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The Long Earth 5 Books Collection Box Set by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
The Long Earth 5 Books Collection Box Set By Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter Titles in the Set The long earth, The long war, The long mars, The long utopia, The long cosmos
- GenresScience Fiction
Paperback
Published January 1, 2017
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Terry Pratchett
700 books46.9k followersSir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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September 6, 2021This must be the best 5 box set that Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter could possibly have produced. Marvellous concept and given a brilliant and thorough story telling effort. It is superbly written in Pratchett and Baxter's terrific style and use of characters. Masters of the art of story telling JUST READ THE FULL BOX SET!! and see for yourselves what an incredible concept and an inceredible journey.
January 6, 2023
Great concept. Found myself fantasizing and thinking about a world like this long after I finished the series.
February 2, 2026
I picked up the Long Earth books for the wild sci-fi idea — stepping sideways into an endless chain of parallel Earths — but what made me stay was the characters.
Because yes, the premise is huge (and endlessly fascinating): infinite frontiers, new societies, new rules, and all the messy consequences of humans being… well, human. But the series doesn’t just gawk at the big concept. It uses it to pressure-test the people living inside it.
What I loved most is how the characters develop across the whole set. They don’t stay fixed. They learn, they harden, they soften, they make choices that change them — sometimes quietly, sometimes in ways you only notice when you look back and realise how far they’ve travelled. The world expands outward, but their inner worlds expand too.
And the tone? It has that wonderful mix of curiosity, warmth, and dry wit that I associate with Terry Pratchett, while also letting the scale and speculation breathe (the collaboration with Stephen Baxter really shines in the “what would this do to civilisation?” layers). It’s thoughtful without being preachy, imaginative without losing its grounding in real human behaviour.
If you like stories where the ideas are big and the characters are big — where people grow in believable ways because the world demands it — this series is a genuinely rewarding read.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved these books, and I’m still thinking about them.
Because yes, the premise is huge (and endlessly fascinating): infinite frontiers, new societies, new rules, and all the messy consequences of humans being… well, human. But the series doesn’t just gawk at the big concept. It uses it to pressure-test the people living inside it.
What I loved most is how the characters develop across the whole set. They don’t stay fixed. They learn, they harden, they soften, they make choices that change them — sometimes quietly, sometimes in ways you only notice when you look back and realise how far they’ve travelled. The world expands outward, but their inner worlds expand too.
And the tone? It has that wonderful mix of curiosity, warmth, and dry wit that I associate with Terry Pratchett, while also letting the scale and speculation breathe (the collaboration with Stephen Baxter really shines in the “what would this do to civilisation?” layers). It’s thoughtful without being preachy, imaginative without losing its grounding in real human behaviour.
If you like stories where the ideas are big and the characters are big — where people grow in believable ways because the world demands it — this series is a genuinely rewarding read.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved these books, and I’m still thinking about them.
July 7, 2025
Loved the concept of infinite possibilities.
December 28, 2025
space elevators, star gates and alien immigration across different multiverses
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April 12, 2025
When Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter team up, how could I not read the entire Long Earth series? Pratchett’s wit and charm meet Baxter’s big, bold sci-fi brain—and the result is something totally unique. It’s like watching two master chefs from totally different kitchens cook up a multi-dimensional feast. The concept is genius: infinite Earths, endless possibilities, and humanity stepping (literally) into the unknown.
Pratchett’s humor pops up in all the right places, grounding the story in a kind of warm absurdity, while Baxter’s expansive vision keeps pulling you deeper into the mind-blowing implications of the Long Earth. It's thoughtful, funny, weird, and at times quietly profound. Not every moment is fast-paced, but the ideas? Massive. This is slow-burn, idea-rich sci-fi at its finest—seasoned perfectly with that unmistakable Pratchett wit.
For fans of either author, this series is a no-brainer. For fans of both? It's a dream collaboration that absolutely delivers.
Pratchett’s humor pops up in all the right places, grounding the story in a kind of warm absurdity, while Baxter’s expansive vision keeps pulling you deeper into the mind-blowing implications of the Long Earth. It's thoughtful, funny, weird, and at times quietly profound. Not every moment is fast-paced, but the ideas? Massive. This is slow-burn, idea-rich sci-fi at its finest—seasoned perfectly with that unmistakable Pratchett wit.
For fans of either author, this series is a no-brainer. For fans of both? It's a dream collaboration that absolutely delivers.
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