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'''The Long Earth''' is a series of five science fiction novels co-written by [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Stephen Baxter]]. They tell the story of what happens when technology is released publicly allowing nearly any human to "step" into one of an infinite number of parallel universes, spreading out across versions of Earth that have only one thing in common: there are no humans in any of them. The collection of worlds become known as "the Long Earth", and the two directions in which humans can "step" are labelled East and West. Later novels explore what other places in the universe beyond Earth are like, specifically Mars.   
'''The Long Earth''' is a series of five science fiction novels co-written by [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Stephen Baxter]]. They tell the story of what happens when technology is released publicly allowing nearly any human to “step” into one of an infinite number of parallel universes, spreading out across versions of Earth that get progressively stranger the further you go, but have one thing in common: humans didn’t evolve on any of them. The collection of worlds become known as “the Long Earth”, and the two directions in which humans can “step” are labelled East and West. The later novels move beyond Earth to Mars and the wider cosmos.   


== Books ==
== Books ==
The Long Earth series comprises five novels:
The Long Earth series comprises five novels:


* {{TLE}}
* {{TLE}} - primarily set in 2030, but also chronicles the history of the world since “Step Day” in 2015
* {{TLW}}
* {{TLW}} - set in 2040
* {{TLM}}
* {{TLM}} - set in 2045
* {{TLU}}
* {{TLU}} - takes place mostly between 2052 and 2059, but also has a subplot set in the 1800s
* {{TLCO}}
* {{TLCO}} - set in 2070 and 2071


In addition, they draw on ideas first expressed by Terry in his short story {{THM}}, published in 1986.
In addition, they draw on ideas first expressed by Terry in his short story {{THM}}, written around 1986 but not published until it was included in early editions of {{TLE}} in 2012. It’s also collected in {{BS}}.


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 14:35, 7 July 2023

The Long Earth is a series of five science fiction novels co-written by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. They tell the story of what happens when technology is released publicly allowing nearly any human to “step” into one of an infinite number of parallel universes, spreading out across versions of Earth that get progressively stranger the further you go, but have one thing in common: humans didn’t evolve on any of them. The collection of worlds become known as “the Long Earth”, and the two directions in which humans can “step” are labelled East and West. The later novels move beyond Earth to Mars and the wider cosmos.

Books

The Long Earth series comprises five novels:

In addition, they draw on ideas first expressed by Terry in his short story “The High Meggas”, written around 1986 but not published until it was included in early editions of The Long Earth in 2012. It’s also collected in A Blink of the Screen.

External links

Footnotes

  1. This is a link to the Long Earth category, as the L-Space wiki does not have an article for the series.