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|title=The Long Mars
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|date=June 2014
|date=June 2014
|publisher=Doubleday
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|rrp=£18.99
|rrp=£18.99
|series= The Long Earth
|series=The Long Earth Series
|characters= [[Sally Linsay]], [[Willis Linsay]]
|characters=[[Sally Linsay]], [[Willis Linsay]]
|annotations=Yes
|annotations=Yes
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|notes=with Stephen Baxter
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The Long Earth is in chaos. The cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption is shutting down civilization. Whole populations flee to the safety of myriad stepwise Earths...
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:==
==Characters:==
 
* Sister [[Agnes]]
* [[Brian]]
* [[Brian]]
* Ed [[Cutler]]
* [[Maggie Kauffman]]
* [[Maggie Kauffman]]
* [[Louise Irwin]]
* [[Sally Linsay]]
* [[Sally Linsay]]
* [[Willis Linsay]]
* [[Willis Linsay]]
* [[Shi-Mi]]
* [[Shi-Mi]]
* Ensign [[Snowy (The Long Mars)]]
* [[Joshua Valienté]]
* [[Joshua Valienté]]
* [[Paul Spencer Wagoner]]
* [[Frank Wood]]
* [[Frank Wood]]


==Races and concepts==
==Races and concepts==
* The [[Beagles]]
* The [[Beagles]]
* The [[Crabs]]
* The [[Next]]
*[[Trolls(Long Earth)|Trolls]]
* [[Mark Twain|Twains]]


==Annotations==
==Annotations==
* Doubleday p106: A sentient talking dog. With a jaundiced view of the human race. Called Brian. Is he also a Family Guy?  
* Doubleday p106: A sentient talking dog. With a jaundiced view of the human race. Called Brian. Is he also a Family Guy?  


[[Category:Books by Terry Pratchett]]
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 {{SOD1}}..."
 
==Extra==
The retailer Waterstones exclusive 'Metallic' edition contained the extra epilogue 'An Epilogue: At The Home.'
 
[[Deleted Scenes|''A Presidential Speech: Based on 'The Long Mars' by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter'']] a short story based on the novel released on the stories page of Stephen Baxter's website.
 
==Gallery==
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| valign="top" | [[File:LM Proof.jpg|thumb|120px|Book Proof]]
| valign="top" | [[File:LM Slip.jpg|thumb|120px|Slipcase Collectors Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:LM Metal.jpg|thumb|120px|Metallic Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:LM CD.jpg|thumb|140px|Audio CD]]
|}
 
{{series|before=The Long War|series=The Long Earth|after=The Long Utopia}}
 
[[Category:Books by Terry Pratchett|Long Mars, The]]
[[Category:The Long Earth|Long Mars, The]]
[[Category:The Long Earth Series|Long Mars, The]]

Latest revision as of 15:32, 11 April 2020

The Long Mars
Co-author(s) Stephen Baxter
Illustrator(s)
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date June 2014
ISBN 0857520091
Pages
RRP £18.99
Main characters Sally Linsay, Willis Linsay
Series The Long Earth Series
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:

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..."

Extra

The retailer Waterstones exclusive 'Metallic' edition contained the extra epilogue 'An Epilogue: At The Home.'

A Presidential Speech: Based on 'The Long Mars' by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter a short story based on the novel released on the stories page of Stephen Baxter's website.

Gallery

First Edition Cover by Rich Shailer
Book Proof
Slipcase Collectors Edition
Metallic Edition
Audio CD


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