Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Truckers by Terry Pratchett
Truckers by Terry Pratchett (author of the discworld series) is book 1 in the Bromeliad Trilogy.
Masklin is the young leader of the small remnant of a community of nomes. Their ranks thinned by hunger, cold, weasels, and fox, Masklin hitches the group a ride on a truck so they can look for a better life. They end up in a department store which is the whole world to another mcuh larger group of nomes. The indoor nomes live in clans named after their departments: Haberdasheri, del Icatessan, Stationary.... Masklins small group has brought with them "The Thing" a treasured bit of something that has been handed down from generation to generation. When "The Thing" comes close to electricity it reveals itself to be a powerful computer which has been with the nomes since they landed on earth. "The Thing" also reveals that the store is about to be torn down. Can MAsklin convince the indoor nomes that everything is NOT under one roof and even if the people can be convinced where will they go and how will they get there?
As is usual for Terry Pratchett, puns abound. This is a light amusing story. I look forward to the next two books in the series.
I gave this book to a 9 year old girl but when she was still on chapter 2 she left the book on a couch for a few hours and her sister, 12, took it and read it and asked if we had the rest of the series. I recommended this book to two brothers ages 13 and 11 and to a 36 year old man who enjoys Terry Pratchett.
Masklin is the young leader of the small remnant of a community of nomes. Their ranks thinned by hunger, cold, weasels, and fox, Masklin hitches the group a ride on a truck so they can look for a better life. They end up in a department store which is the whole world to another mcuh larger group of nomes. The indoor nomes live in clans named after their departments: Haberdasheri, del Icatessan, Stationary.... Masklins small group has brought with them "The Thing" a treasured bit of something that has been handed down from generation to generation. When "The Thing" comes close to electricity it reveals itself to be a powerful computer which has been with the nomes since they landed on earth. "The Thing" also reveals that the store is about to be torn down. Can MAsklin convince the indoor nomes that everything is NOT under one roof and even if the people can be convinced where will they go and how will they get there?
As is usual for Terry Pratchett, puns abound. This is a light amusing story. I look forward to the next two books in the series.
I gave this book to a 9 year old girl but when she was still on chapter 2 she left the book on a couch for a few hours and her sister, 12, took it and read it and asked if we had the rest of the series. I recommended this book to two brothers ages 13 and 11 and to a 36 year old man who enjoys Terry Pratchett.
# posted by JJ @ 6:15 PM 
