The Long War

The Long War

UK 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	2
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	2013-06-18
ISBN	9780552167758 (UK paperback)
Preceded by	The Long Earth
Followed by	The Long Mars

Blurb

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.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2021-08-08	Pratchat	“The Helen Green Preservation Society”	pratchatpodcast.com

Other appearances

These are episodes which feature significant discussion of the book, but it’s not the focus of the episode.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2023-07-08	Pratchat	“The Long Footnote”	pratchatpodcast.com
2023-07-27	Juvenalia	“Show And Tell”	spotify.com

Adaptations

To be added.

External links

• The Long War at the L-Space Wiki
• The Long War on Wikipedia