Raising Steam: A Discworld Novel
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Описание и характеристики
Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work - as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital . . . but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don't always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . .
Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi' t'flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he's going to stop it all going off the rails . . .
ID товара
2873167
Издательство
Не установлено
Год издания
2019
ISBN
978-0-85-752650-2, 978-0-85752-650-2
Количество страниц
475
Размер
4x13x20.4
Тип обложки
Твёрдый переплёт
Вес, г
490
Отзывы
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4.0
Светлана
23.04.2024
Один из последних романов Прэтчетта. Памятуя, что создавался он, когда Прэтчетт уже страдал от прогрессирующего альцгеймера и при написании ему помогали ассистенты, роман весьма неплох. Это значит, что если вы привыкли в его романах к многополосному сюжету, толчее героев и конфликтам с самого начала - при прочтении этой книги придётся отвыкать. Около половины текста описывают, как и при каких обстоятельствах был построен поезд, какой ажиотаж вызвал и как народ рвался стать причастным к модной диковине. Где-то со второй половины действие стало "завиваться" и потихоньку развиваться. Не думаю, что когда-нибудь захочу перечитать - в отличие от других книг серии про Липвига - но, повторюсь, помня о состоянии автора на момент написания - эту книгу можно назвать его последним литературным подвигом.
Плюсы
Умилительное течение сюжета в первой половине - нет, серьёзно, приятно иногда почитать про как всё у всех хорошо )
Минусы
Да можно сказать, что нет. Читайте сами )
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it's soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear.
Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work - as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital . . . but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don't always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . .
Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi' t'flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he's going to stop it all going off the rails . . .
Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work - as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital . . . but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don't always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . .
Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi' t'flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he's going to stop it all going off the rails . . .