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AlbakiReads Editorial A single device opens onto countless parallel Earths
A single device opens onto countless parallel Earths
Set between the Western Front in 1916 and Madison, Wisconsin, in 2015, The Long Earth builds its science-fiction adventure around a startling shift in human possibility. Private Percy Blakeney awakens from no-man’s-land into an unfamiliar green landscape, while police officer Monica Jansson investigates the ruined home of a vanished scientist and finds a crude-looking box with an unexpected component: a potato. These threads introduce a world of parallel Earths, where crossing from one version of the planet to another recasts distance, place, and exploration on an immense scale. It is the opening novel in the Long Earth series.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Science-fiction readers interested in parallel-world premises
- Fans of large-scale exploration and adventure
- Readers seeking the first volume of a connected series
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Parallel worldsExplorationScientific inventionWar and displacementHuman possibility
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Book Overview The first novel in a brilliant collaboration between the visionary Discworld(R) creator Terry Pratchett and acclaimed science fiction nov...
The first novel in a brilliant collaboration between the visionary Discworld(R) creator Terry Pratchett and acclaimed science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter, The Long Earth transports readers to an infinity of new worlds--a series of parallel "earths" with doorways leading to adventure, intrigue, excitement, and an escape into the furthest reaches of the imagination. All it takes is a single step. . . .
The possibilities are endless. (Just be careful what you wish for. . . .)
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. Where have the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of no-man's-land gone? For that matter, where has Percy gone?
2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Police officer Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive--some say mad, others allege dangerous--scientist who seems to have vanished. Sifting through the wreckage, Jansson finds a curious gadget: a box containing some rudimentary wiring, a three-way switch, and . . . a potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way humankind views the world forever.
The Long Earth is an adventure of the highest order and willcaptivate science fiction fans of all stripes, readers of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen, and anyone who enjoyed the Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman collaboration Good Omens.
Other books in the Long Earth series include:
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The Long WarThe Long MarsThe Long UtopiaThe Long Cosmos
Book Details Format: Mass Market Paperbound | Pages: 432 | Language: English | Publisher: HARPER TORCH | ISBN: 0062068687
FormatMass Market Paperbound
Pages432
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0062068687
EAN9780062068682
PublisherHARPER TORCH
Publication Date2013-06-25
EditionIllustrated
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeMASS MARKET PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.4 Pounds
Length7.4 Inches
Width4.1 Inches
Height1.1 Inches
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