The Long War: (Long Earth 2)
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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 more 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 government... Meanwhile 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.
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German Review on GosuReviews 2.5* You would think that the title "The Long War" promises a bit of suspense, wrong! The Long War starts where the first book ended in terms of plot and characters, very flat. You don't have any connections to the protagonists and the story is on the sidelines, while Pratchett and Baxter do more worldbuilding... as you will see the title is I guess ironic :) I would only recommend if you absolutely loved book one, else don't waste your time. You don't even get a lot of answers to questions you had from book one. The only thing making it a bit more interesting are the few new life forms and the interactions with them, but definitely not enough to carry this book.
Description
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 more 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 government... Meanwhile 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.
Book Information
Posts
German Review on GosuReviews 2.5* You would think that the title "The Long War" promises a bit of suspense, wrong! The Long War starts where the first book ended in terms of plot and characters, very flat. You don't have any connections to the protagonists and the story is on the sidelines, while Pratchett and Baxter do more worldbuilding... as you will see the title is I guess ironic :) I would only recommend if you absolutely loved book one, else don't waste your time. You don't even get a lot of answers to questions you had from book one. The only thing making it a bit more interesting are the few new life forms and the interactions with them, but definitely not enough to carry this book.