The Long War
- 488
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Long War” is a novel of ideas more than events, kept alive by its chain of parallel Earths and the ordinary people exploring them. Some readers describe a slow plot with little suspense, and some never warm to the characters. What they like is the invention, the whimsy and the consequences the authors draw from their premise. A sequel for those who liked wandering the first book more than they needed a story.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
The Long War is a science fiction novel by British writers Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. It is a sequel to their parallel-Earth novel The Long Earth. This book is the second in a five-book series.
Reading order · The Long Earth
Full order & progress →- The Long EarthStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - The Long WarThis book
7.27.2 / 10 - The Long Mars
7.47.4 / 10 - The Long Utopia
7.77.7 / 10 - The Long Cosmos
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.9 across 243 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 14 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 229 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Long War?
It has 488 pages — longer than 62% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
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