AuthorTerry Pratchett
NarratorRichard Coyle, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
SeriesDiscworld, Book 40
Duration13h 57m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Humour and Comedy
PublisherTransworld
VersionUnabridged
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.
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Discworld Series Book 29: Night Watch
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Stephen Briggs
SeriesDiscworld, Book 29
Duration 10h 40m
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Duration 10h 10m
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SeriesDiscworld, Book 14
Duration 8h 59m
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Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Nigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 23
Duration 9h 44m
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Duration 9h 22m
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SeriesDiscworld, Book 26
Duration 10h 51m
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Duration 7h 45m
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Narrator Nigel Planer
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Duration 10h 55m
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SeriesDiscworld, Book 22
Duration 3h
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Narrator Nigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 15
Duration 9h 48m
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