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* AbortedArc: Phobics effectively vanish from the narrative in this book. One is shown briefly at the very beginning of the novel, and their antics in ''The Long Earth'' and ''The Long War'' are mentioned, but they don't seem to be a force in the Long Earth any longer. This is arguably a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as a a ramification of Yellowstone; most phobics were either forced to step away from the Datum, died from the fallout, or were left stranded on a world whose relevance had dropped precipitously. It may have also been a choice to focus on the Next to the exclusion of the other differently-abled human population.
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** Phobics effectively vanish from the narrative in this book. One is shown briefly at the very beginning of the novel, and their antics in ''The Long Earth'' and ''The Long War'' are mentioned, but they don't seem to be a force in the Long Earth any longer. This is arguably a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as a a ramification of Yellowstone; most phobics were either forced to step away from the Datum, died from the fallout, or were left stranded on a world whose relevance had dropped precipitously. It may have also been a choice to focus on the Next to the exclusion of the other differently-abled humanpopulation.population.
** Captain Maggie Kaufman's two military Twains push well past the Gap, but there is no sign of First Person Singular.
* ApocalypseHow: The Long Mars illustrates a common trend of Class [=4s=] as a result of Mars' position in the solar system. Most Mars are lifeless, with the standouts being Gap Mars and a relatively small number of jokers. Gap Mars cheated, getting life as a result of being seeded by unwitting natural steppers coming in from either side, with some of their stomach bacteria managing to make it to the red planet. The jokers exist in ages of, "volcanic summer," where a supervolcano released huge amounts of heat and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, making what is otherwise a tundra capable of supporting life...but only for so long. Many Mars have life, but even more ''had'' life but no longer do. The climax of Willis and Sally's arc occurs in a world that is (mostly) dead, where the vanished Martians built a SpaceElevator as their world died.
** Phobics effectively vanish from the narrative in this book. One is shown briefly at the very beginning of the novel, and their antics in ''The Long Earth'' and ''The Long War'' are mentioned, but they don't seem to be a force in the Long Earth any longer. This is arguably a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as a a ramification of Yellowstone; most phobics were either forced to step away from the Datum, died from the fallout, or were left stranded on a world whose relevance had dropped precipitously. It may have also been a choice to focus on the Next to the exclusion of the other differently-abled human
** Captain Maggie Kaufman's two military Twains push well past the Gap, but there is no sign of First Person Singular.
* ApocalypseHow: The Long Mars illustrates a common trend of Class [=4s=] as a result of Mars' position in the solar system. Most Mars are lifeless, with the standouts being Gap Mars and a relatively small number of jokers. Gap Mars cheated, getting life as a result of being seeded by unwitting natural steppers coming in from either side, with some of their stomach bacteria managing to make it to the red planet. The jokers exist in ages of, "volcanic summer," where a supervolcano released huge amounts of heat and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, making what is otherwise a tundra capable of supporting life...but only for so long. Many Mars have life, but even more ''had'' life but no longer do. The climax of Willis and Sally's arc occurs in a world that is (mostly) dead, where the vanished Martians built a SpaceElevator as their world died.
** The first novel of ''Literature/RedMarsTrilogy'' is mentioned by name when discussing possible ramifications of the SpaceElevator.
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* StarfishAliens: The farther up you go in the chain of Earths, the more divergent things get; about a hundred and sixty million Earths away from the Datum, Earth is populated by organisms who use hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide as the primary building blocks of life.
* TheUnfettered: Willis Linsay is determined to change the course of his species. Everything else is secondary.
* TheUnfettered: Willis Linsay is determined to change the course of his species. Everything else is secondary.
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** The farther up you go in the chain of Earths, the more divergent things get; about a hundred and sixty million Earths away from the Datum, Earth is populated by organisms who use hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide as the primary building blocks of life.
** Surprisingly averted by the sentients on display. The Beagles and many iterations of Martian crustaceans have similar emotional drives and social orders as humans do. This is an important bit of {{Foreshadowing}} as Willis' gift of Steppers to some Martians leads to, "the Prince," being humiliated and [[spoiler: following Willis across many, many steps to get revenge]].
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** Willis Linsay is determined to change the course of his species. Everything else issecondary.secondary.
** The Next are a dark counterpart to Willis, viewing themselves as the next stage of human evolution and destined to take control of human society. As a result, they have very few qualms about treating "dim-bulbs," as subhuman.
** The farther up you go in the chain of Earths, the more divergent things get; about a hundred and sixty million Earths away from the Datum, Earth is populated by organisms who use hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide as the primary building blocks of life.
** Surprisingly averted by the sentients on display. The Beagles and many iterations of Martian crustaceans have similar emotional drives and social orders as humans do. This is an important bit of {{Foreshadowing}} as Willis' gift of Steppers to some Martians leads to, "the Prince," being humiliated and [[spoiler: following Willis across many, many steps to get revenge]].
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** Willis Linsay is determined to change the course of his species. Everything else is
** The Next are a dark counterpart to Willis, viewing themselves as the next stage of human evolution and destined to take control of human society. As a result, they have very few qualms about treating "dim-bulbs," as subhuman.
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* AbandonedArc: Phobics effectively vanish from the narrative in this book. One is shown briefly at the very beginning of the novel, and their antics in ''The Long Earth'' and ''The Long War'' are mentioned, but they don't seem to be a force in the Long Earth any longer. This is arguably a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as a a ramification of Yellowstone; most phobics were either forced to step away from the Datum, died from the fallout, or were left stranded on a world whose relevance had dropped precipitously. It may have also been a choice to focus on the Next to the exclusion of the other differently-abled human population.
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* AbandonedArc: AbortedArc: Phobics effectively vanish from the narrative in this book. One is shown briefly at the very beginning of the novel, and their antics in ''The Long Earth'' and ''The Long War'' are mentioned, but they don't seem to be a force in the Long Earth any longer. This is arguably a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as a a ramification of Yellowstone; most phobics were either forced to step away from the Datum, died from the fallout, or were left stranded on a world whose relevance had dropped precipitously. precipitously. It may have also been a choice to focus on the Next to the exclusion of the other differently-abled human population.
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* AbandonedArc: Phobics effectively vanish from the narrative in this book. One is shown briefly at the very beginning of the novel, and their antics in ''The Long Earth'' and ''The Long War'' are mentioned, but they don't seem to be a force in the Long Earth any longer. This is arguably a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as a a ramification of Yellowstone; most phobics were either forced to step away from the Datum, died from the fallout, or were left stranded on a world whose relevance had dropped precipitously. It may have also been a choice to focus on the Next to the exclusion of the other differently-abled human population.
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Jansson is ''strongly'' implied to have succumbed to her illness on the last page of the book.]]
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Jansson is ''strongly'' implied to have succumbed to her illness on the last page of the book.]]]] ''The Long Mars'' confirms it.
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* ReincarnatedAsANonHumanoid: Lobsang the ArtificialIntelligence claims quite sincerely to be the reincarnation of a Tibetan motorcycle repairman who died the moment he was activated and has been accepted by the United Nations as such. In his opinion, the gel that houses most of his computing power is sufficiently brain-like to have attracted a human soul.
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The Black Corporation, co-owned by a man named Black who does not appear until book 3 and an advanced AI who may be a reincarnated Tibetan repairman named Lobsang lead the research into the Long Earth. Impossibly advanced and ahead of the game, Lobsang contacts Joshua about the farthest exploration into the "New Frontier" of The Long Earth ever made.
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The Black Corporation, co-owned by a man named Black who does not appear until book 3 and an advanced AI who may be a reincarnated Tibetan repairman named Lobsang lead Lobsang, leads the research into the Long Earth. Impossibly advanced and ahead of the game, Lobsang contacts Joshua about the farthest exploration into the "New Frontier" of The Long Earth ever made.
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Joshua is more at home with the uninhabited parallel Earths than on the Datum. Lobsang refers to it as Daniel Boone syndrome. This is because [[spoiler:he spent the first minute of his life as the only person on an alternate Earth, and therefore feels a psychic pressure from other people that the rest of us are used to.]] That said, he's not happy if he can't talk to humans every now and then... and ''Sally'' is abrasive and misanthropic enough to make Joshua look like a born diplomat.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Played with. As the Martian prince attacks the Long Mars expedition, Sally asks her father Willis why they can't just kill him. Willis instead determines that they can simply outrun him. Sally then reveals that she packed crossbows modified for the Martian climate, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero but Willis threw out the crossbows, stating they didn't need weapons]], [[WhatAnIdiot and even claiming that weapons are usually used by idiots]]. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Cue Willis being shot at by an organic missile and having his glider damaged]].
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Played with. As the Martian prince attacks the Long Mars expedition, Sally asks her father Willis why they can't just kill him. Willis instead determines that they can simply outrun him. Sally then reveals that she packed crossbows modified for the Martian climate, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero but Willis threw out the crossbows, stating they didn't need weapons]], [[WhatAnIdiot and even claiming that weapons are usually used by idiots]].idiots. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Cue Willis being shot at by an organic missile and having his glider damaged]].
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* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Mild, downplayed version. While Pratchett and Baxter get the US right for the most part, little [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage bits of narration and dialog]] use British construction over American (things like, "I must have done," instead of "I must have," or "Now she knew this..." instead of "Now that she knew this...").
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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Mild, downplayed version. While Pratchett and Baxter get the US right for the most part, little [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage bits of narration and dialog]] use British construction over American (things like, "I must have done," instead of "I must have," or "Now she knew this..." instead of "Now that she knew this...").
