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The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers - Diggers - Wings (Hardcover)

by Terry Pratchett (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 519 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday; First UK Edition First Impression edition (5 Nov 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385410441
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385410441
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 15 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 239,842 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"In the Beginning there was Arnold Bros (est 1905), the great department store...." and so begins Terry Pratchett's hugely entertaining and effervescent The Bromeliad trilogy.

From the First Book of the Nomes, Truckers where the nomes have to face up to the harsh reality that their comfortable and somewhat lazy lives beneath the floorboards of mankind are threatened; through to Diggers where the battle for survival really begins; culminating in Wings as the intrepid Masklin, with the aid of the electrical Thing, plots to return the nomes to Home on a Ship that will take them back to the stars where they belong, Pratchett never fails to excite.

With his amazing sense of the ridiculous and his sly, witty, ironic wordsmithery this intelligent and occasionally totally ludicrous three-in-one fantasy combo certainly does nothing to detract from Pratchett's reputation as one of the coolest and cultiest writers of his era. --Susan Harrison

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This omnibus contains "Truckers", "Diggers" and "Wings" - a trilogy of tales about a race of little people struggling to survive in a world full of humans.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh... I nearly fell off my chair!, 14 Aug 2003
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Which, of course, resulted in me getting strange looks from other members of my class (except, of course, those who had already read the books). Truckers, the first book, is very much Pratchett's interpretation of the world; and it's hysterical. I sincerely reccommend this book to people of very all ages.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Little people get into big trouble, and out again, 23 April 2003
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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Unknown to the humans, they share the Earth with another intelligent race, the nomes. The reason they don't know about the nomes is that they are four inches tall, and live at a pace ten times that of humans. This is the story of Masklin, and other heroic nomes who lead their people out of the dangerous world of humans, in search of their home. In the course of this story the overcome great obstacles, all with wit and humor.

This book is actually a collection of three book: Truckers, Diggers and Wings. The stories showcase Terry Pratchett's wit and humor, his ability to examine the human experience from a very different viewpoint. The action is gripping, and the humor outrageous. I highly recommend this book.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Certainly not those little fairies who mend your shoes!, 29 Mar 2004
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Say the word gnomes and most people will think of those rather horrid little figurines that some people in suburbia will insist on littering lawns and gardens with. You know the ones - they have fishing rods, red hats and rosy cheeks.

Well, not these. These are Nomes, thank you very much, and as you will discover they certainly don't have fishing rods. Well...maybe they do if you think of bins as a metaphorical fish pond and a rat as a real treat of a meal.

The story basically follows Masklin and his band of 'outside' nomes who travel indoors (although the Store nomes don't believe in outside so they reckon Masklin is mad). The book follows the trials of this little band of ten inch folk until their eventual adventure. To say more would spoil the story but it is well worth a read. Children will love it and adults will find an excuse ("I was going to read it to my kids, honest!).

Buy it, read it and wonder whether those small blurs really were mice.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Arnold Bros (est. 1905) will provide
The Bromeliad Trilogy incorporates the three small novels about the "nomes" that Pratchett wrote in 1989 and 1990 - Truckers, Diggers, and Wings. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun!
This is about the nomes, who are all four inches high and have just discovered that it's them against the humans. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A funny look at life from the eyes of a nome(!?)
Indeed, being only 4 inches tall does have its advantages, and disadvantages. 4 Inches is the average size of a nome, and they live (apart from other places) in holes and under... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This was really gripping series of stories and I could not put it down. The dialogue is very funny in places. I thoroughly recommend it.
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When I first started reading the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, my Dad thought it was all a load of rubbish and "you wouldn't catch him reading Pratchett. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars great,interesting,amazing,funny,witty and generally great
This is a book that is part of the greatest triology in the world.Of course,that's my opinion. Lots of people make fun of me for reading it.However,it is amazing... Read more
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