ZyYRC (Read free) The Long Utopia (Long Earth) Online [ZyYRC.ebook] The Long Utopia (Long Earth) Pdf Free Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #114394 in Books Terry Pratchett stephen baxter 2016-01-26 2016-01-26Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.50 x 1.01 x 4.19l, .0 Binding: Mass Market Paperback448 pagesThe Long Utopia Long Earth | File size: 59.Mb Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter : The Long Utopia (Long Earth) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Long Utopia (Long Earth): 17 of 18 people found the following review helpful. Puts the series back on trackBy KonundrmFirst, I'll get off my chest the very aggravating issues of this book's Kindle cost. I'd planned to read this book on a vacation, and was shocked at the $15.99 price tag when I went to download it. Shame on me for not having a plan B for my reading, I guess. Nonetheless, this is an unreasonable price point; and sadly the cynic in me wonders if it is not to profit off of Terry Pratchett's recent death. That said, I won't deduct stars from my review, as other reviewers have done, since the quality of the book will stand on its own long after the greed of the publishers has been sated.Now, on to the book. (no spoilers) The Long Utopia is a vast improvement over the arid travelogue that was The Long Mars. The Long Utopia has a solid story arc that carries through the whole book and keeps the reader engaged until the dramatic end. Many of the same characters show up, as you'd expect, but mostly the major characters. Previous editions had minor characters improbably thrown into the plot mix; there's a bit of that here, but not as much, at least references to previous characters didn't seem as forced.The book is a quick read, and doesn't get too bogged down in scientific narrative. There are a number of big ideas in the book as you'd expect, and many of them could, I suspect, carry over into future volumes. At first, I was dismayed that many of the plot devices of the previous books were ignored or forgotten in this book. However, about halfway through the book, I came to the conclusion that this series of books is a lot like the idea of the Long Earth itself - an infinite palette of worlds on which to tell an infinite number of stories. I discovered it's a lot more enjoyable to enjoy the stories as they come rather than waiting for all the threads to tie together into some kind of epistemological reckoning that answers all the fundamental questions about the Long Earth, the Next, etc.Now all that said, if Stephen Baxter decides to go full fledged Wheel of Time and produces a dozen books that don't get us any closer to any real answers, I'll probably start to get really impatient. But for now, I say keep the stories coming.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. 3.5 stars: disjointed plotBy CissaWhile I love the world(s) of this series, I am less impressed by the novels.Each of them seems to be poking around for a plot and something to say, and it's not working all that well, at least for me.I think to make a books- or series- compelling, one needs either some coherent, compelling characters or a very solid plot. Unfortunately, these books have neither.I wish they had stayed with the "Long Earth" concept and found a plot in that, rather than adding OMG ALIENS! I think the LE has a lot of fascinating potential plots, but the aliens didn't add to these and in fact distracted from them... especially since it was never clear what they were trying to accomplish and why, nor how the whole thing worked.I like knowing how things work.I will likely continue to follow the series, but am disappointed in it. And if you are looking for Pratchett, I cannot see his influence.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Long Earth is starting to fee very LONG.By Rocky SunicoThe Long Utopia is the fourth book in the Long Earth series of science fiction novels. All books in the series were written by Sir Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter.The story begins with a little interlude involving other children of the Long Earth discovering something strange - instead of the usual East and West directions of stepping, they somehow managed to go in a completely new direction that could only be described as something like North or South. And stepping in this manner leads them to discover an alien world covered by human-sized silver beetles who are busy laboring on some monumental task.In other parts of the Long Earth, Joshua has separated from his wife and spends long stretches of time on sabbaticals deep in the Long Earth. And with his 50th birthday quickly upon him, he decides to go on a spiritual journey of sorts back towards the Datum. Shortly after, Lobsang has a spiritual moment of his own and decides to self-terminate his artificial existence. Of course he has another plan, but at the very least it represents Lobsang withdrawing from his former self-appointed role as a sort of guardian of the Long Earth. But trouble always a way of finding our protagonists.I suppose the introduction of an alien race was inevitable. We had already seen Mars and its weird forms of life and the progression of the story only really had one logical place to go. At first it was a weird angle that didn't seem all that engaging, but in the long run it did provide a nice avenue for exploring some classic science fiction ideas in term of how an alien species might choose to expand across the universe.The Joshua story starts out rather emo and it goes in weird places when we suddenly go into flashbacks that trace the history of natural steppers and how they were involved in various historical events going as far back as the early world wars. I sue this all might have been fascinating as a standalone short story as a sort of companion to the whole thing, but including all of it in this book just felt like a distraction that took us away from the action involving the protagonists of the book.There's also the return of the Next in terms of involvement in things but not necessarily returning to live with their less evolved cousins. I guess we all should have expected this, but at the same time it felt a little trite. There were some new characters introduced into the story to tie into the arc of the Next but it didn't really feel all that fulfilling and meaningful in the long run.The Long Utopia had its moments and it certainly continued to push into interesting new directions, but it was also bogged down by its supporting plot lines. I really hope they edited down a bit in the final book to just focus on maybe two or so main themes and end things there. The fourth novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxterrsquo;s internationally bestselling ldquo;Long Earthrdquo; series, hailed as ldquo;a brilliant science fiction collaboration . a love letter to all Pratchett fans, readers, and lovers of wonder everywhererdquo; (Io9).2045-2059. Human society continues to evolve on Datum Earth, its battered and weary origin planet, as the spread of humanity progresses throughout the many Earths beyond.Lobsang, now an elderly and complex AI, suffers a breakdown, and disguised as a human attempts to live a ldquo;normalrdquo; life on one of the millions of Long Earth worlds. His old friend, Joshua, now in his fifties, searches for his father and discovers a heretofore unknown family history. And the super-intelligent post-humans known as ldquo;the Nextrdquo; continue to adapt to life among ldquo;lesserrdquo; humans.But an alarming new challenge looms. An alien planet has somehow become ldquo;entangledrdquo; with one of the Long Earth worlds and, as Lobsang and Joshua learn, its voracious denizens intend to capture, conquer, and colonize the new universemdash;the Long Earthmdash;they have inadvertently discovered.World-building, the intersection of universes, the coexistence of diverse species, and the cosmic meaning of the Long Earth itself are among the mind-expanding themes explored in this exciting new installment of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's extraordinary Long Earth series. ldquo;[T]he co-authors have created a tighter, more focused narrative that moves faster than its predecessors. The explosive cliff-hanger endingmdash;also now something of a trademarkmdash;promises one final return to the series. (Booklist)From the Back CoverIt is the middle of the 21st centuryAfter the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption, humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth. Society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve.And new challenges emerge.Now an elderly and cantankerous AI, Lobsang is living with Agnes in an exotic, far-distant world. Hersquo;s determined to lead a normal life in New Springfieldmdash;they even adopt a child. But there are rumors, strange sightings in the sky.On this world, something isnrsquo;t right . .Millions of steps awaymdash;learning about a hidden family history and the father he never knewmdash;Joshua receives an urgent summons from New Springfield.Lobsang has come to understand that what has blighted his Earth is a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth.