The Bromeliad
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The Bromeliad (also known as in the UK as The Nome Trilogy) is a trilogy of children's books by Terry Pratchett consisting of
- Truckers
- Diggers
- Wings
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.
References in the books suggest that they are set in the same world as Prattchet's Johnny Maxwell novels, which begin with Only You Can Save Mankind. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, is also about a race of tiny people (presumably much, much smaller than Nomes), but they are not Nomes and the book is unconnected to this series.
The title "Bromeliad" was given to the first editions of the books in the UK; subsequent printings do not carry this title, though they have been collected into a single volume titled The Bromeliad. In the US the books have always been known as "The Bromeliad". Diggers and Wings are both sequels to Truckers, following different characters through (mostly) concurrent events.
A stop motion animated series of Truckers was produced in the United Kingdom by Cosgrove Hall. The entire trilogy is due to be turned into a film by Dreamworks.
The title refers to the fact that some species of small frogs live their entire lives inside Bromeliad flowers, a metaphor used in the books to explore some of the series' themes. It is also a pun on The Belgariad, a fantasy series by David Eddings, and The Iliad by Homer.fr:Le grand livre des gnomes pl:Trylogia Nomów