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Raising Steam
- Discworld, Book 40
- Narrated by: Richard Coyle, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin.
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.
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 most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies." (Independent)
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- Helie
- 21-05-23
It's a fantastic reading of a wonderful book!
Loved the narrator, great characters brought to life! Fantastic story, leaving you wishing for more.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-05-23
👏 another good listen
what a wonderful book by Terry Pratchett, nicely read too, thoroughly enjoyed n will listen again n again🥰
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- Anonymous User
- 03-04-23
Good book, okay performance.
Narrator was good. Much better than some of the others in the new Penguin recordings. Bill nighty was poor. sounded uninterested and the way they announced footnotes was most jarring.
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-12-23
Loved reading it..
For me one of the better books from Terry Pratchett I really enjoyed this narration well worth the cost.
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- Samantha
- 03-06-24
Great that it was read by Richard, brought it to life even more than reading it myself.
I don't care which book it is, I love them all so much. He lives on in our minds.
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- Neil larrisey
- 04-03-23
Richard Coyle is Brilliant
Somewhat difficult one this. Terry clearly still has a lot to say in this book, a lot of human nature to dissect and clearly a passion for trains that he had himself, but sadly, it's very obvious that the embuggerance had him it's sway while writing it.
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.
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- Juls
- 27-05-24
terry pratchett at his best
the title says it all. I love the terry pratchett books can't understand why anyone would want an abridged version. why cut a great book in half. the new versions are so good enjoy
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- Fleur I
- 28-05-24
Great voices
Great production which really brings the joy of Pratchett to audio. Actors added to the delight.
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- Kindle Customer
- 13-04-23
out of place
I have always found raising steam out of place compared to the rest of the discworld books it doesn't have the same feel. Still good but the story lacks some of the charm and wit usually found in prachett books.
the narration here is top notch and good quality.
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- Mr
- 16-03-23
If you‘ve come this far, why stop?
Given the various embuggerances, it‘s remarkable that there is still so much to like here. Brand loyalty helps; there‘s still plenty of fun to be had herein.
Minor quibble with the narrator; Bluejohn‘s voice changes mid-para at one point after it‘s described as „childlike“. Surely they could have managed a retake?
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