The Long War (The Long Earth, #2)

Posted on 13 September 2017 by Terry Pratchett

A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture Mankind is shaping the Long Earth but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind A new America , called Valhalla, is emerging than a million steps from Datum Earth, with core American values restated in the plentiful environment of the Long Earth and Valhalla is growing restless under the control of the Datum governmentMeanwhile the Long Earth is suffused by the song of the trolls, graceful hive mind humanoids But the trolls are beginning to react to humanity s thoughtless exploitation Joshua, now a married man, is summoned by Lobsang to deal with a gathering multiple crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any mankind has waged before. Free Read The Long War (The Long Earth, #2) Author Terry Pratchett For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr To start off with, the title is a fallacy there s no war here, long or otherwise.Instead, the book has the exact same problem as the original It s a dozen or so characters in search of a plot Baxter and Pratchett do a marvelous job of continuing to explore the ramifications of the Long Earth, but that s about all the book is Beyond that we get some disconnected stories of various individuals that we re not really that attached to.If you thought the setup in the first book would be paid out b To start off with, the title is a fallacy there s no war here, long or otherwise.Instead, the book has the exact same problem as the original It s a dozen or so characters in search of ...There is a place in the multiverse for even the most improbable of worlds, even a flat one on the back of a giant turtle Unfortunately we live on the ONE world where the forces of nature did NOT prevent this book from being written In this unlucky universe Stephen Baxter must have cornered Terry Pratchett at a Sci Fi convention, pouncing on him like an over excited puppy Ooooh please Sir Terry, Let me play with one of your nice shiny worlds And sir Terry threw him a short story world as a There is a place in the multiverse for even the most improbable of worlds, even a flat one on the back of a giant turtle Unfortunately we live on the ONE world where the forces of nature did NOT prevent this book from being written In this unlucky universe Stephen Baxter must have cornered Terry Pratchett at a Sci Fi convention, pouncing on him like an over excited puppy Ooooh please Sir Terry, Let me play with one of your nice shiny ...When The Long Earth came out about a year ago, I considered it an interesting exercise in world building, but not so interesting as a fictional novel But what the hell, it was nicely written and only part one of a two part series, so I was happy enough to be introduced to this fascinating world of literally infinite possibility, ready for the sequel to actually have characters doing things in some kind of plot line.Here we are a year later and that sequel, The Long War, is out It s an intere When The Long Earth came out about a year ago, I considered it an interesting exercise in world building, but not so interesting as a fictional novel But what the hell, it was nicely written and only part one of a two part series, so I was happy enough to be introduced to this fascinating world of literally infinite possibility, ready for the sequel to actually have characters doing things in some kind of plot line.Here we are a year later and that sequel, The Long War, is out It s an interesting exercise in world building, but not so interesting as a fictional novel But what the hell, it s nicely written and only part two of a trilogy, so oh, wait a minute The Long War is basicallyof the same, butso Twelve years have passed since the events of The Long Earth You can tell this because characters who were old are now really old, and c...The Long Earth was the story of the human race after it discovered a way to access infinite parallel Earths It really was a thought experiment really there is a small amount of plot, but a lot is just exploring the implications of this discovery And it is done intelligently, with humanity and with wit...Giving a three star review to a sequel of one of my favorite books is really difficult So let me try to warrant this in writing.The Long Earth book introduces us to so many new, interesting, and weird concepts Its sequel, The Long War, provides us with just some human centered stories that run in parallel and, as usual, foreshadow the existence of a third part The writing of this book was very well copyedited, as is the case with all Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter books that I have read s Giving a three st...First I would note that according to the goodreads rating system, 2 stars indicates that the book was okay In other words, the book isn t bad I just thought it was okay I loved the first the books and was highly anticipating this second book Unfortunately it lost a lot of the charm and curiosity of the first book and focusedon those areas that I didn t like from the first book In the first book it was a lot of fun to read the chemistry or lack thereof between Joshua and Lobsang In First I would note that according to the goodreads rating system, 2 stars indicates that the book was okay In other words, the book isn t bad I just thought it was okay I loved the first the books and was highly anticipating this second book Unfortunately it lost a lot of the charm and curiosity of the first book and focusedon those areas that I didn t like from the first book In the first book it was a lot of fun to read the chemistry or lack thereof between Joshua and Lobsang In this book Joshua and Lobsang are almost never together Lobsang himself was a character I loved from the first book In the second book he s only in the background Even Joshua is less in the spotlight, but not to the degree of Lobsang And at any rate Joshua s character has changed from the wandering loner Some of what made the long earth itself so intriguing is also missing in the second book The first book was a wondrous exploration of the multiverse earths The view spoiler first person singular hide...I hate reading books from a series that isn t finished yet, I don t know how all of those fantasy geeks do it This being the second entry in The Long series I found it somewhat of a disappointment after the world building that was done, presumably as a set up for the longer series, in the first novel was essentially just continued with further travelogue like anecdotes from several characters scattered about The Long Earth I m not complaining too much, I ve signed up for this ride now, afteral I hate reading books from a series that isn t finished yet, I don t know how all of those fantasy geeks do it This being the second entry in The Long series I found it somewhat of a disappointment after the world building that was done, presumably as a set up for the longer series, in the fir...Terry Pratchett loves cat but I m not sure how he feels about dogs considering the dogs in this book But that s okay, he loves cats His cat apparently tried to eat hamsters once.For the record, I love Pratchett s work, and the three books I read by Stephen Baxter I enjoyed I was thrilled they were working together It should be noted, however, that I am a reader, not a fan as Pratchett would say I still love Pratchett, and I am glad about his book deal.However,If you have never read Stephen Terry Pratchett loves cat but I m not sure how he feels about dogs considering the dogs in this book But that s okay, he loves cats His cat apparently tried to eat hamsters once.For the record, I love Pratchett s work, and the three books I read by Stephen Baxter I enjoyed I was thrilled they were working together It should be noted, however, that I am a reader, not a fan as Pratchett would say I still love Pratchett, and I am glad about his book deal.However,If you have never read Stephen Baxter or Terry Pratchett before do not start with the series let alone this book Start elsewhere Do.This book, the second in a series most likely of three raises some very interesting topics and questions It would make for a good philosphey and moralstic debate The world building is nice.And it is a morals and world building novel looking for a plot bec...El concepto de multiverso es quiz uno de los temas que se abordan con mayor frecuencia dentro de la literatura de g nero, y como tal, ha ido quedando enraizado con el paso de los a os en la conciencia colectiva de todos aquellos lectores asiduos y no tanto al siempre retorcido campo de la ciencia ficci n Por eso, es muy de agradecer que en la actualidad sigan apareciendo propuestas frescas e innovadoras sobre un planteamiento que a veces peca de trillado propuestas desde luego tan originale El concepto de multiverso es quiz uno de los temas que se abordan con mayor frecuencia dentro de la literatura de g nero, y como tal, ha ido quedando enraizado con el paso de los a os en la conci...I see I liked thisthan most reviewers did I ll try to explain why.OK, the other reviewers are correct the characters are pretty much cliches, and mostly do not directly have any conflict with each other though they missed a GREAT opportunity with the Sally Helen subplot Mostly, though, everyone is railroaded by the book s version of fate or destiny, which is an AI I doubt that this is a spoiler for anyone who s read 1.The overall plots are diffuse, though...

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13 September 2017

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