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Raising Steam

Terry Pratchett

Part of the Discworld series

  • 408 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 2013
  • 21 editions
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1 About this book

Raising Steam is the 40th Discworld novel, written by Terry Pratchett. It was the penultimate one, published before his death in 2015. Originally due to be published on 24 October 2013, it was pushed back to 7 November 2013 (and March 18, 2014 in the U.S.). It stars Moist von Lipwig, and features the introduction of locomotives to the Discworld (a concept mentioned already in Death's Domain), and introduces Dick Simnel as a new character.

The cover of the novel was exclusively revealed on Pratchett's Facebook page on 6 August 2013.

An update to Pratchett's website late October 2013 revealed that characters include Harry King, Moist von Lipwig, Adora Belle Dearheart, Sgt Fred Colon, and others.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: epic fantasy and humor.

  • Fantasy, epic
  • Humor
  • Fantasy
  • Discworld (Imaginary place)
  • Epic

2 About Terry Pratchett

1948–2015

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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