Truckers
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| Author | Terry Pratchett |
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| Audio read by | Tony Robinson (abridged) Stephen Briggs (unabridged) |
| Illustrator | Mark Beech (illustrated edition only) |
| Cover artist | Josh Kirby (original) Mark Beech (current) |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Bromeliad |
Release number | 1 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | 1989-09-25 |
| Followed by | Diggers |
Blurb
‘Outside! What's it like?’ Masklin looked blank. ‘Well,’ he said. ‘It's sort of big -‘
To the thousands of 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 demolished. And it's up to Masklin, one of the last Nomes to come into the Store, to mastermind an unbelievable plan that will take all the Nomes into the danger of the great Outside...
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-08 | Pratchat | “Upscalator to Heaven” | pratchatpodcast.com |
| 2022-02-07 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “A Whoomph and a Whiff” (1/3)[1] | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2023-03-13 | Bookanieri - Libri & Rum | “Il piccolo popolo dei Grandi Magazzini con Dottor Pira!”[2] | spreaker.com |
Other appearances
These are episodes where there’s significant discussion of the book, but it’s not the main focus. For Truckers this includes episodes which discuss The Bromeliad trilogy as a whole.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-15 | Desert Island Discworld | “Marc Burrows and the Bromeliad” | desertislanddiscworld.com |
Adaptations
- The first screen adaptation of Pratchett’s work was Truckers, a stop-motion animated version of Truckers made by Cosgrove Hall for ITV. It was adapted by Brian Trueman in 13 short episodes, first broadcast from January to April, 1992. It starred Joe McGann (brother of Paul McGann) as Masklin, Edward Kelsey as The Thing and Debra Gillett as Grimma.
- Two different picture book versions using stills from the television adaptation were produced in 1992, one from Pratchett’s regular publishers, Corgi, and one from Ladybird Books.
- It was adapted for the stage in 2002 by Bob Eaton, performed at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, a co-production between the Belgrade, the Harrogate Theatre and the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds. This production combined live action with projected filmed backgrounds. The script wasn’t published, but Pratchett’s notes for the programme were republished as “The Big Store” in Once More* *with Footnotes and A Slip of the Keyboard.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ This is the first of three episodes covering the Bromeliad. The other episodes are listed under Diggers and Wings.
- ↑ In Italian. The podcast’s name translates to “Bookanieri - Books & Rum”, and the Italian title for Truckers is Il piccolo popolo dei Grandi Magazzini - “The Little People of the Department Store”.