Discworld Novel 40：Raising Steam

《碟形世界40：蒸汽升腾》

《碟形世界》系列（Discworld）是英国知名奇幻小说畅销作家Terry Pratchett创作的系列作品，已出版四十余部，该系列作品想象力丰富，内容风趣幽默有内涵，深受读者喜爱，于2003年网络票选百大科幻作品时排名第九，有部分作品已被改编成电影。

Author: Terry Pratchett 

Paperback: 480 pages

Publisher: Corgi (9 Oct. 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0552170461

ISBN-13: 978-0552170468

Product Dimensions: 13 x 3 x 20 cm

书籍简介

巨龟大阿图因！它缓缓游过星星之间的深渊。氢气成霜。凝在它粗壮的四肢上：陨星擦过庞大古老的龟甲，落痕斑斑。它那巨眼，足有万顷。眼角黏液混合星尘，结成痂壳。巨龟背上是四头巨象。它们宽厚的肩膀披着星辉，托起一个世界——这世界无比辽阔。周遭是绵长的瀑布，上面是蔚蓝色的天堂穹顶。这就是碟形世界。这个世界的口号（如果有的话）：一切怪事。皆有可能！

It’s all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office.

A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with t’flat cap and t’sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear – and suddenly it’s a matter of national importance that the trains run on time.

Moist does not enjoy hard work. His . . .vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesn’t involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and they’ll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.

作者简介

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.