- Hardcover: 292 pages
- Publisher: Eos (HarperCollins) (Jun 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380818981
- ISBN-13: 978-0380818983
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,052,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Stephen Baxter's "Mammoth" sequence is frequently compared to Watership Down, with woolly mammoths rather than rabbits undertaking heroic quests and spinning their own rich mythology. Silverhair (1999) followed the hardships of a mammoth family that survived into modern times. Now that book's heroine Silverhair remembers the much-embroidered legends of distant ancestor Longtusk, a mammoth who did great deeds as the Ice Age dwindled in 16,000 BC.
Of course the real Longtusk doesn't quite match the myth, and we first meet him as a sulkily egotistic 12 year old:
He was Longtusk! The greatest hero in the world! Why couldn't anybody see that?Fate has a tricky way of giving you what you want, but the path to heroism is long and painful. Separated from his family group by headstrong folly and then by a fire sweeping over the steppe, Longtusk lives for a while with a fading tribe of Neanderthal "Dreamers", only to be enslaved by the dread "Fireheads" who have mastered fire--that is, humans.
His ultimate destiny is to lead his family to safety far away from the Fireheads, on an epic trek over the land bridge then existing between Asia and America, with a terrible though glitteringly described crossing of the ice itself. But Longtusk knows that the Fireheads will always follow if they can. His triumphant last stand against them brings about a colossal upheaval in Baxter's most earth-shattering SF manner, and wins Longtusk his deserved place in legend. This is a worthy successor to Silverhair. --David Langford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Takes the story of the mammoths back into prehistory; 16,000 B.C. It is a time when the mammoths face the vicious intrusions into their world of the Lost - mankind. And it is up to Longtusk, the only Bull to feature in the great story cycle of the mammoths to lead them away to a new land, safe from the lost.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An enjoyable sequel to "Silverhair" (Mammoth Book 1), "Longtusk" is about the mammoths which lived 18,000 years ago in vast herds and secure in their superiority over other animals. However their time is nearly over and it is only owing to Longtusk the bull mammoth that they owe their lives. This book will appeal to science fiction readers and to anyone who likes animal stories with a difference. I look forwards to Book 3: "Icebones"
Format:Paperback
Second part of the Mammoth trilogy isn't a huge improvement from the first. This time it's a look at prehistoric times, when mammoths roamed the Earth in larger numbers. Longtusk, the legendary mammoth mentioned in the first part of the trilogy, is still young and adventurous.
He is captured by Fireheads, humans, and put to work along almost domesticated mastodonts. He learns the ways of the Fireheads and what danger they pose to the mammoths. Is he able to escape and save his family from this new danger?
The best thing about this book is definitely its length - if it wasn't such a small book, I probably wouldn't have bothered to read it. If you really loved the first part and want to read more about mammoths and don't mind more violence and not-that-interesting mammoth characters, go ahead, but others might just as well skip this one. (Review based on the Finnish translation.)
He is captured by Fireheads, humans, and put to work along almost domesticated mastodonts. He learns the ways of the Fireheads and what danger they pose to the mammoths. Is he able to escape and save his family from this new danger?
The best thing about this book is definitely its length - if it wasn't such a small book, I probably wouldn't have bothered to read it. If you really loved the first part and want to read more about mammoths and don't mind more violence and not-that-interesting mammoth characters, go ahead, but others might just as well skip this one. (Review based on the Finnish translation.)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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11 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
This book was equally, if not better than it`s prequel.After reading the first, I wasn`t to sure about reading the second after the first left me feeling pretty depressed, though I did it anyway and was greatly rewarded with a more upbeat book, compared to the first. Longtusk is better probably because of the less violence and a more descriptive plotline. The info on how the Mammoths live was riveting as was how they desribed the Neanderthals and early Homo-Sapiens.It was a great read.I eagerly await the third arriving.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sweeping, grand...
16 Oct 2001
Format:Hardcover
As good as Watership Down, Shardik or The Plague Dogs in detailed and accurate research on the part of the author, coupled with believable, fascinating, and often glorious storytelling.
This is the sequel to Silverhair, and in my opinion, excells it, though the first book it wonderful enough.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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23 Jun 2001
Format:Hardcover
Baxter has written a magnificent and majestic tale of myth, legend, adventure, danger, and the fight for survival with memorable characters, accurate setting and detail, intrigue and wonder. A 'Watership Down' of the Ice Age... Gary S. Potter Author/Poet
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