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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.'
 
{{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]]

Revision as of 10:17, 29 August 2016

Book:The Long Mars
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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:

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.'


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