The Long Utopia (The Long Earth Book 4)

373 pages

Published June 23, 2015 by Harper.

ISBN:
978-0-06-229735-8
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2045-2059. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve. Now an elderly and cantankerous AI, Lobsang lives in disguise with Agnes in an exotic, far-distant world. He’s convinced they’re leading a normal life in New Springfield – they even adopt a child – but it seems they have been guided there for a reason. As rumours of strange sightings and hauntings proliferate, it becomes clear that something is very awry with this particular world. Millions of steps away, Joshua is on a personal journey of discovery: learning about the father he never knew and a secret family history. But then he receives a summons from New Springfield. Lobsang now understands the enormity of what’s taking place beneath the surface of his earth – a threat to all …

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Menudo combo de libros melancólicos y/o deprimentes que llevo, y eso que dos tienen el toque Pratchett.

Pero a lo que vamos, a la mini review que toca.
En la saga hay dos temáticas claras: la exploración, en la que se centran el primer y el tercer libro, y las consecuencias de soltar a la humanidad en la "tierra larga", que son el centro del segundo y del cuarto libro.
Como ya he dicho, aquí toca hablar de consecuencias, de las que llegan después de todo lo que ha pasado en anteriores libros, y otras consecuencias nuevas. También es un libro de despedidas, de intentar encontrar donde encajar y de decidir cuando hay que hacer lo correcto.
Todo se reparte en muchos menos personajes de lo que estamos acostumbrados, lo que hace que la historia sea más intima, y además encaja algo de trasfondo de los "steppers" (el libro solo …

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