However, dwarf extremists are reacting violently against the changing world.Raising Steam does have a plot, however it’s a weak one. All around the Sto Plains, people start to become enchanted by the magic of the railway. He uses the new engine to construct the Disc’s very first train. Am I forgiving it some failures because of this? Possibly.In Raising Steam, a young engineer invents the steam engine (FYI he’s the son of a character in Reaper Man). It suffers in comparison to other Discworld novels, but I also think it’s helped by the inclusion of so many characters I love. On a second read through… it wasn’t completely horrible. If you haven’t read any Discworld books but are interested in starting, I would suggest Monstrous Regiment, Guards! Guards!, The Wee Free Men, or Going Postal.The first time I read Raising Steam, I really didn’t like it. Raising Steam is a book you’re better off reading if you’re already familiar with the majority of the Discworld series. Raising Steam is the fortieth book in the Discworld series and definitely not one you should start with! While it’s the third following Moist, there’s significant appearances from characters from other arcs, such as Vimes. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs, and some very angry dwarfs if he’s going to stop it all from going off the rails. He does enjoy being alive, however, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse. Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work-unless it is dependent on words, which are not very heavy and don’t always need greasing. Who better to take the lead than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank?
To the consternation of Ankh-Morpork’s formidable Patrician, Lord Vetinari, no one is in charge of this new invention. Mister Simnel has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all the elements-earth, air, fire, and water-and it’s soon drawing astonished crowds. “Everything that makes Pratchett one of the world’s most delightful writers.” -Cory Doctorow, author of Boing Boing The international bestselling author of the hilarious Discworld series-a writer who’s been compared to Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut-introduces the first steam engine into his complex, zany fantasy world.
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