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The Long Earth

By: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
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The Western Front, 1916. 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?

Madison, Wisconsin, 2015. 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'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.

©2012 Terry and Lyn Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (P)2012 Random House Audiobooks Adventure Classics Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction
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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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Narrator is great . Story is intriguing THe ending kind of sudden. But is ok.

It ended with so many unanswered questions

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For real. The long earth writes new stories in your own head. I wish was true - I’d be going west (or east) tomorrow.

Where do I get the plans for a stepper?

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Great narrator, who fit the slightly whimsical yet serious tone that Terry Pratchet brings to the story. Wonderful all round.

Loved it

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A captivating tale with plenty of Pratchett whimsy, Baxter’s harder scifi, and a dash of Douglas Adams if I’m not mistaken. The premise haunts that given infinite earths mankind will spoil them all. I sympathise with the protagonist in wanting to get away from it all!

A rollicking story

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This is overwhelmingly Baxter: wonderful imagination about evolutionary possibilities with cartoon characters. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem as though Pratchett got much of a look-in. At least, not that I could tell. The narration is mostly very good: the narrator tries valiantly but doesn't really succeed in pulling off umpteen accents. The American dialogue, in particular, suffers from intrusive and absent r's by turns. But this is a minor complaint, really. Overall, a great adventure story performed well.

Fun roadtrip of the imagination, if a bit twee

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