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The Long War

The Long Earth, Book 2

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The Long War

By: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
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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.

©2013 Terry and Lyn Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (P)2013 Random House Audiobooks Dystopian Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Fantasy Space War

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The outstanding audiobook series The Long Earth is back after much anticipation with Book Two The Long War written by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter and expertly narrated by British actor Michael Fenton Stevens. There are murmurs of conflict spreading throughout the lands. The trolls of Long Earth are amassing while Valhalla is prickling with turmoil. There is nowhere to escape from the clutches of a full scale war. Lobsang seeks Joshua’s help but together can they put a stop to the inevitable? This epic series is filled with suspense, action and fantasy. Available now from Audible.
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I loved the first book but was disappointed with the story in this one. The performance is alright it’s the actual story thats its downfall.

Not as good as the first in the series…

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Maybe lacked a little of the original flare but still a great story. Looking forward to seeing how it develops beyond the long earth.

Great continuation of the story

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I love the detail in the story telling. I feels like it could be real.

engaging

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I love the long earth ideas, and some sections are brilliant, but I find that some are a bit slow. These are great books to read if you want to see a genius explosion of new ideas. If you’re looking for an unending stream of unexpected action, then perhaps this is not the book for you. It doesn’t offer extreme emotions, but it does bring a sense of wonder. Beautifully read, of course, as always.

Good but slow

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classic middle of a series book - felt quite aimless and unstructured. narrator is pretty good although given nearly all the characters are American, I think it would have been better to get an American narrator, as his accents are pretty bad.

Not a lot happens

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The second instalment of the Long Earth series. This is I think, slightly better than the first book, delving deeper into the politics of the Long Earth and the relationships between indigenous sapient species. It is set a few years after the dramatic conclusion to the first book, and things in The Long Earth have settled to an uneasy stability. Main and background characters return in this book to paint a broader picture of what's going on in the worlds, and I think this is going to be a theme until the final conclusion of the series. Again ended with a dramatic conclusion, the equivalent of a "To Be Continued..." before the final credits roll... I immediately started listening to the next book in the series "The Long Mars".

Would definitely recommend.

As good if not better than the first...

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This was very enjoyable but as the concept of the Long Earth is no longer New it was not as good as the first book in the series.

Excellent but not as good as the Long Earth

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Can't wait another. Great story very good written with characters that are very good created not 'paper'. Enjoyed every minute of this book.

Great!

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I’m not American but I hear real American accents every day. The narrator of this novel cannot do any kind of American accent and as a result the recording grates on the ears and the characters seem to lack nuance.

Hard to deal with the terrible accents

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Enjoyed it, but found the first book more interesting and I missed the relationship between Joshua and Lobsang.

Like the first book, there is a big problem in the Long Earth that is built the whole way through the book that ends up being resolved very quickly in the end, without very much fuss, which let's the story down a bit.

Michael Fenton Stephens reads well although I found his Oirish accent to be a wee bit fiddledy-dee. But then again he was given a stereotypical Irish character to portray so he can't be held accountable I guess.

Thanks for the listen though.

First book better.

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