The Bromeliad

The Nome Trilogy
(The Bromeliad Trilogy)

The first edition set of the trilogy
Truckers Diggers Wings
Author	Terry Pratchett
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Published	1989-1990

The Nome Trilogy, also known in both the United Kingdom and the United States as The Bromeliad Trilogy, is a trilogy of children's books by British writer Terry Pratchett, consisting of the books Truckers (1989), Diggers (1990) and Wings (1990). The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans. Through the books they struggle to survive in the world and, once they learn of their history from an artifact known as "The Thing", make plans to return home.

Diggers and Wings are to be read as contemporaneous sequels to Truckers, as each book follows different characters through (mostly) concurrent events. The central character throughout Truckers and Wings is Masklin, while in Diggers it is mainly Grimma.

Pratchett covered the idea of small people in his first novel, The Carpet People (1971/1992), about a race of tiny people even smaller than Nomes. That book is unconnected to this series.

The main theme in the trilogy is the struggle of challenging society's accepted beliefs in the face of new information. This theme is recurring through the books and includes changes in the scientific establishment, political establishment, religious beliefs, accepted history and family values of the nomes.

References in the books suggest that they are set in the same world as Pratchett's Johnny Maxwell novels (1992–1996), which begin with Only You Can Save Mankind.

After being asked if he would write about the Nomes' return (as implied at the end of Wings), Pratchett replied, "there may be another book about the nomes."

The name of the Bromeliad series refers to the fact that some species of small frogs live their entire lives inside bromeliad plants, which is a metaphor used throughout the books.

Other differences include the earth-moving machine JCB called "Jekub" in the UK version but "CAT" in some US editions, John Deere (called Big John) in others. All three names refer to common generic trademarks for heavy equipment in their respective countries.