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Sto caricando le informazioni... Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook: To Travelling Upon the Ankh-Morpork & Sto Plains Hygienic Railway (Discworld) (edizione 2014)di Terry Pratchett (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaMrs Bradshaw's Handbook: To Travelling Upon the Ankh-Morpork & Sto Plains Hygenic Railway di Terry Pratchett
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. För den läsare som händelsevis skulle vilja ge sig ut på tågresa runt Ankh-Morpork finns nu den excellenta Mrs Bradshaw's handbook to travelling upon the Ankh-Morpork & Sto plains hygienic railway, en Baedecker för Skivvärlden, med praktisk information om sevärdheter, övernattning och utskänkning. Man får lära sig om olika prisklasser på denna nybildade institution, sevärdheter i Quirm, shopping i Sto Helit, tips på var man skall bo om man planerar besöka Brassica world med familjen. På omslaget står Terry Pratchett som författare, vilket troligen är, för att inte vara alltför finkänslig, en lögn. Visst, han har förmodligen godkänt allt, och det är onekligen Skivvärlden som behandlas, men det är troligen andra som fört pennan. Även om de gjort det med viss skicklighet, och undviker att bli pinsamt flåsiga, till skillnad från vissa andra böcker som också knyter an till livet ovan Store A'tuin, så är humorn ganska mild och bygger i stort sett helt på konceptet: en reseguide skriven för en värld som är fylld med olikartade medvetna varelser, och med en del annan underlig biologi. Det är roande för stunden, men i stort sett harmlöst. Taking it's cue from Bradshaw's Guide (which I had only heard of because of the TV series with Michael Portillo) but this is a woman guiding as only Terry Pratchet can, a traveller through the train service of the Disk. She comes across as one of those classic British women travllers like Gertrude Bell. It's also lavishly illustrated by Peter Dennis. it's a good filler title in the Diskworld. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Authorised by Mr Lipwig of the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway himself, Mrs Georgina Bradshaw's invaluable guide to the destinations and diversions of the railway deserves a place in the luggage of any traveller, or indeed armchair traveller, upon the Disc. *From the twine walk of Great Slack to the souks of Zemphis- edifying sights along the route *Ticketing, nostrums and transporting your swamp dragon- essential hints on the practicalities of travel * Elegant resorts and quaint inns- respectable and sanitary lodgings for all species and heights. * From worm-herding to Fustic Cake- diverting trivia on the crafts, foods and brassica traditions of the many industrious people for whom the railway is now a vital link to the Century of the Anchovy Fully illustrated and replete with useful titbits, Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook offers a view of the Sto Plains like no other. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Written by one Mrs Bradshaw, this is a traveliing guide a la Bradshaws, Lonely Planet etc, which gives a description of the various stops along the line and a brief summary of the guest houses, primary local events etc. I have seen some complaints about how boring it is to get the same repatitive style of 2 line entries for each stop across the line, but this is a throwback to the types of travel guides I was brought up with, long before the internet allowed to you to compile your own travel guide!
This has maps and pictures galore! It's easy to skim pages, but you run the risk of missing the odd fabulous joke lurking in the middle of the page - the Effing Great Tit, an inhabitant of Effing Forest, being one such example.
You will either love this book or think "why did I spend my time"?