- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books; First edition (5 April 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 038526979X
- ISBN-13: 978-0385269797
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,013,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Terry Pratchett is in fine fantasy fettle in this, the Second Book of the Nomes, as he takes us on another tour of the world according to the nomes who were rescued from death and destruction on the back of a lorry in Truckers, but now have to begin the real battle for survival Outside. As Winter rages in the quarry where the nomes have made their new home, the tribes start to bicker amongst themselves. But the everyday squabbling of the nomes is nothing compared to the Great Battle they will have to fight to save the quarry, and it is the intrepid Masklin who once again steps in to save the nomes from destruction by Humans.
An absolute treat, Diggers is as fiery and fantastical as Truckers yet moves on apace as the absurd and the ridiculous join forces to present a totally hilarious and quite wonderful adventure story.--Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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When their home, a large department store, was demolished, thousands of tiny nomes made a daring and dramatic escape on a stolen lorry - and only just in time. The abandoned quarry they have found is perfect for their needs but strange things begin to happen and their new home is under threat.
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Format:Paperback
This the second book of the Bromeliad trilogy (following Truckers and followed by Wings).
After escaping from the doomed Store of Arnold Bros (est. 1905), the nomes find refuge in a disused quarry. And although life's harder Outside than it was in the Store, after a while everything goes well... until they find out that the quarry is going to be reopened.
At the same time, they also learn that Grandson Richard, 39, an heir to the Arnold Bros (est. 1905) fortune, is going to Florida to watch the launch of his first telecom satellite. To Masklin it's an oportunity to send the Thing back into space where it could contact the Ship which will bring them back HOME. And so he sets out, with Gurder and Angalo, on a trip to the airport.
And as the rest of the nomes are waiting for them to come back, their food reserves are inexorably running out and the humans' presence is starting to be a real nuisance. Are they going to flee and hide or are they going to stand up to them?
As expected, Diggers is brilliant and extremely funny. And again, the confrontation between the nomes' and our view of the world is the source of many of the typically "Pratchettian" puns we've all come to love!
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I how I love double Nintendoes. All of Terry's "children's" stories are wasted on children but they still get enough out of them. I heartily recommend the entire series of these books to anyone one of any age.
Format:Paperback
'Diggers' is a harmless and lovely book; great escapism from the world we know. Pratchett writes in a beautiful almost poetic style. An interesting concept about tiny nomes who were forced to move from a convenience store to an abandoned quarry, which the enormous slow humans soon come back to claim. Fortunately they have Jekub, Dorcas's big secret, whilst Masklin heads Florida to find Grandson, 39. Definitely worth buying even if you haven't read the first book of the trilogy 'Truckers'.
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More big problems for little people
In Truckers, Masklin rescued the other nomes from the store before its demoliton. Then, he led them to a quarry, a place that they could call home. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2003 by Kurt A. Johnson
FUNNY and TENSE.
This book has got some very interesting features. It keeps you hooked and excited and you can almost hear it and see it. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2001
Wa-hey!
I thought 'Diggers' was brilliant and really funny. I haven't read the other 2 books in the trilogy 'The Bromelaid' and I heard that 'Diggers' lacked something the others had. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2000
Excellent - a must for all fantasy lovers.
This cassette is an enjoyable presentation of the book 'Diggers', which is a well written Terry Pratchett novel. Read more
Published on 8 Dec 1998
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