Infinite worlds are up for the taking. This brings a new flame to the pioneer spirit of man.
The Long Earth dwells in the now forgotten ideas and problems of emigration. After all today there is no frontier, no place for the poor or unlucky to try their chance at a new life. This book is essentially Sci-Fi done right, telling something of our world by the way it would react to a fantastic element.
It is filled with small stories of the explorers, where we can find reflections of urbanization and automatizing in the modern age and a micro study of the American dream, and at the same time it introduces a big grand plot.
The best about it is that it does not try to convince you of anything in particular. This is a big problem in books, separating the authors opinions from the plot. Instead it is more of a news report telling you what happens but letting you decide for yourself what you thing about it. The first chapters are reminiscent of a documentary.
Escalation in events is gradual so not to upset the suspension of disbelief.
For my personal opinion I have to say that most explorers seemed rather stupid, but I am not from a big city and have worked on farming. The chapter layout does a nice trick. It has a beginning but it omits the end making me want to read more and more, just to satisfy my curiosity. Thinking of the grandeur of the universe makes me feel down, this book has infinite universes. It made me feel like a speck of dust.
Furthermore the book gave me new hope for modern literature, now full of horrible, horrible things and True Art Is Incomprehensible . Also, sorry for my English.
A breath of fresh air.
Infinite worlds are up for the taking. This brings a new flame to the pioneer spirit of man.
The Long Earth dwells in the now forgotten ideas and problems of emigration. After all today there is no frontier, no place for the poor or unlucky to try their chance at a new life. This book is essentially Sci-Fi done right, telling something of our world by the way it would react to a fantastic element.
It is filled with small stories of the explorers, where we can find reflections of urbanization and automatizing in the modern age and a micro study of the American dream, and at the same time it introduces a big grand plot. The best about it is that it does not try to convince you of anything in particular. This is a big problem in books, separating the authors opinions from the plot. Instead it is more of a news report telling you what happens but letting you decide for yourself what you thing about it. The first chapters are reminiscent of a documentary. Escalation in events is gradual so not to upset the suspension of disbelief.
For my personal opinion I have to say that most explorers seemed rather stupid, but I am not from a big city and have worked on farming. The chapter layout does a nice trick. It has a beginning but it omits the end making me want to read more and more, just to satisfy my curiosity. Thinking of the grandeur of the universe makes me feel down, this book has infinite universes. It made me feel like a speck of dust.
Furthermore the book gave me new hope for modern literature, now full of horrible, horrible things and True Art Is Incomprehensible . Also, sorry for my English.