The Long Mars

Baxter, Stephen; Pratchett, Terry

ISBN 10: 1483004929 ISBN 13: 9781483004921

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2014

Synopsis

The third novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter s Long Earth series, which "Io9" calls a brilliant science fiction collaboration 2040 2045. In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous rescue work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars and wants her to accompany him. But Sally soon learns that Willis has an ulterior motive for his request.Meanwhile, US Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman has embarked on an incredible journey of her own, leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far Long Earth.For Joshua, the crisis he faces is much closer to home. He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their long childhood in the community called Happy Landings, located deep in the Long Earth. Ignorance and fear have caused normal human society to turn against the Next and a dramatic showdown seems inevitable."

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Review:

"Here they come again, Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter, skipping along their quantum string of planets like giddy schoolboys - and what a joy it is to have them back . . . it's a thrilling and ceaselessly entertaining ride." (SFX magazine)

"Imaginative, sense-of-wonder SF at its best . . . thrilling stuff from the masters." (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

Book Description:

From the combined talents of the UK's bestselling novelist and a giant of British science fiction comes the dazzling new chapter in the extraordinary and bestselling Long Earth sequence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1483004929
• ISBN 13: 9781483004921
• Binding: Audio CD