The Long Utopia: The Long Earth 4

"There's plenty of fun to be had from this a hymn to the joys of unfettered world-building but if the pace of plotting is gentle, the restless inventiveness more than compensates." -- Adam Roberts GUARDIAN "Rich in an awe-inspiring sense of wonder, with mind-boggling concepts thrown out like sparks from a Catherine wheel." -- Barry Forshaw INDEPENDENT "A triumph brings fresh and exciting concepts to an SF staple (paralell worlds) while keeping credible human characters at their heart as testament both to the diversity of Sir Terry Pratchett's writing, and the skill of Stephen Baxter's, The Long Earth series deserves a place on the bookshelves of hardcore SF fans and general readers alike." -- David Barnett INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY "The Long Earth novels are beautifully visual and wittily imagined The Long Utopia serves to remind us just how bewitching and rich this series is, how beautiful is its writing, and vivid its imagination." FOR WINTER NIGHTS "There's the sense of two enviably talented writers having fun as they play in an infinite fictional universe." -- Jonathan Wright SFX

Raising Steam is his fortieth Discworld novel. TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. G. His many books include the classic Xeelee sequence, the Time's Odyssey novels (written with Arthur C. Clarke) and Time Ships, a sequel to

     Now an elderly and cantankerous AI, Lobsang lives in disguise with Agnes in an exotic, far-distant world. And some must make the ultimate sacrifice.. As rumours of strange sightings and hauntings proliferate, it becomes clear that something is very awry with this particular world.     Millions of steps away, Joshua is on a personal journey of discovery: learning about the father he never knew and a secret family history. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve. Lobsang now understands the enormity of what's taking place beneath the surface of his earth -- a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth.     To counter this threat will require the combined efforts of humankind, machine and the super-intelligent Next. But then he receives a summons from New Springfield. He's convinced they're leading a normal life in New Springfield -- they even adopt a child -- but it seems they have been guided there for a reason. The dazzling new science fiction adventure from the extraordinary imaginations of Te

Puts the series back on track First, I'll get off my chest the very aggravating issues of this book's Kindle cost. I'd planned to read this book on a vacation, and was shocked at the $15.99 price tag when I went to download it. Shame on me for not having a plan B for my reading, I guess. Nonetheless, this is an unreasonable price point; and sadly the cynic in me wonders if it is not to profit off of Terry P. 3.5 stars: disjointed plot Cissa While I love the world(s) of this series, I am less impressed by the novels.Each of them seems to be poking around for a plot and something to say, and it's not working all that well, at least for me.I think to make a books- or series- compelling, one needs either some coherent, compelling characters or a very solid plot. Unfortunately, these books have neither.I wish they had . "The Long Earth is starting to fee very LONG." according to Rocky Sunico. The Long Utopia is the fourth book in the Long Earth series of science fiction novels. All books in the series were written by Sir Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.The story begins with a little interlude involving other children of the Long Earth discovering something strange - instead of the usual East and West directions of stepping, they somehow managed to go in a complet