$24.50
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2013
Summary
The Long Earth is the first novel in an astonishing, mind-bending new series by the combined talents of the UK’s bestselling novelist and a giant of British science fiction.
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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, bl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552164085 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552164089 |
| Author: | Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Long Earth |
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Critics Review
By turns thrillingly expansive, joyously inventive and utterly engrossing *****.
By turns thrillingly expansive, joyously inventive and utterly engrossing ***. * SFX magazine *An absorbing collaborative effort from two SF giants…a marriage made in fan heaven - Pratchett’s warmth and humanity allied to Baxter’s extraordinarily fertile science-fictional imagination…there’s much to enjoy…a charming, absorbing and somehow spacious piece of imagineering – Adam Roberts * GUARDIAN *The idea of parallel Earths is one of the most enduring that science fiction has given us, but rarely has it been explored with quite so much gusto as in this new novel by two of the giants of British speculative fiction…a triumph…accessible, fun and thoughtful – David Barnett * INDEPENDENT **** Literary alchemy…In the hands of Pratchett and Baxter, the possibilites are almost infinite…a story that revels in big ideas…you can sense the excitement of the authors as they toy with the labyrinthine possibilities of their premise, and it’s infectious…thrillingly expansive, joyously inventive and utterly engrossing * SFX *[Pratchett] succeeds in working seamlessly with Baxter…adding a welcome shot of fun to the world of science fiction – Alison Flood * SUNDAY TIMES *Wonderfully rich fantasy, full of ingenuity, humour and some rather deep thoughts * READERS’ DIGEST *
About The Author
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett (Author)
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. His fortieth Discworld novel, Raising Steam, was published in 2013. His books have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.
Stephen Baxter (Author)
Stephen Baxter is one of the UK’s most acclaimed writers of science fiction and a multi-award winner. His many books include the classic Xeelee sequence, the Time’s Odyssey novels (written with Arthur C. Clarke) and Time Ships, a sequel to H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine, a Doctor Who novel, The Wheel of Ice, and most recently the epic, far-future novels Proxima and Ultima. He lives in Northumberland.
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