Truckers

Terry Pratchett at his brilliant best! An hilarious look at language, religion and the distorted perceptions that people have of the world around them. Although the story is written for children, it works wonderfully for adults too, as it points out some of the absurdities of human squabbles over belief and class and gender roles. First in a series of three, it tells the story of a small group of Outside nomes led reluctantly by Masklin the hunter, who stumble across thousands of other Inside nomes living under a huge department store.
These Inside nomes have been there so long, that they have divided into clans according to the depatrments, believe that Albert Bros (est. 1905)the owner of the store is a god, and that the seasons are all show more called after the sales that the store has! These tiny people who move very quickly have no idea that the store is closing until Masklin pulls out The Thing, and it "talks" to the stores' computer and tells them that they have 21 days before the store will be demolished. So Masklin decides to steal a lorry...hence the Truckers title. Highly recommended for grade 5 and older, this book made me laugh out loud and I can't wait to read the others in the series! show less

This is my second time reading this book - the first was in my teenage, this time I was reading it to my 11 year old son - and it is still as hilarious as it ever was; we both laughed so much.

Terry Pratchett has a unique ability to relate every day things and turn them into something different in another world, like in Truckers with the Nomes creating a whole religion based on the selling signs in a store, and believing there was a monster called 'Prices Slashed'. He creates such brilliant characters, so easy to envisage and engage with, and enables us to see our world world through a new set of eyes.

This was my son's first Terry Pratchett book, and he is keen to move onto Diggers now, as am I.

The Bromeliad trilogy is one of my favorite children's series. Pratchett's humour is absolutely one-of-a-kind genius; the characters and situations he describes are so clever and so absurd. I loved the Book of Nome extracts with their satirical take on the Bible (especially the Genesis of the store), and Pratchett's somewhat daring challenge to the narrow-mindedness that sometimes arises from strict adherence to religious principles.

The bits about Prices Slashed and Bargains Galore, the store signs of fate, and how seasonal sales mark the progress of a year were inspired, laugh-out-loud funny.

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It's hard to find fault with the world-building of Terry Pratchett! In this book we meet nomes that have never been anywhere but the Outside, and nomes that have never known anything but the inside of a British department store (circa the 1990s). Their world is adjacent to that of humans, but without being able to communicate directly with them, the nomes are left to figure out the rules of the world using only their observations and written documents, including signs that say inscrutable things like "Fire Sale" and show more "Everything Must Go."

A lively adventure to charm kids of all ages. show less

Hmmm. A complicated book. The beginning just felt silly and cute and childish, even with literal life-and-death events going on. And even at the end, there were cute bits where the bickering overrode the story - a child could read the book and enjoy it. But somewhere in there, some important ideas started to grow - about beliefs and how they can blind you, about the responsibilities of leadership, about what you can accomplish even if it looks impossible...about the meaning of "help". I definitely want to read the next two books.

Väike grupp noome elab põllul urus ning nende arv kahaneb kiiresti, sest röövloomad ja linnud peavad neid kergeks saagiks. Neil endal on aina raskem toitu leida, sest noori nende seas on üha vähem.Ainus noor noom Masklin otsustab viimases hädas viia kõik noomid ühele läheduses kohviku ees peatuvale veoautole ning alles siis vaadata, mis edasi saab. Auto viib nad suurde kaubamajja, kus nende suureks jahmatuseks elab arvukas noomide kogukond. Kaubamaja noomid ei usu, et väljas üldse midagi olemas on. Nad on ennast väga mõnusalt sisse seadnud ning mõned noomid on isegi lugema õppinud. Olukord muutub aga järsult, kui selgub, et kaubamaja kavatsetakse lammutada. See tähendab, et midagi tuleb ette võtta.
Tegu on Pratchettile show more omase südamliku ja armsa raamatuga, mille lugejaskonda ei saa kuidagi ealiselt määratleda. show less

This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.leafmarks.com & Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road Facebook Group by Bookstooge's Exalted Permission. Title: Truckers Series: Bromeliad Author: Terry Pratchett Rating: of 5 Battle Axes Genre: SFF Pages: 292 Format: Kindle Synopsis: A group of elves living by a truckstop hop on a truck to find a new place to live. They come to The Store and find a whole enclave of elves who are convinced that the Store is the All of Existence. Can this small group convince them that there is show more more to the world than just the Store? My Thoughts: If elves were little gnomes from space that had forgotten their origins due to them living much faster than us, then you would have this book. Throw in Pratchett's amusing mocking of organized religion, all written at a younger person's level and you have this book. I found it amusing, slightly sacrilegious and generally a good read. I think Pratchett points some very good fingers at things that I as a Christian need to answer. It would also be a great book to discuss philosophy and the basis of religion with one's children. That being said, while I have no problems answering, and shrugging off, Pratchett's mocking, I wouldn't give this to my kids as a steady diet. Not until they've formed their own base of Faith and have at least asked some hard questions about what they believe. " show less