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Join the Conversation. All Rights Reserved. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Topics books fantasy audiobook Language English. Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.

The series began in with The Colour of Magic and continued until the final novel The Shepherd's Crown was published in , following Pratchett's death. The books frequently parody or take inspiration from J. Tolkien, Robert E. It follows Nation, an unusual intermission in Pratchetts discworld series. The change was there but only barely visible. In I shall wear midnight this change slowly emerged more unto the surface and in Snuff it bobbed up and didn't go under.

Dodger showed the same change of pace. The change being? Less and less dialogue, more painting of the scenery, More dutiful telling of the tale, less trapdoors that suddenly open under your feet as you try to follow the plot Pratchett is deliberately misspelling out for you.

Raising Steam promises to be a grand gathering of a whole lot of the Disc world family. It is clear that Pratchett is bringing the threads from at least four disc world novels together: Thud,Snuff,Going Postal and Making Money. Blatantly absent is captain Carrott, who is not even mentioned in the story, which is a bit odd, considering that captain Angua, his beloved Werewolf girlfriend of old, briefly appears.

So, a story that takes the follow-up of these exceptionally well written novels to a new height? Unfortunately this is not the case. Yes, it is a real Pratchett. Sure it has a good plot. But it lacks the chilling surprises of Thud. The brilliant dialogues of Moist in going Postal and making money have paled a little. Even the razorsharp conversations with Vetinari are getting stale.

Is it a badly written novel? It still contains a strong story about the invention of the steam engine. The grand finale with the coming out of the Low King, already hinted at at the end of Thud!

It is just not as grippingly good as the aforementioned novels. But it's fun to read, and although not Pratchett's best work, it is actually far far better than a lot of other books, published today. I am ready for number View all 8 comments. Dec 16, Jean Menzies rated it liked it Shelves: comedy.

This is a generous 3 stars. There is always a certain level of enjoyment from returning to Pratchett's writing, humour and the discworld itself. Unfortunately as one of his final discworld novels this was quite disappointing.

The characterisation felt off, especially of Vetinary; Moist felt like a minor character, which I wouldn't have expected from a book following on from his series; there was a noticeable decrease in laugh out loud moments and there was very little plot or moments of suspense This is a generous 3 stars.

The characterisation felt off, especially of Vetinary; Moist felt like a minor character, which I wouldn't have expected from a book following on from his series; there was a noticeable decrease in laugh out loud moments and there was very little plot or moments of suspense to make up for it. I didn't hate reading it, I'm glad I did but nor was I taken away by the story and honestly I will never re-read it despite having re-read the first in the series 'Going Postal' into the double figures.

Nov 11, Sanjukta rated it it was ok. I couldn't have imagined that a day would come when this is to be said of Sir Pratchett, but sadly, I must say that he disappoints with this one. All the usual ingredients are present, the City Watch, the Tyrant, the Turtle, the rolls, dwarfs and goblins, as are the smart-alecy quips and puns and double entendres, but, Where is the Plot, the Enticing Tale? Even the pleasure that the exploration of an idea for its own sake provides, such as in Long Earth, is completely missing here.

The only exci I couldn't have imagined that a day would come when this is to be said of Sir Pratchett, but sadly, I must say that he disappoints with this one. The only excitement spread over all those pages is that the steam engine and hence railway locomotion has arrived in the Discworld.

The question is, are we feeling excited enough by this as readers, again, sad to write this, 'No'. An now I am struggling to finish it, only out of deference to this usually superb author View all 3 comments.

May 30, Ms. The invention of the steam engine takes Ankh-Morpork by storm. Everyone wants a piece of it, from the city's richest, to its most powerful, all the way to its simple people. Even foreigners take a keen interest in the steam engine's evolution, excited about all the new money-making opportunities.

While its technical and monetary needs are well looked after, the steam engine's marketing needs are held in Lord Vetinari's firm grasp, by overworking Ankh Morpork's most charming crook. For all of Lipw The invention of the steam engine takes Ankh-Morpork by storm. For all of Lipwig's initial reluctance, our hero turns out to be quite the negotiating wiz.

I've been both looking forward and dreading starting this last completed installment of the Discworld series. Would there be a significant decline in quality, would I feel bad for disliking the writing?

Would I, could I, should I? And the reality turned out to be much more complicated, and guilt inducing. On the one hand, the story tackled in Raising Steam is just massive. Its initial use in finally getting fresh foreign food on the paying Ankh-Morporkans' tables, while also providing numerous new job opportunities could have easily made for a full story.

Yet all the above, makes up merely half of it. The second part of the story consists of a highly convoluted action-adventure race again the clock, with several important Ankh-Morporkans having the odd cameo, and then some. A nice stroll down nostalgia lane in theory, but incredibly complicated and exhausting to follow.

I ended up taking numerous breaks from reading, and mainly finished it out of guilt. Score: 3. Ironic for someone with a rather technical job, but when it comes to visual appeal, I'm still more likely to choose a fairy-tale forest. So when you add an incredibly complex and long story to the mix, where tension keeps escalating and minimal comic relief Nov 26, Belinda Lewis rated it did not like it Shelves: didnt-finish. I honestly didn't even finish this book.

It was just so dreadfully boring. The dialogue is terrible, the narrative lacks any kind of rhythm its just and then and then and then and then and worst of all the characters are unrecognizable. Moist, Vimes and Vetinari are probably my 3 favourite characters in the entire mythos - they don't behave like themselves, and I honestly didn't even finish this book.

Moist, Vimes and Vetinari are probably my 3 favourite characters in the entire mythos - they don't behave like themselves, and they don't behave like real people. Such a disappointing book. My husband Simon and I were taking the train into Chicago to see a dance performance.

The journey is about 1 hour, 20 minutes and I wasn't sure we could sustain a conversation that long having been married now for 34 years, so, I racked my brain for an audiobook we could enjoy together.

I have a widget Simon calls a 'splitter' which I plug into my iPod and it enables us to connect two set of earbuds, one for each of us. I chose 'Raising Steam,' as I had recently loved listening to it and I tho My husband Simon and I were taking the train into Chicago to see a dance performance. I chose 'Raising Steam,' as I had recently loved listening to it and I thought that Simon, an engineer, would love it also. The development of 'Iron Girder' demonstrates an engineering quest for continuous improvement!

The realization of the significant contribution of the Railway upon society such as being able to transport food, goods and people quickly. My take is that they realize they become dependent on his invention, but very few are able to fully understand how it works. Draw a comparison with the advent of the Internet today! The story describes the actions of those that want to thwart it claiming that the status quo shouldn't be changed and they aren't ready for the railway.

Another comparison could be to our own society. There are those, perhaps the elitist sections of society, that prefer people are unable to travel so easily and that a devided society is a conquered society. In his story the importance of the 'Klax' is emphasized and again, I see the comparison of the Internet today with ideas and news rapidly reaching a global audience This is a great read and can be used to open up discussions in groups about our current socio-economic situations. View all 7 comments.

Nov 12, Dylan Kiely rated it it was amazing. While some people say that this book did not deliver on the same level of expectation as Pratchett's earlier works, it is my opinion that this book is so much more developed and gripping than his other books. The humour that is displayed still follows the same structure of parody. Personally, I loved the whole stories of Moist, and found that there was no Pratchett book that I loved more than "Going Postal", but Raising Steam still delivers a high standard for creativity and genius.

The way that P While some people say that this book did not deliver on the same level of expectation as Pratchett's earlier works, it is my opinion that this book is so much more developed and gripping than his other books. The way that Pratchett makes everything fit together so nicely and bring back to life characters that have become dear to us is excellent, and it is ingenious in the ways that the man has made the characters develop more of a personality.

The ways that all these people have stories of their past lives revealed is done so well. I could go on and give away specific examples of all this, but for those people who have the same kind of love for Discworld as I do I will leave you with no hints or spoilers. This novel was a great achievement by Pratchett and he should be commended for his deliverance of books of such quality, especially with the challenges in his life, his alzheimers, we should marvel at his skill.

Age shall not weary Terry Pratchett, and I for one hope that he lives forever. One thing I was disappointed with was the fact that Terry Pratchett didn't follow on from the end of Making Money. He left you knowing at the end that Moist would eventually become the tax collector. This, however, did not follow on from that, and I found that a little disappointing.

View 1 comment. For most of my life, I've named Pterry as my favourite author. I still buy his books out of sentimentality, but I wish I would stop. The worst is that I wish he would have stopped. I was devastated when I learned of his illness and, like most everyone, also mourned all the books now lost. But after the last three or more it's become clear that a bang would have been better than this whimper For most of my life, I've named Pterry as my favourite author.

But after the last three or more it's become clear that a bang would have been better than this whimper. He has literally lost his plot now - nevermind that most authors repeat their formulas, and his had been okay-even-when-repeptitive-and-boring because it was humane, now there is no trace of plot left. The lead seams to be Moist again, although he was indistinguishable from Worde and the others, so it's okay to simply re-use him is this the second or forth time?

It's not the brief moments where he is meant to slip and be a bit old, but the countless scenes where he badgers Moist for no reason and with no result whatsoever.

Page after page is just TELLing of the same thing again: badger, talk, grease build grease, progress. I couldn't even spoil this book if I tried. It is my own fault for continuing to read, but WTF. At least with the goblins there was the addition of some true horror - but that was a few books ago.

The dwarves and goblins as the redeemees again? Even feminism, something else we liked and lauded in Pratchett, gets a bad taste when homosexuality is hinted at as the "worse" option. Another easy win of women over a whole race, oh yes why not, after all the character just won back the whole kingdom as well.

Just as the dunnikin diver boy eerily faced no threat, so here everyone is so clever and rich and brave and talented, there are just too many of them around and everything works with no back-lash ever! The measly attacks of the grags I'm sorry this got long, all I meant to say was the intro paragraph. I'm sorry about Pterry. I had sworn to not read the stolid boring Earth saga, but his other books are just as bad now and I wish the Earth were that magical entity he portrays it as, or narrativum existed, and could make at least something right about this.

But after all those years, he ends up like the hacks, the writers simply going bad for boredom or running out of steam. Pterry might not have done that in the normal course of things. But his books are now weightless nothings, and I'm condemned to those terrible thoughts aka tl;dr: I wish my favourite author had stopped writing.

I'm so sorry. View 2 comments. Nov 09, James rated it liked it Shelves: fantasy. I wavered a bit on what score to give this book. In the end I compared it to the last couple of Discworld books: I enjoyed it a little more than Unseen Academicals and a lot more than Snuff, so let's say it's on the low end of three stars.

I wonder if all those three stars are earned, though, or if I'm just attached enough to the characters included in this book to be pretty lenient. I found reading this book a really odd experience; the pacing is pretty choppy, and sometimes makes the book hard I wavered a bit on what score to give this book. I found reading this book a really odd experience; the pacing is pretty choppy, and sometimes makes the book hard to follow, and some of the prose and dialogue seems slightly Dialogue especially.

There's also not a huge amount of humour on display to be honest, which wouldn't actually be so much of a problem you could say the same of Night Watch, which I love to pieces , but it doesn't feel like anything particularly fills the absence left. There don't seem to be any particularly strong overarching themes, which strikes me as criminal in a book supposedly about the industrial revolution. In fact, the way the industrial revolution themes are basically neutered might be the problem: this is a very rosy-glasses kind of book in my opinion, when it could have been a lot more cutting.

There is some nasty holdover stuff from Snuff that pissed me off, but I don't really have time to go into it here- but yeah, that was annoying. And some of the characterization seemed off. I'll need more time to think about that, though. On the other hand, there were certainly parts I liked. I like that it's an ambitious book and tries to tie together a lot of seemingly disparate elements, I like that it does what Pterry is so good at with Ankh-Morpork and makes it feel like a real, living place that continues existing when you put the book down, certain plot elements and character meetings really caught my eye and I really enjoyed all the interactions between Moist and Adora in particular.

Though I do wish she had a bigger role overall. Some individual scenes brought me a lot of glee and I did enjoy seeing the whole element of technological process on the Disc being continued. But at any rate, it's worth reading, which is more than I would say about the last Discworld book.

I guess I spent a lot more time talking about the negatives, but I think it's because having read so much Discworld I kind of take the positives for granted, and the negatives stick out much more strongly.

Mar 26, Emma Sea marked it as dnf. In as much as Terry Pratchett runs the Discworld, he is the Patrician. The pacing was askew and the characterizations reduced to twee accents.

I am so sorry I tried to read this. Thank you for all the books, Sir Pterry. Especially Thud! I look forward to my own atoms joining yours in the heart of a new star one day. Apr 08, Andrew rated it it was ok. I do not want to analyze Pratchett's books through the lens of his illness. This is the book where I have to start.

I'll do it from two directions.