Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and
Stephen Baxter
This is the third book in the series
and it continues to explore the ideas seeded in the earlier books this time
adding alien life and evolutionary themes to the mix. Like the other books it
is light and easy read without too much overt conflict or heavy theories.
‘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 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 ulterior motives ...
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 are causing 'normal' human society to turn against the Next
- and a dramatic showdown seems inevitable . . .’
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