Penguin The Long Earth 5 Books Collection Set by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter

The Long Earth 5 Books Collection Set brings together five novels by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter, following humanity’s expanding horizons after the discovery of “Stepping” and the many worlds it opens up. Spanning key moments from 1916 onwards, the collection traces how new inventions, upheavals and evolving societies reshape life on Datum Earth and beyond.

Across the series, pioneers give way to trade routes and airship fleets, populations disperse in the wake of catastrophe, and the Long Earth continues to influence mankind as much as mankind influences it. The set also introduces an elderly, cantankerous AI living in disguise, and a vast, continent-sized computer built to change the Long Earth’s place within the wider cosmos.

Included titles

• The long earth
• The long war
• The long mars
• The long utopia
• The long cosmos

Key details

• Five-book collection set
• By Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
• Includes The long earth, The long war, The long mars, The long utopia and The long cosmos
• Publisher: Penguin

Synopses

The long earth

In 1916 on the Western Front, Cop Monica Jansson searches the burned-out home of a reclusive scientist and discovers a strange device: a box of wiring, a three-way switch and a potato. The find proves to be a prototype for an invention that will change how mankind views the world.

The long war

A generation after the events of The Long Earth, humanity has spread across the new worlds opened by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, fleets of airships now connect the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. As mankind shapes the Long Earth, the Long Earth shapes mankind in return.

The long mars

Between 2040 and 2045, the aftermath of the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption brings massive economic dislocation. Populations flee Datum Earth for the many worlds of the Long Earth.

The long utopia

From 2045 to 2059, after the upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption, humanity spreads further into the Long Earth as society continues to evolve on a battered Datum Earth and beyond. An elderly and cantankerous AI, Lobsang, lives in disguise with Agnes on an exotic, far-distant world.

The long cosmos

Bit by bit and byte by byte, a computer the size of a continent is assembled. The device will alter the Long Earth’s place within the cosmos and reveal the ultimate, life-affirming goal of those who sent the Message.