Book:The Long Mars
| Book:The Long Mars | |
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| Co-author(s) | {{{coauthors}}} |
| Illustrator(s) | {{{illustrator}}} |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | June 2014 |
| ISBN | 0857520091 |
| Pages | |
| RRP | £18.99 |
| Main characters | Sally Linsay, Willis Linsay |
| Series | The Long Earth |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | with Stephen Baxter |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
The Long Earth is in chaos. The cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption is shutting down civilization. Whole populations flee to the safety of myriad stepwise Earths...
Characters:
- Sister Agnes
- Brian
- Ed Cutler
- Maggie Kauffman
- Louise Irwin
- Sally Linsay
- Willis Linsay
- Shi-Mi
- Ensign Snowy
- Joshua Valienté
- Paul Spencer Wagoner
- Frank Wood
Races and concepts
Annotations
- Doubleday p106: A sentient talking dog. With a jaundiced view of the human race. Called Brian. Is he also a Family Guy?
Chapter fifteen features an intelligent civilisation of crabs, or at least crustacean entities, who have developed agriculture, herding, cities, wars, religion and other forms of live sacrifice, and a strict social heirarchy. See Authors' Note.
Authors' Note, page 359
"Some of the ideas behind the Great Leap Sideways episode in Chapter Fifteen originally featured in The Science of Discworld..."