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Diggers (Truckers trilogy) (Paperback)

by Terry Pratchett (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Childrens; New edition edition (1 April 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552525863
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552525862
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.6 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 97,911 in Books (See Bestsellers 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



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Fresh from their success in "Truckers", the gnomes return to face new challenges in this second volume of a trilogy. This time, the little folk end up in an abandoned quarry - fighting their way out of a snow drift.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Impossible to put down!, 6 May 2001
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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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars More big problems for little people, 21 Mar 2003
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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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. But now, Masklin realizes that the nomes can never really be at home in the human's world, so he sets off to find the airport, and the spaceship that brought the nomes to Earth some 15,000 years ago. But for the nomes left at the quarry, now led by Grimma, things go from bad to worse, and worse still. Where is Masklin, and who will save the nomes?

This book is as funny as the last one. The nomes are so very human, and yet so very different. Plus, the story kept you at the edge of your seat, right up to the surprise finale. What a wonderful book!

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4.0 out of 5 stars FUNNY and TENSE., 10 Oct 2001
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This book has got some very interesting features. It keeps you hooked and excited and you can almost hear it and see it. When it is funny it's funny and when it is exciting, it's exciting. If you read this book you should read the others. It isn't the funniest by far.
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'Diggers' is a harmless and lovely book; great escapism from the world we know. Pratchett writes in a beautiful almost poetic style. Read more
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