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The Long Earth

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The Long Earth

By: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
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Summary

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 has 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 for ever.

And that's an understatement if ever there was one...

The Long Earth is the first novel in an exciting new collaboration between the creator of Discworld Terry Pratchett and the acclaimed SF writer Stephen Baxter

 Adventure Classics Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction
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By turns thrillingly expansive, joyously inventive and utterly engrossing *****.
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Great concept. But the ending left me hanging...somehow the story needs to continue. The ending was a bit too abrupt and unfulfilling.

Another great thought provoking story.

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another great book that oozes pratchetts phenomenal writing style and humour. always enjoyable even if the actual characters are annoyingm great story!

Pratchetts humor flows through

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What a fantastic story - two awe inspiring imaginations coming together to make a story that is almost believable..... now where is my stepper?

Two genius writers = one awesome book!

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Pratchett's familiar sense of humour with a little more science behind it. His books always comment on some part of society and this one is no different. One of the main characters is a reincarnated Tibetan motorcycle mechanic reborn into a soft drink vending machine. The story makes you laugh while it makes you think, I can't download the rest of the series quick enough.

Reminds me what we are go to miss

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Storytelling at its finest, memorable, funny, intelligent - can't wait to start the next one.

Fantastic, as expected!

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