The Long War: Book 2 of the Long Earth Series – An Epic Sci-Fi Saga Across Parallel Worlds

By Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett

The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter follows the adventures and travails of heroes Joshua Valiente and Lobsang in an exciting continuation of the extraordinary science fiction journey begun in their New York Times bestseller The Long Earth.   A generation after the events of The Long Earth, humankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by “stepping.” A new “America”—Valhalla—is emerging more than a million steps from Datum—our Earth. Thanks to a bountiful environment, the Valhallan society mirrors the core values and behaviors of colonial America. And Valhalla is growing restless under the controlling long arm of the Datum government.   Soon Joshua, now a married man, is summoned by Lobsang to deal with a building crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any humankind has waged before.

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Published Jan 28, 2014

528 pages

Average rating: 5

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LiziB
4/10 stars
I think I liked the first book in this series, but this one seemed very dull to me, basically just a travelogue of oddities in far lands. It has none of the humor of Pratchett's usual writing and is full of worry about the future of the human race. I did want to live on the back of the sentient island, but that was about the only thing I had an emotional connection to in this story.

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