Name: The Long Mars: 3 (The Long Earth)
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Author: Pratchett, Terry ; Baxter, Stephen
ISBN: 9780062326720

portada The Long Mars: 3 (The Long Earth)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Terry Pratchett

Stephen Baxter

Publisher

Harper Large Print

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

544

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.1 x 16.3 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.57 kg.

ISBN13

9780062326720

Synopsis "The Long Mars: 3 (The Long Earth) "

The third novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's "Long Earth" series, which Io9 calls "a brilliant science fiction collaboration."2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous rescue work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars and wants her to accompany him. But Sally soon learns that Willis has an ulterior motive for his request. . . .Meanwhile U. S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman has embarked on an incredible journey of her own, leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far Long Earth.For Joshua, the crisis he faces is much closer to home. He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their "long childhood" in the community called Happy Landings, located deep in the Long Earth. Ignorance and fear have caused "normal" human society to turn against the Next. A dramatic showdown seems inevitable. . . .

Terry Pratchett

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He was a famous English writer who for over three decades has fascinated millions of readers around the world with his fantastic, funny, and satirical novels. His prolific work includes about seventy books, which have been translated into almost forty languages, and has sold more than eighty-five million copies worldwide.

In 2009, he was knighted by the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to literature. His secret? Nothing escaped the smart, relaxed, and ironic gaze of this author who, in the best British satirical tradition, subverted all genres. In addition to being the creator of Discworld and the series of stories set there, he is the author of the standalone novel Dodger and co-author, with Stephen Baxter, of the Long Earth series.

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