The Long Earth
 Original paperback cover by Rich Shailer | |
| Author | Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Michael Fenton Stevens (unabridged) |
| Cover artist | Rich Shailer |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Long Earth |
Release number | 1 |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 2012-06-19 |
| ISBN | 9780552164085 (UK paperback) |
| Followed by | The Long War |
Blurb
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, 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 for ever.
And that is an understatement if ever there was one...
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-08 | Pratchat | “It's Just a Step to the West” | pratchatpodcast.com |
Other appearances
These are episodes with significant discussion of the book, but not entirely about it.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-08 | Pratchat | “The Long Footnote”[1] | pratchatpodcast.com |
| 2023-07-27 | Juvenalia | “Show And Tell”[2] | spotify.com |
| 2023-11-11 | The Speculative Collective | “The Pushers”[3] | buzzsprout.com |
Adaptations
To be added.
External links
- The Long Earth at the L-Space Wiki
- The Long Earth on Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ This is a recap of the first three Long Earth novels.
- ↑ Features the three hosts telling each other about something they don’t know about; Alan Maguire talks about the series in general.
- ↑ An early episode of this show, the hosts discuss books they think might hook readers on sci-fi or fantasy as a genre; one of them is The Long Earth.