The Long Earth

by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter

Hardcover, 336 pages

English language

Published June 21, 2012 by HarperCollins Harper.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-206775-3

(16 reviews)

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 in the trees. Where have the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone?

2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a... potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views his world forever.

And that is an understatement if ever there was one...

12 editions

skolima@bookwyrm.social reviewed Długa Ziemia by Terry Pratchett

Review of 'Długa Ziemia' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

There's very little Pratchett in this book, unfortunately. It's based on his 30-year old short story, but it feels like Terry had practically no input in growing it into a book. It's really underdeveloped.

If you're looking for an interesting read on parallel worlds, go check out [b:The Family Trade|17861|The Family Trade (The Merchant Princes, #1)|Charles Stross|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1408262924l/17861.SY75.jpg|930587] by [a:Charles Stross|8794|Charles Stross|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1355510574p2/8794.jpg] (and frankly, Long Earth reads like a fanfic rewrite of parts of this one).

loppear reviewed The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett (The Long Earth series book 1)

entirely here for the world premise

3 stars

Mostly entertaining characters in a thoroughly begun-to-be-explored world laid next to our own, I'm both drawn in and worried by how many more books they wrote in this series.

infryq reviewed The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett (The Long Earth, #1)

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4 stars

This was solid -- Heinlein-esque worldbuilding+anti-government sentiment, but with less misogyny. Good AI character. Lots of individual storylines that make a satisfying click as they collide. They didn't bother with a proper ending and should've just merged it with the sequel. A little dated; people have cell phones etc but the speech and behavior patterns are very 30+ years ago.

debby_joyblue reviewed The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett (The Long Earth, #1)

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3 stars

debby_joyblue@bookrastinating.com reviewed The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett (The Long Earth, #1)

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3 stars

JOhn 🌻 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏻🎲🖋 reviewed The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett (The Long Earth, #1)

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3 stars

I found "The Long Earth" to be an interesting thought experiment, populated with interesting characters, all in search of a plot. The narrative wandered around from present to past and back, often without warning, but I never really found it jarring. I just didn't feel the story went anywhere, or if it did, it was extremely subtle. Still, it was enjoyable enough that I've already picked up the sequel.