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The Long War
- The Long Earth, Book 2
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping.
Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth - but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind...
A new ‘America’, called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth, with core American values restated in the plentiful environment of the Long Earth - and Valhalla is growing restless under the control of the Datum government...
Meanwhile the Long Earth is suffused by the song of the trolls, graceful hive-mind humanoids. But the trolls are beginning to react to humanity’s thoughtless exploitation...
Joshua, now a married man, is summoned by Lobsang to deal with a gathering multiple crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any mankind has waged before.
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- stubar
- 04-01-17
Great continuation of the story
Maybe lacked a little of the original flare but still a great story. Looking forward to seeing how it develops beyond the long earth.
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- Jo Mengaud
- 05-08-16
engaging
I love the detail in the story telling. I feels like it could be real.
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- Eliza
- 06-02-18
Good but slow
I love the long earth ideas, and some sections are brilliant, but I find that some are a bit slow. These are great books to read if you want to see a genius explosion of new ideas. If you’re looking for an unending stream of unexpected action, then perhaps this is not the book for you. It doesn’t offer extreme emotions, but it does bring a sense of wonder. Beautifully read, of course, as always.
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- Kastrel
- 29-10-22
Not a lot happens
classic middle of a series book - felt quite aimless and unstructured. narrator is pretty good although given nearly all the characters are American, I think it would have been better to get an American narrator, as his accents are pretty bad.
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- Kate
- 29-10-19
As good if not better than the first...
The second instalment of the Long Earth series. This is I think, slightly better than the first book, delving deeper into the politics of the Long Earth and the relationships between indigenous sapient species. It is set a few years after the dramatic conclusion to the first book, and things in The Long Earth have settled to an uneasy stability. Main and background characters return in this book to paint a broader picture of what's going on in the worlds, and I think this is going to be a theme until the final conclusion of the series. Again ended with a dramatic conclusion, the equivalent of a "To Be Continued..." before the final credits roll... I immediately started listening to the next book in the series "The Long Mars".
Would definitely recommend.
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- GrimWeeper
- 18-06-18
Excellent but not as good as the Long Earth
This was very enjoyable but as the concept of the Long Earth is no longer New it was not as good as the first book in the series.
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- Krzysztof
- 20-02-15
Great!
Can't wait another. Great story very good written with characters that are very good created not 'paper'. Enjoyed every minute of this book.
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- Damo
- 19-10-15
First book better.
Enjoyed it, but found the first book more interesting and I missed the relationship between Joshua and Lobsang.
Like the first book, there is a big problem in the Long Earth that is built the whole way through the book that ends up being resolved very quickly in the end, without very much fuss, which let's the story down a bit.
Michael Fenton Stephens reads well although I found his Oirish accent to be a wee bit fiddledy-dee. But then again he was given a stereotypical Irish character to portray so he can't be held accountable I guess.
Thanks for the listen though.
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- P Green
- 05-07-17
Good
Would you listen to The Long War again? Why?
Ok story - alittle slow to start with but good universe
Who was your favorite character and why?
Helen
Which character – as performed by Michael Fenton Stevens – was your favourite?
Joseph Valiantly
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No, no emotional reaction to the story
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- STEPHEN
- 01-12-13
A sequel that doesn't live up to its predecessor.
What did you like best about The Long War? What did you like least?
The Long War picks up with the same mostly likeable characters as The Long Earth, however the story itself is a little rambling and doesn't really deliver the level of drama that the title suggests.
This book focuses more on issues of race (regarding the trolls in particular) and generally succeeds at this. But it can get a little didactic and some events seem very obviously, and a little clumsily, intended to make the reader think.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
The ending itself is a little anticlimactic and seems to be designed more to lead handily to a sequel than anything else.
What does Michael Fenton Stevens bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
The narration is good and the characters are brought alive more than would happen in just reading it.
Could you see The Long War being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
I could see it quite easily being made into a TV series. One might cynically suggest that this was the intention all along. The pace and action of both books in the series would suit the mini-series format.
Any additional comments?
Negative comments aside, I would still listen to or read any further sequels as I like the general tone and style of both books so far.
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