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A review by gordonwaddell
The Long War by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
2.0
A poor follow-up to the excellent [b:The Long Earth|13147230|The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335532694s/13147230.jpg|18164154]. There was a lack of newness to the worlds (the main concept being introduced in #1) which isn not in itself a bad thing but there was no compelling narrative otherwise.
Two story lines somewhat repetitious of the original journey (a-questing-Westwards and Eastwards we will go) and a couple of story lines that seemed conflict oriented but never really became "a War". Indeed it seemed for most of the novel we were building up to something only for the closing pages to declare the "War" was over.
Several new races are introduced dangerously careening the storyline to being a fable analogy but it is still done with a light enough touch that I think we will survive.
[b:The Long Mars|18586487|The Long Mars (The Long Earth, #3)|Terry Pratchett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397123447s/18586487.jpg|26325671] is just out, and signposted as a space exploration follow-up in this book, and its good then the series will hold weight. If not then just read [b:The Long Earth|13147230|The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335532694s/13147230.jpg|18164154] and be very, very happy.
Two story lines somewhat repetitious of the original journey (a-questing-Westwards and Eastwards we will go) and a couple of story lines that seemed conflict oriented but never really became "a War". Indeed it seemed for most of the novel we were building up to something only for the closing pages to declare the "War" was over.
Several new races are introduced dangerously careening the storyline to being a fable analogy but it is still done with a light enough touch that I think we will survive.
[b:The Long Mars|18586487|The Long Mars (The Long Earth, #3)|Terry Pratchett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397123447s/18586487.jpg|26325671] is just out, and signposted as a space exploration follow-up in this book, and its good then the series will hold weight. If not then just read [b:The Long Earth|13147230|The Long Earth (The Long Earth #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335532694s/13147230.jpg|18164154] and be very, very happy.