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. Welcome back. I could not develop any feeling for any of the characters. It offered a million possibilities, and I was not disappointed. 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.The idea and main concept of this book is immensly intriguing, and while certainly not a unique concept in the sci fi genre, the potential for a 'Terry Pratchett' take on it, appealed to me.The idea and main concept of this book is immensly intriguing, and while certainly not a unique concept in the sci fi genre, the potential for a 'Terry Pratchett' take on it, appealed to me.My favorite part of the book is that I finished it. The concept is a little more than okay.1.5 stars, I really struggled to finish it, I even skipped passages.1.5 stars, I really struggled to finish it, I even skipped passages.I liked the idea. I love Sir Terry.
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“ The Long Earth is a brilliant Science Fiction collaboration with Stephen Baxter: a love letter to all Pratchett fans, readers, and lovers of wonder everywhere… This novel is a gift to be shared with anyone who loves to be amazed.” (Io9) Going to give the sequels a pass...This is the second time I'm reading this book but the first time I tried the audio. This sounds both cool and scary, but what's weird is how calmly the characters take it. Désolé, votre crédit est insuffisant. The constant referring to films and the references to the blogging and wikipedia and dead tree technology etc. The Long Earth is a collaborative science fiction work by British authors Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.
My frustration extends to the denouement which after 400+ pages felt more than a bit rushed and anticlimactic followed by a tacked on set up for a sequel. This product belongs to the series The Long Earth.In this series: [ the instability and possible evilness of Lobsang, the unsettled and disturbed feeling Joshua gets from Happy Landings, and the growing evilness of Mr. Henry. Littérature You lose to Spain at the Euro and Terry Pratchett takes an accurate pot shot at you in this book.Just finished for the second time (read it again as I purchased the 5 book box set)A fabulous book with fabulous concepts. Pratchett and Baxter, on the other hand, step sideways.
No consequences get explored, no one reacts to it emotionally...it's a very anticlimactic ending despite involving a nuclear bomb. The story was okay. Search Booko for other editions of The Long Earth.. Humans immediately start stepping into other worlds to explore and create new homes. For all they know the creature just took Lobsang's HUGE store of knowledge and will use it to get to original Earth even faster, so I don't get why they saunter back home like everything is hunky-dory. And I can happily report that both forms are great.This is the second time I'm reading this book but the first time I tried the audio. The "Long Earth" is a (possibly infinite) series of parallel worlds that are similar to Earth, which can be reached by using an inexpensive device called a "Stepper". It is not uninteresting. This review is simply my opinion of the success of this particular collaboration. The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Doubleday, 2012. In 2015 humanity discovers a (potato-powered) device that enables it to travel to parallel worlds. It was a bit slow and there were parts I just wanted to skip. She helped Joshua develop more into a round character. Like others, I'm often a bit skeptical about collaborations between authors, be they both well-known authors or not. Why is it always a [large tentacled creature in the vastness of space, this case Earth x 5 million Born Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. There is just no feeling.
A strange blend of young adult and science fiction written for the novice and almost as many pop culture references as Ernest Cline.
I felt that the story just plodded along. The moral to this kind of story is always that this is a ridiculously ignorant concept--ideas are easy, it's execution that's hard.You know how famous authors will occasionally complain about how readers will come up to them at cons and tell them that they have this amazing idea for a book; the author should write the reader's idea, and then they can split the money.