Books by Peter F. Hamilton
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review 1: Those who know me are well aware I like my books big, which is why I was excited for this one: a well reviewed 950 page behemoth billed as sci-fi-mystery-horror. It certainly touched on all of the mentioned genres, however I will say that I found it to be overly long. There is a...
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review 1: Once more into the Void, dear friends, and let slip the mods of war. The Void still threatens the Commonweath and it’s up to one of its founding fathers, Nigel Sheldon, to investigate … from within. But humans are not the only intelligent beings in the Void. The Fallers, mimics b...
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review 1: Hamilton does a fine job here of balancing the detective procedural with that of a futurist time travel tale, and while I have not yet read his Mandel series (Mindstar Rising etc.), I have read Great North Road, and this has the feel of that sub-genre of Sf. David Lanson is chief...
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review 1: Loved this book. I don't often get to read short stories but I had some time to kill and I have very much enjoyed Peter F. Hamilton's sprawling and epic space yarns. A special treat was to read about characters, particularly Paula Mayo, from the books set in Hamilton's Commonwe...
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review 1: The key players from the previous 2 books gather for the series finale and everyone is rushing to finish their story. The book moves fast. The narrative races at you and the futuristic concepts left me with my mouth open. Despite the sub-plots and infighting among the characte...
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review 1: Thoroughly enjoyed this. Read both books back to back and I wasn't disappointed. I then went onto read the void trilogy which was set in the same universe. Again I wasn't disappointed. I decided to get into the commonwealth saga after having enjoyed the nights dawn trilogy. This ...
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review 1: Good follow-up to “The Dreaming Void”. More details on the cool technology introduced in the first book and continuation of an intriguing storyline with many sub-plots. Since this is the 2nd book in the trilogy, I expected a drop off in novelty, but hoped the book would deliver h...
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review 1: This is one of my new favorite books. This was unexpected as Hamilton is a contemporary author who I have heard little about. Hamilton has great characters, solid Sci-fi ideas and is very detailed without getting tedious. I am shocked and annoyed that no book store within 30 m...
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review 1: It was a real toss up between 2 and 3 stars.Note that this was my first techno thriller novels. And... I do plan on reading the final Greg Mandel installment, The Nano Flower. I just have to find out what happens to the embarassingly juvenile Julia Evans.This book is actually the...