Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

February 5, 2020

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

Moist von Lipwig of Going Postal and Making Money returns to run the new railway line in Ankh-Morpork, at the request of Lord Vetinari (said request of course includes a veiled threat).  Meanwhile, someone is sabotaging the Discworld’s clacks towers, and they’re not too crazy about the new iron railway coming soon to Sto-Lat and Uberwald, either.

Sir Terry Pratchett passed away in 2015, and this was his 40th and final Discworld book, which I have been putting off reading because, well, it’s his last book.  There won’t be anymore Discworld books (yes, I could start reading them over, since I read the first one about 20 years ago, but I have so much else to read that re-reading the Discworld may have to wait until retirement).  Like so many others, I will miss Sir Terry’s zany sense of humor, his satires and send-ups of pop culture, and his amazing world building.  I agree with some other reviewers that this wasn't his best book, but we do get to visit a final time with many of the Discworld's most memorable characters.