Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Peter F. Hamilton - The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy)

Reviews
 

What can I say, The book overwhelms you, even two pages in. You are thrust into such dazzling wild technologies and multiple viewpoints chapter after chapter that it soon becomes a dizzying whirl.

I got lost a few times but was so caught up in the audacity and the range of the authors mind that I did not care one bit. The Inigo dream chapters alone would make a fabulous book on their own.

Love it, love it love it

And.....part 3 is due 3rd Sept and being a new Kindle owner what is most exciting to me though is the way it is to be delivered.

I only got my new Kindle 3g last Saturday and it was love at first sight. Supposedly now that I have The Evolutionary Void on advance order it will be delivered automatically to my Kindle on the day of release. How cool is that?

Fingers crossed. I am soo excited.

EDIT - Friday 3rd Sept 7:30am - It worked - its here!
Paul Lemon

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For a book that's 600 pages long it's hard to think of very much that actually happend. Well maybe that's unfair, lot's happened but rarely did I feel I was given any reason to care. The writing had no pasion or verve. I don't think I found a single simily or metaphor in the whole book. Not even the sex scenes were very emotiv. The most emotive part was near the begining when a bandit is threatening Edeards girlfriend whith horrible acts of violence. Apart from that I plodded thgrough the whole book desparate for it to get a move on. It always felt like it was ABOUT to go somwhere and then it stopped.

What a waste of two weeks reading.
B. Connell

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I've been meaning to get this for awhile, and after completing this first chapter of the Void Trilogy, I can say that it is Mr Hamilton at his best...I'm already well into the next chapter, so can say all those thinking of getting this book, please do!!! As things just get better. Great Story, Great Characters. Need I say more. Also check Mr Hamiltons other books. Namely The Nights Dawn Trilogy and The Commonwealth Saga. Equally Superb. Hope this helps and happy reading.
K. Dhokia

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Well what can I say? Having waited with baited breath for this new trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton I believe the modern master of Science Fiction (Space Opera) may well have equalled if not surpassed the first volume of the Nights Dawn Trilogy. All the sub plots are their, the goodies and the baddies are maybe not so clearly defined as you may initally believe and the flow of the story is perfect. I think that the trilogy format is probably the most suitable way that Hamilton can present his work as it does not seem that he then has to rush the plot in the second volume as he did with previous works.The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy 1)
Mr. W. Kozlowski

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First off, I have to say I am a big Hamilton fan and have read everything he has written - The Night's Dawn Trilogy and Fallen Dragon are some of the best things in recent sci-fi. However, this book is not as good as some of his previous efforts. On this time out, Hamilton has blended space opera with fantasy, but unfortunately the book needs much more careful editing, and unfortunately only some of the plotlines are interesting.

As usual with Hamilton, the book is very readable in style and many of his characters are sympathetic and likeable. However, the book is overlong and drawn out. The most interesting plotline is the fantasy-like one - however, even this is pretty thin. I honestly think all of the plot in this book could have been laid out in about 300 pages of cogent text. Normally, Hamilton manages to deliver multiple, parallel gripping storylines, with different points of view across a galaxy-spanning storyline and therefore gets away with his epic book lengths. This time, however, he doesn't really achieve it - simply put, not enough happens. I would also note that a lot of the material builds on previous Hamilton's books - almost to the point of being annoying - even to a Hamilton fan.

I know all this sounds pretty negative, but overall, Hamilton is still a good read, and there are good ideas in the book - just not enough to justify so many pages.
David K. Smith

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