Outside nomes come to The Store with their Thing (a sophisticated computer). The Store nomes have trouble believing in Outside, and believing that these nomes came from beyond the confines of The Store where “Everything Is Under One Roof.” The Thing announces that The Store will be demolished in a matter of days and the nomes must go. Rather reluctantly go, they do, with a couple of emergent leaders: Masklin and Grimma, two Outside nomes, Gurder, the abbot, Dorcas, the engineer, and Angalo, a young nome who likes machines.

Even so, it's an inventive story with various challenges facing our nomes, not least the understanding of the human world. When the outside nomes meet the store nomes and try to convince them there really is an outside a subtle satire on world views plays out whilst other more concrete problems are overcome.Gurder, a Store nome, had to review his belief, his worldview, now that he had spent a considerable amount of time Outside and had seen Grandson, 39, a "deity" until then. And would you know? There were not only more nomes out there - Floridians -, but Grandson, 39, had always wanted to believe nomes existed and now saw his belief confirmed. The belief was thus reciprocal. Isn't this sweet? Gurder now saw it as his new life-goal to inform the remaining nomes of the world - not everyone could be rescued by the spaceship, basically only the two populations of the books: the Outside nomes and the Store nomes - how to live among humans. Prices Slashed: the Nomes' name for a bogyman type figure, in fact the store's caretaker who is also the store's boilerman. Torrit (also known as "Old Torrit"): no longer seen in Diggers, but Masklin mentions his death early in Diggers. The important thing about being a leader is not being right or wrong but being certain. Of course, it helps to be right as well, the Abbot conceded.” Women have no rights, aren't even allowed to learn to read, as this could overheat their brains. In contrast, the Floridians (nomes of Florida, also the name of some fruit juice, apparently) are lead by a female. Contrast in male-female domination and rights.

What a joy. So funny I laughed out load. I like listening to audio books when my dog is taking me for a walk. Picture, if you will, a man well past his prime being dragged along by a 6 kgs dog laughing his head off. The look of consternation on passers by had to be seen to be believed. To make matters worse, by way of explanation, I'd point to my ears and say " Sir Terry". Mothers pulled children to to their sides saying " promise me that you will have me put down before I end up like that" U samoj radnji Pratchett je uspio ismijati današnjicu jer Tuljci, dakako skraćeno od Patuljci, žive u Robnoj kući, a jedno od čudovišta kojeg se boje je nikad viđeno čudovište koje ljudi zovu Rezač cijena, a vrhovnim Božanstvom smatraju naziv Robne kuće Arnold Bross (osn. 1905)). Od te današnjice do razmišljanja o nastanku svijeta, plemena, pojave religije ili naših poimanja vanzemaljaca, ljubav, emocije i akcija vas vode kroz sve tri knjige brzinom crtanog filma. Edward Douglas, Edward Douglas (10 September 2008). "Exclusive: Danny Boyle Getting Animated?". ComingSoon.net . Retrieved 23 July 2011.Religion is key here: To the Store nomes and especially their leaders and abbot, there is no Outside, only the Store is what matters and is real, is divine. I sadržajem i porukom ovo je fantastično djelo, a kad mu dodate zgodan A5 format mekog uveza i shvatite da možete hodati, čitati i smijati se - postaje oružje zbog kojeg biste mogli završiti s razbijenim nosom na traumatologiji. No, takvi smo mi ljudi, mislim da je svijet tu radi nas. Po tko zna koji put fala Bogu na tvrdoglavosti da izbjegavam istraživati knjigu prije čitanja, jer tko bi normalan s 57 godina posegnuo za djelom koje je kategorizirano na dječje odjele 11-17. I ostao bih uskraćen za fantastičnu, toplu i urnebesno duhovitu knjigu o svijetu oko nas. Kako nisam ni poklonik SFa "uspješno" sam izbjegao i 50 romana Discworlda koji su Pratchettu donijeli slavu. A sad ću morati otvoriti vrata barem jednom. Llevaba mucho tiempo sin sentarme a leer fantasía, literalmente el último libro de este género que había caído en mis manos era “El Hobbit” de JRR Tolkien y eso fue hace por lo menos cinco años y me parece extraño porque para ser una persona que ama las películas de fantasía y que lee casi con obsesión novelas de aventuras como las de Verne, Salgari y Stevenson estar tanto tiempo alejada de este tipo de literatura es un poco raro. Tuvo que pasar una desgracia que me llevo a Bogotá donde termine refugiada en la casa de un buen amigo, quien un poco para subirme el ánimo y un poco para presumirme sus gustos literarios me hablo de Sir Terry Pratchett me dijo que es un escritor inglés que no me podía perder de leer y que me fijara que cuando aparecieran palabras en mayúscula es la muerte que hablaba (mi amigo no había leído los libros de los que hablo ahora y no sabía que ese personaje pertenece a la Serie de “Mundo Disco” y en esta en particular no existe como tal) al principio debo decir tome los libros con un poco de desconfianza, son tres tomos chicos de unas 200 páginas más o menos cada uno y que se llaman en su orden “Camioneros”, “Cavadores” y “La Nave”, la verdad por sus nombres no parecían muy prometedores pero me dio por escudriñar un poco y entendí que había juzgado el contenido de mala manera.

The Bromeliad" was used as the title for the collected trilogy in the US, as well as some UK editions. It refers to the story told by Grimma in Diggers that some species of small frogs live their entire lives inside the flowers of epiphytic bromeliad plants, which is a metaphor used for the Nomes' experience throughout the books. The frogs themselves appear in Wings. The name is also a pun on The Iliad and, according to the Annotated Pratchett File, The Belgariad.Lección aprendida, no vuelvas a juzgar un libro por la caratula pueda ser que en su interior encuentres un mundo donde te gustaría ir a pasar una temporada de tu vida. The Thing connects to the airline computers and finds that 'Grandson Richard, 39' is due to board Concorde. They sneak on board, and Gurder is overwhelmed to find that the Concorde is just like the store inside, except that there are fewer places for the Nomes to hide. Masklin discovers where 'Grandson Richard, 39' is sitting, and he suggests hiding in his carry-on luggage. Predominantly written as a children's book in the late eighties, this fun adventure can be enjoyed by all ages. In 2008, Harper Children's published Terry's standalone non-Discworld YA novel, Nation. Terry published Snuff in October 2011. After being asked if he would write about the Nomes' return (as implied at the end of Wings), Pratchett replied that there could be another book about the nomes. [2] No such book had been announced as of his death.