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| 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) |
Terry Pratchett
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.76 | 48598 Users | 4717 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1) |
| Author | : | Terry Pratchett |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | June 19th 2012 by HarperCollins Harper |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction |
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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....Rating Out Of Books The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1)
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3.5Though this book feels in many parts like an awkward blend of The Hitch-hiker's Guide and The Time Machine, but lacking in Adams' trademark humour and oddities (and Pratchett's, come to think of it) The Long Earth is still an interesting read. Focusing on ideas rather than plot has been pretty unusual in recent releases so it's quite refreshing to be allowed to explore all these worlds - different earth versions - without having to keep up with multiple relationships and characterThis was quite the infuriating book to end up enjoying. A strange blend of young adult and science fiction written for the novice and almost as many pop culture references as Ernest Cline. If I'd only been informed in advance to expect a young adult novel I would have been less annoyed, Pratchett has written some of the very best YA there is, but as it stands this is apparently a book for adults. Stephen Baxter has written some of the most complex science fiction I've ever picked up let alone
My favorite part of the book is that I finished it. There were a couple of times I almost decided to quit. Not because I did not like it, but it is so slow. I felt that the story just plodded along. It is not uninteresting. There is just no feeling. I could not develop any feeling for any of the characters. They were okay. The story was okay. The concept is a little more than okay.There were a few amusing references to movies and characters from them that almost all readers will get and laugh
Dedications:For Lynn and Rhianna, as always - TPFor Sandra - SBOpening: IN A FOREST GLADE.Private Percy woke up to birdsong. It was a long time since he had heard birdsong, the guns saw to that. For a while he was content to lie there in the blissful quiet.A third of the way through and am not enjoying. I know, it's PTerry, but seriously this is not doing it for me.I'll have a break from it for a while - maybe curosity will get the better of me.
Such a great concept, the execution though fell way short of my expectations. Going to give the sequels a pass...
Everyone loves Sir Terry. I love Sir Terry. I love the books & have great respect for the man. This review is simply my opinion of the success of this particular collaboration. I'll be 1st in line for the next T.P book and I'd even give T.P + S.B another go. From the slew of 4 & 5* reviews already on show I may be out on a limb on this one - so don't listen to me - give it a try.-------------Collaboration. Its a word with an unfortunate aftertaste. Collaborators get a bad rap. Sir Terry
An adventuresome tale of kids who follow a mysterious geeks design on the internet to employ some simple electronic gear from Radio Shack (and a potato) to construct a device that allows them to go stepping into parallel worldlines. Some of these alternate earths are little different, but others are almost empty of people. It was a lot of fun to experience the discovery process of the pioneering participants and equally so the emerging response of governments and society, faced with the
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