still thankful it exists.
Richard Coyle, of course, Nails it. He even becomes the first person to give Vimes a voice I'm happy with.
Richard Coyle is Brilliant
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Great voices
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terry pratchett at his best
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Everything
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