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| Title | : | The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1) |
| Author | : | Terry Pratchett |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | June 19th 2012 by HarperCollins Harper |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction |
Terry Pratchett
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.76 | 48598 Users | 4717 Reviews
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From the back jacket: NORMALLY, WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO, HE LISTENED TO THE SILENCE. The Silence was very faint here. Almost drowned out by the sounds of the mundane world. Did people in this polished building understand how noisy it was? The roar of air conditioners and computer fans, the susurration of many voices heard but not decipherable.... This was the office of the transEarth Institute, an arm of the Black Corporation. The faceless office, all plasterboard and chrome, was dominated by a huge logo, a chesspiece knight. This wasn't Joshua's world. None of it was his world. In fact, when you got right down to it, he didn't have a world; he had all of them. ALL OF THE LONG EARTH. From the inside jacket: The possibilites are endless. Just be careful what you wish for....) 1916: The Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of no-man's-land gone? For that matter, where has Percy gone? 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Police officer Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive--some said mad, others allege dangerous--scientist who seems to have vanished. Sifting through the wreckage, Jansson finds a curious gadget: a box containing some rudimentary wiring, a three-way switch, and...a potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way humankind views the world forever. The first novel in an exciting new collaboration between Discworld creator Terry Pratchett and the acclaimed SF writer Stephen Baxter, The Long Earth transports readers to the ends of the earth and far beyond. All it takes is a single step....Be Specific About Books During The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1)
| Original Title: | The Long Earth |
| ISBN: | 0062067753 (ISBN13: 9780062067753) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Long Earth #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction (2012) |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 48598 Users | 4717 ReviewsCritique Of Books The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1)
This is the second time I'm reading this book but the first time I tried the audio. And I can happily report that both forms are great.The Long Earth series is not one of those action-laden scifi stories. Rather, it's more of a smart and funny thought experiment with the occasional action - making it far more realistic.We are on Earth. Earth as we know it. It's called Datum Earth in this series. One day, someone publishes the plan to the so-called Stepper. A device that let's you go left or1.5 stars, I really struggled to finish it, I even skipped passages.This is by far worst Terry Pratchett's book I read.Sure I given 2 stars to some Discworld books but that is because they where relatively weak compared to other Discworld books, I still had some fun with them.Story is uninteresting and most of the characters are just totally dull.Only reason I didn't give it 1 star because Joshua's PoV parts are not that bad and there are occasionally flashes of Pratchett's witty writing but
Like others, I'm often a bit skeptical about collaborations between authors, be they both well-known authors or not. In this case, I was very worried because their styles are very different and they take an amazing jump between hard-SF and character-driven world-building fantasy.HOWEVER, I couldn't be more pleased with the combo. I was thrilled by the characters and felt the wonderful sense of adventure and then suspense as things got dire. And that's just it. We get the best of both worlds, the
A did not finish read.I think, in its way, this could be regarded as a form of apocalyptica. A device allowing easy jumping to countless alternate worlds (conveniently free of human populations) is invented. Many people embrace this passionately, and rush off to stake their claim in a 'land rush' with no visible end game. A small percentage can't go and others don't want to, but the effect of this mass dispersal is economies collapsing, new religions, fighting among old religions. It's a book
In 2015 humanity discovers a (potato-powered) device that enables it to travel to parallel worlds. While most people need these devices to travel between worlds (i.e. step), there are natural steppers who don't rely on them, and also some that can't step at all, having to be carried over by others.Natural stepper Joshua Valiente and Lobsang, the super computer, decide to test the limits of these parallel worlds and go on the journey of their ugh... lives. In the meantime, the rest of humanity
Science fiction is full of stories that go backwards and forwards; they swing through the spectrum of time and explore the popular trope in all its possibilities. Pratchett and Baxter, on the other hand, step sideways.The Long Earth is a seemingly endless series of alternate realities with Earth being the focal point. By using a Stepper, a piece of technology that is powered by a potato (Pratchett at work no doubt), the user can travel along the spectrum of Earths and step foot on thousands of
Such a great concept, the execution though fell way short of my expectations. Going to give the sequels a pass...
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