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The Long Cosmos
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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Publisher's Summary
It's 2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day, and in the Long Earth the new Next posthuman society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valienté, now in his late 60s, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls.
But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in more abstract ways - by the trolls and by the Great Traversers. Its message is simple, but its implications are enormous: Join us. The supersmart Next realise that the Message contains instructions on how to develop an immense artificial intelligence, but to build it they have to seek help from throughout the industrious worlds of mankind. Bit by bit, byte by byte, they assemble a computer the size of a continent - a device that will alter the Long Earth's place within the cosmos and reveal the ultimate, life-affirming goal of those who sent the Message. Its impact will be felt by and resonate with all - mankind and other species, young and old, communities and individuals - who inhabit the Long Earth....
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Miz Vanechat
- 2021-11-24
Terrible ending
Great new earth described during the story, good adventure but my goodness the ending was a huge let down. So much build up to Nothing. I'm really disappointed. The narration was mediocre because he kept trying to do different accents and they were all sub par.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Devon Carr
- 2021-01-21
Not quite worth the price of admission...
I have a long standing love of T.Pratchett and and equally significant curiosity for the realm of science fiction, which are the only reasons I hung on to the end of the audiobook series.
This was my first foray into the writings of S.Baxter. Though it appears he is recognized and prolific in his own right.
There are some wonderful seeds here that never quite come to flower. The subtleties I’ve come to savour in Pratchett’s other writings leave the reader with awkwardly unanswered questions and dead ends of character and storyline development.
The scale of the book is ambitious but the narrative, in my opinion, fails in reach. There was only one passage for me that managed to briefly hold the large concepts being drawn for us.
By contrast Liu Cixin’s “Three Body Problem”, achieves this reach. The scale of TBP is even more substantive because time is such a grand component in that tale. More importantly the story flows and evolves fluidly, while “The Long Earth” falls short in the most important aspects; that of framing the complexity of the worlds and scale being navigated. Perhaps why Cixin’s book was a globally recognized success and TLE series less so.
One of the things that draws me to the genre is how good writing helps me (a laymen) conceptualize challenging ideas of quantum theory, physics, biology, and human behaviour. I was excited by the authors collaboration as Prachett’s previous offerings such as “the science of disk world” did such a playful job of accessibly introducing high minded ideas.
Too many time as things were possibly getting interesting the characters would say, “but that’s a question for future expeditions...” the another narrative thread was summarily dropped.
I feel the storyline generally missed a finally round of good editing. It was loose and too often tangential and seemingly omnipotent characters lacked any meaningful exploration.
I kept hoping for the housekeeping that never came and the ending just dropped one more vaguely drawn idea onto the stillborn pile.
Perhaps someone will turn it into a visually spectacular film. There’s certainly enough dead wood to set aside leaving room for a more nuanced story and some worthy exploration of these lofty ideas.
Just my two cents. 🙏🏼
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