The Long Earth - Bouquins

Livre relié, 336 pages

Langue : English

Publié 21 juin 2012 par HarperCollins Harper.

ISBN :: 978-0-06-206775-3
Goodreads:: 13147230

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 have the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone?

2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a... potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views his world forever.

And that is an understatement if ever there was one...

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 have the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone?

2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a... potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views his world forever.

And that is an understatement if ever there was one...

12 éditions

skolima@bookwyrm.social a publié une critique de Długa Ziemia par Terry Pratchett

Review of 'Długa Ziemia' on 'Goodreads'

2 étoiles

There's very little Pratchett in this book, unfortunately. It's based on his 30-year old short story, but it feels like Terry had practically no input in growing it into a book. It's really underdeveloped.

If you're looking for an interesting read on parallel worlds, go check out [b:The Family Trade|17861|The Family Trade (The Merchant Princes, #1)|Charles Stross|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1408262924l/17861.SY75.jpg|930587] by [a:Charles Stross|8794|Charles Stross|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1355510574p2/8794.jpg] (and frankly, Long Earth reads like a fanfic rewrite of parts of this one).

Chris a publié une critique de The Long Earth par Terry Pratchett (The Long Earth, #1)

One long step

3 étoiles

Clearly the first part of a larger story because it's all setup and very little payoff. Unfortunately, what we get here wasn't enough to make me want to carry on and read the rest - it's really just a lot of talking about the Big Sci Fi Concept and not much else, until the last few chapters where they realise they need to finish with a climax of some kind and kick it up a notch.