
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
Brought to you by Penguin.
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.
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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)
Whit, humour and imagination
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I found that in the new recordings i can enjoy Terry's amazing writing style and humor just as well as before, and i find all the voice actors put in wonderful performances for this series. Unfortunately i found the old narrations were a bit tired by the end. Steven Briggs did a great job narrating all the books but to be honest on some books it was obvious he wasn't interested. I haven't had this feeling with these recordings. I believe a varied cast makes more sense. Reading 40 books on different story lines can be pretty much for one person, even between fans there are some who don't like some books etc. Anyway, i am loving having a second edition of my favorite book series of all time.
Lovely to listen to this book again
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Great book, awesome narration
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Who rewrote Terry Pratchett?
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Almost ruined by Penguin's (mis)treatment
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