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Truckers (Bromeliad Trilogy #1)
'Outside! What's it like?'
Masklin looked blank.
'Well,' he said. 'It's sort of big-'
To the thousands of the tiny nomes who live under the floorboards of a large department store, there is no Outside. Things like Day and Night, Sun and Rain are just daft old legends. Then a devastating piece of news shatters their existence: the Store - their whole world - is to be demol...more
Masklin looked blank.
'Well,' he said. 'It's sort of big-'
To the thousands of the tiny nomes who live under the floorboards of a large department store, there is no Outside. Things like Day and Night, Sun and Rain are just daft old legends. Then a devastating piece of news shatters their existence: the Store - their whole world - is to be demol...more
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April 29th 2004
by Corgi Childrens
(first published 1989)
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Dec 10, 2007
Qt
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
fans of thoughtful, imaginative, juvenile stories
Shelves:
fantasy,
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I really liked this one! It was an exciting, thoughtful, and, I thought, intelligent story of the four inch high nomes and their struggle to find somewhere safe to live. It was interesting to read about how they find ways to use the much bigger, human-sized objects, and the adventures they have are surprisingly gripping and dramatic.
I am looking forward to the rest of the series!
I am looking forward to the rest of the series!
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'Do you not even remember that you are shipwrecked?'
'I'm Masklin,' said Masklin. 'I don't know who shipwrecked is.'
Masklin is one of a dozen four inch high "nomes" that have finally had enough of foxes, rain and having to eat cold chips thrown away at a nearby motorway cafe. In a desperate plan they stow away on a lorry and end up in a new world: "Thestore".
Thestore has its own nomes, its own problems, and also electricity, which when combined with the tribe's mascot "The Thing" produces some ve...more
'I'm Masklin,' said Masklin. 'I don't know who shipwrecked is.'
Masklin is one of a dozen four inch high "nomes" that have finally had enough of foxes, rain and having to eat cold chips thrown away at a nearby motorway cafe. In a desperate plan they stow away on a lorry and end up in a new world: "Thestore".
Thestore has its own nomes, its own problems, and also electricity, which when combined with the tribe's mascot "The Thing" produces some ve...more
The librarian at our local library has amazing taste in books. When she hands me a stack every time I go to the library I know I will like every single one. She is such a motivation for me to read often.
This book is the first in a series of three books and was recommended to me by her and she said, "You are going to love these." She was absolutely right. While reading the whole time I kept thinking I want to write books like these. Forget the huge daunting novel. How about a short, quirky, hilar...more
This book is the first in a series of three books and was recommended to me by her and she said, "You are going to love these." She was absolutely right. While reading the whole time I kept thinking I want to write books like these. Forget the huge daunting novel. How about a short, quirky, hilar...more
It took me a while to read this as there were a few days when I was just so busy I didn’t have a chance to pick it up! But, I loved it!
I love Terry Pratchett anyway, he makes me laugh, makes me think and makes me not want to put his books down. I was slightly worried that as this book was written for children, I may not appreciate it as much as his books for adults, but I was wrong, it was great. I remember when these were published and when the TV series was on, but at this point ( I think I wa...more
I love Terry Pratchett anyway, he makes me laugh, makes me think and makes me not want to put his books down. I was slightly worried that as this book was written for children, I may not appreciate it as much as his books for adults, but I was wrong, it was great. I remember when these were published and when the TV series was on, but at this point ( I think I wa...more
(I'm actually reading a big version with all three books in the series bound together, but I'm reviewing them separately. The combined edition is slightly annoying because it continues the page count from story to story. I'd prefer to know how long each was. Oh well.)
This is hilarious! I should have trusted Terry Pratchett and read this before. These tiny "nomes" from the woodland end up in a huge department store where thousands of nomes have lived for generations. The nomes worship the creator...more
This is hilarious! I should have trusted Terry Pratchett and read this before. These tiny "nomes" from the woodland end up in a huge department store where thousands of nomes have lived for generations. The nomes worship the creator...more
Thoroughly enjoyed this. This is Pratchett at his best, creating a new world from a different perspective. In this case the world of the Nomes. There are the Ousiders who have to move quickly and they arrive at The Store to find other Nomes. The Thing they carried with them suddenly comes to life near the electric and they they learn they are in fact creatures from outer space who came to earth many years ago and became stranded. Over time they have forgotten this. The nomes from The Store belie...more
Nov 03, 2010
Audeline
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5 of 5 stars
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Le premier tome du "Grand Livre des Gnomes" ,"Les camionneurs", raconte l'histoire de gnomes qui décident de partir à l'aventure car leur condition dans le Dehors ne leur convient plus à cause de la dangerosité qu'elle comporte. Ils arrivent alors dans le Grand Magasin, parmi d'autres gnomes qui, eux, n'ont jamais entendu parler du Dehors. Ils apprennent ainsi à cohabiter, chacun avec ses croyances...Bien que Flammarion conseille ce livre dès 11/12 ans, je pense qu'il faut être ado ou adulte pou...more
Che succede quando un popolo di fedeli scopre che esiste qualcosa oltre la propria fede? Elegante, ma non graffiante come � stata Tartarughe Divine, parodia di un gruppo di niomi che per salvare la pelle dalla impervia vita dell'Esterno finisce nella vita all'Interno.... di F.lli Arnold (dal 1905). Qui trova (o ritrova?) coloro che erano scappati secoli prima, e che avevano organizzato la propria vita sulla dimensione umana dei famosissimi Grandi Magazzini, dimenticando che cosa � la pioggia, l'...more
Masklin e un tânăr nom care își ia inima dinți într-o bună zi și pornește împreună cu prietenii săi într-o călătorie spre necunoscut cu camionul.
Nomii ajung astfel la Magazin - Frații Arnold (fondat în 1905).
Aici, Masklin le spune tuturor că vine din Exterior dar nimeni nu îl crede.
Nomii de aici sunt organizați pe Raioane și cred că Magazinul e Totul, dar Magazinul va fi demolat iar Masklin trebuie să-i salveze pe toți pentru că el crede că nomii trebuie să fie mereu uniți pentru a supraviețui.
M...more
Nomii ajung astfel la Magazin - Frații Arnold (fondat în 1905).
Aici, Masklin le spune tuturor că vine din Exterior dar nimeni nu îl crede.
Nomii de aici sunt organizați pe Raioane și cred că Magazinul e Totul, dar Magazinul va fi demolat iar Masklin trebuie să-i salveze pe toți pentru că el crede că nomii trebuie să fie mereu uniți pentru a supraviețui.
M...more
Jan 21, 2013
Stephanie Ricker
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
favorites,
science-fiction
I’m all about Terry Pratchett’s Bromeliad trilogy these days, which is sort of like The Borrowers for grown-ups. It is, of course, tremendously witty and entertaining—it’s Pratchett—but it’s also unexpectedly philosophical. Here’s his introductory note, Concerning Nomes and Time, to get a taste:
Nomes are small. On the whole, small creatures don’t live for a long time. But perhaps they do live fast.
Let me explain.
One of the shortest-lived creatures on the planet Earth is the adult common mayfly....more
Nomes are small. On the whole, small creatures don’t live for a long time. But perhaps they do live fast.
Let me explain.
One of the shortest-lived creatures on the planet Earth is the adult common mayfly....more
Masklin is the head of a small remnant of nomes. There are only a handful left and he is the only one able to do the hunting, etc. Grimma is his female counterpart who looks after the elderly. Many have left, going off to find somewhere else but never come back. They live on a country road and there is a cafe nearby where they can sometimes get leftovers. Masklin decides he can no longer do everything and with Grimma's help, persuades the elders to go with him. Big delivery trucks stop at the ca...more
I love Terry Pratchett and I love the gentle, humorous way he sets up organized religion and unquestioning believers by having a group of outdoor gnomes meet a group of department store gnomes, who have a Bible of sorts. For example, take the following quote on p.3
"I. There was the Site. II. And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) Moved upon the face of the Site and Saw that it had Potential...V. And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) said, Let there be a Store, And let it be a Store such as the World has not Seen hi...more
"I. There was the Site. II. And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) Moved upon the face of the Site and Saw that it had Potential...V. And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) said, Let there be a Store, And let it be a Store such as the World has not Seen hi...more
Oh, what a pleasant surprise!
I didn't expect this series to be good at all. After all, I thought I'd already finished all of Pratchett's best books (at least, my own favourites). This obscure YA trilogy wouldn't even have appeared on my radar if not for a reading challenge I was doing that required me to read two books from two series by the same author.
Truckers contains all of Pratchett's characteristically smart/witty observations on how society functions and how humanity can be found even in...more
I didn't expect this series to be good at all. After all, I thought I'd already finished all of Pratchett's best books (at least, my own favourites). This obscure YA trilogy wouldn't even have appeared on my radar if not for a reading challenge I was doing that required me to read two books from two series by the same author.
Truckers contains all of Pratchett's characteristically smart/witty observations on how society functions and how humanity can be found even in...more
I'm rating these individually even though I'm reading them as a whole.
I love Terry Pratchett, so I thought I'd read some of his writing for younger audiences. If I were a younger person, I would have given a 4 or 5, as this is a good introduction to thinking about belief, religion, critical thinking, politics, feminism. As an adult, who loves his more sophisticated stuff, I'm giving it a 3. This may not be fair because it is a young reader book, but...it's my rating!
Overall, it was an enjoyable...more
I love Terry Pratchett, so I thought I'd read some of his writing for younger audiences. If I were a younger person, I would have given a 4 or 5, as this is a good introduction to thinking about belief, religion, critical thinking, politics, feminism. As an adult, who loves his more sophisticated stuff, I'm giving it a 3. This may not be fair because it is a young reader book, but...it's my rating!
Overall, it was an enjoyable...more
Vivono nei reparti di un centro commerciale, come se questi fossero tanti piccoli regni; pensano che giorno, notte, sole e pioggia siano solo antiche leggende o vecchie superstizioni; le loro stagioni sono i Saldi di Gennaio, la Collezione Primavera, le Grandi Occasioni d’Estate e le Strenne di Natale; tra di loro ci sono sapienti, sacerdoti e guerrieri. Sono i Niomi, esseri piccolissimi e pacifici che animano il Grande Magazzino “F.lli Arnold” appena il negozio chiude al pubblico.
Continua a leg...more
Continua a leg...more
Mar 15, 2011
Morag Gray
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
People with a good sense of humour who are interested in the deeper questions of life.
Shelves:
audio
The cosy existence of nomes of "Arnold Bros Est 1905"'s store is disturbed by the arrival of outsiders, which they did not believe existed. The outsiders bring a warning that the store is about to be demolished. Nomes Dorcas (an engineer), Girder (the abbot) and Angalo (a nobleman/daredevil) team up with outsider Masklin to steal a truck and transport the nomes to safety.
This is a fun read, with some fairly searching philosophical questions.
My second reading of this was the audio CD voiced by St...more
This is a fun read, with some fairly searching philosophical questions.
My second reading of this was the audio CD voiced by St...more
There's just no one like Terry Pratchett. This series, while YA, is a great read that's just fun.
I was a little worried that as a YA book that had nomes (yes that's the spelling) in it, but quickly found this isn't the usual gnome kind of story. You wonder why it's on my Science Fiction self? That's because the series is science fiction! :) Yep, a science fiction nome story...
This book is a fast read and you'll likely want to get all three and read them back to back.
I was a little worried that as a YA book that had nomes (yes that's the spelling) in it, but quickly found this isn't the usual gnome kind of story. You wonder why it's on my Science Fiction self? That's because the series is science fiction! :) Yep, a science fiction nome story...
This book is a fast read and you'll likely want to get all three and read them back to back.
My first ever Pratchett. Why have I waited so long? I think I used to look at the covers of the Discworld novels and think the stories would be all over the place, with an insane sense of humour that I wouldn't quite get. Maybe the Discworld novels are like that, but this one isn't! The humour is - oh, how to explain it - sly and subtle and fun... it's not the narrator being funny, it's the characters - and they don't even realise they're being funny, it's only the reader who can laugh at the no...more
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The story is about a group of nomes (like gnomes, but without a g!) who hitch a ride on a truck and find themselves in a department store, where they meet other nomes who have lived all their lives in the store and believe it to be the whole world. Then the store goes out of business and they all have to find a new home. [return][return]I've never read any non-Discworld stuff by Pratchett (other than Good Omens), and was kind of meh on the concept of "nomes", but I ended up really enjoying it.
Charming, entertaining and - oddly - socially relevant, this story shows how a bunch of miniature nomes must overcome religious differences, inter-family hostility and mankind in order to survive. With the world of people seen, affectionately very effectively, through the eyes of the nomes, mankind comes out as second-rate and plodding, and that's before our behaviour is taken into account. The POV caused the Juniors a few problems - they couldn't "get" some of the inferences, but they enjoyed t...more
I'm really loving Terry Pratchett's work! Truckers is the first book in The Bromeliad Trilogy. That it was written for children does not diminish the fact that it's a highly entertaining comic fantasy that even grown-ups will enjoy. The book is very witty and clever, and there were many laugh-out-loud moments for me. Once begun, I found it hard to put down. Highly recommended!
Don't know why it's taken me so long to come to this trilogy - possibly because I don't like his Tiffany books - but it's delightful - space travelling Borrowers, if you will
You can see echoes of the Borrowers here, and Nation. The only criticism I have of the whole trilogy is that the Nomes are a bit Mary-Sueish, there's nothing they can't do, and if they don't understand something it all goes well anyway - there seems to be loads of conflict, but there isn't really.
You can see echoes of the Borrowers here, and Nation. The only criticism I have of the whole trilogy is that the Nomes are a bit Mary-Sueish, there's nothing they can't do, and if they don't understand something it all goes well anyway - there seems to be loads of conflict, but there isn't really.
Great trilogy. I had some belly laughs, specially in book 2, which was also the best one. These seem to be not only children's books, but which at least I found interesting. Pratchett lays on, with heavy hands, on religion, authority, and human nature. Overall great series to read to your kids, if you want to raise Humanists with skeptical attitude towards authority.
I would never be able to say enough nice things about how much I love the works of Terry Pratchett. So, so, so clever. Very nice. If this is truly a "young readers" book (or trilogy) then count me in with them. I found it completely delightful on so many levels. I will read this whole trilogy all the way through, and recommend it to all that will hear me.
I love you Terry Pratchett! It had been a while since reading one of his. After devouring almost the entire Discworld, I wanted some air. Returning to him, I found this delightful and clever series about nomes. And in true Pratchett style, he satirizes religion, politics, and ignorance with fun characters and quick wit. Gotta get me some of that book two now!
I have no idea who the target audience is for this. It's not quite a kids book but it's not quite an adults book. However, I love it. The characters are well-written, the story is quirky as befits Pratchett, and while I don't know what it's like to be a 4' tall gnome (Unlike Pratchett I can't drop the "g"), I imagine it would be like he describes it.
My first foray into the famous and popular Terry Pratchett's work. This wonderful story of gnomes living in a dying department store on Earth, not knowing their universe was once MUCH larger than that, is chock full of chuckle and guffaw moments, and a wonderfully crafted story. I'll be going back for the next books in this trilogy for sure.
A nice easy kids book read to get me through the bus journey in the mornings whilst I kept the copy of Watchmen I had borrowed immaculate at home. I've had this on the shelf for a while so thought I'd zip through it, definitely a book I would recommend to youngsters and a nice way to get them reading Pratchett as soon as possible, I have Diggers and Wings to read too when I next need a nice quick distraction.
I don't really think this should have been considered as it's own book. It is part of a trilogy, but would be better presented as a series of short stories, rather than a trilogy of books.
This story is a little hard to follow at times; however, in the end it is an enjoyable story. The story should be filled out by the rest of the books in this trilogy.
This story is a little hard to follow at times; however, in the end it is an enjoyable story. The story should be filled out by the rest of the books in this trilogy.
Una manera distinta de ver las actividades que nos parece de lo más normal a los humanos pero desde el punto de vista de unas criaturas con las que solo por accidente compartimos el mismo mundo.
Una trilogía brillante, como todas las de Terry Pratchett, que demuestra que no solo escribe sobre el Mundo Disco.
Una trilogía brillante, como todas las de Terry Pratchett, que demuestra que no solo escribe sobre el Mundo Disco.
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Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel,...more
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