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Itâe(tm)s all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office. A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with tâe(tm)flat cap and tâe(tm)sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear âe" and suddenly itâe(tm)s a matter of national importance that the trains run on time. Moist does not enjoy hard work. His . . .vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesnâe(tm)t involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and theyâe(tm)ll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.
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Raising Steam, Terry Pratchett
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- Raising Steam
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Terry Pratchett
- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 380
- ISBN10
- 0857522272
- ISBN13
- 9780857522276
- Series
- Discworld
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Technology, Death, Science Fantasy, Series, English Literature, Comedies, Railways / Trains, Steampunk, Dwarfs, Inventions and Discoveries, Humorous Fantasy, Trolls, Goblins, orcs, Discworld, Steam Locomotives, Pioneers, Ankh-Morpork, Vlahoš von Rosret
- First published
- 2013
- Original title
- Raising Steam
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Itâe(tm)s all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office. A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with tâe(tm)flat cap and tâe(tm)sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear âe" and suddenly itâe(tm)s a matter of national importance that the trains run on time. Moist does not enjoy hard work. His . . .vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesnâe(tm)t involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and theyâe(tm)ll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.