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kate_in_a_book 's review for:
The Long Earth
by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
The set-up is that one day children suddenly start disappearing all over the world – and then hours later they reappear telling the fantastic story that they had “stepped” to another Earth, a parallel world that seems to be identical except that there are no signs of humans or human civilisation there. They were able to step thanks to eccentric scientist Willis Linsay posting online the details of how to build your own stepper device. And it turns out that there isn’t just one parallel Earth; there are hundreds, maybe thousands, maybe an infinite number, each subtly different but still clearly Earth.
It’s a rich vein to tap, and Pratchett and Baxter have done a great job here of choosing one main thread to pursue while alluding to plenty of other issues raised by this scenario, from potential new criminal acts to financial opportunities created and all sorts of practicalities to be considered. Pratchett’s trademark humour is evident, but there is also the solid science fiction that is Baxter’s forte, and the two together make an entertaining romp of a read, but one that really makes you think.
- See my full review: http://www.noseinabook.co.uk/2015/07/06/drowned-out-by-the-sounds-of-the-mundane-world/
It’s a rich vein to tap, and Pratchett and Baxter have done a great job here of choosing one main thread to pursue while alluding to plenty of other issues raised by this scenario, from potential new criminal acts to financial opportunities created and all sorts of practicalities to be considered. Pratchett’s trademark humour is evident, but there is also the solid science fiction that is Baxter’s forte, and the two together make an entertaining romp of a read, but one that really makes you think.
- See my full review: http://www.noseinabook.co.uk/2015/07/06/drowned-out-by-the-sounds-of-the-mundane-world/