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Liked It “Awesome. I absolutely loved it, especially the contrast between the sci fi Commonwealth universe and the fantasy of the void.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Wow, disappointing. Almost nothing happens. Really, amazingly lacklustre, hopefully the sequels will shift up a gear.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Awesome. I absolutely loved it, especially the contrast between the sci fi Commonwealth universe and the fantasy of the void.”
Michael R wrote this review Wednesday, November 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Though a little slow to pick up pace, it moves very quickly once it gets going. The number of different threads in the book make it very interesting and you can't wait to see how they are all tied together in the end.”
Jaisimha S wrote this review Wednesday, September 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another big thought sf novel that's not only big in content but big in size. The many apparently disparate stories that run through this book can be daunting but they slowly come together until by the end of the book they form a true thread of idea. As always Peter Hamilton's books think big, beyond the scope of being human but also what is it to be human. A good book, a bit of a chore to get into but well worth it once you get involved.”
Hali S wrote this review Tuesday, August 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Wow, disappointing. Almost nothing happens. Really, amazingly lacklustre, hopefully the sequels will shift up a gear.”
Icelandic T wrote this review Thursday, July 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book takes place well after Judas Unchained in the same universe. Due to the long lives possible in that universe characters from Judas Unchained reappear in this one, but so much time has passed it feels somewhat different. ”
cyclequark wrote this review Tuesday, June 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Like most of his books, hard going to start with... but they are usually worth persevering with - a slow burn so far...”
Martyn F wrote this review Thursday, March 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“"The Dreaming Void" is a little too long, but that does not slow readability. As a far-future follow-up of "Pandora's Star" and "Judas Unchained," the book does a good job of ensuring continuity. I'm looking forward to the next book in the trilogy.”
Steve O wrote this review Saturday, February 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“First volume of the Void Trilogy, set in the same universe as the Commonwealth Saga, but set 1,500 years later with only a few of the same characters.
TheophileEscargot wrote this review Saturday, September 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I enjoyed it a lot, but I think you have to be into SF to read it: the characters and their relationships are painfully badly done, and the writing is pretty clunky with enormous info-dumps of exposition. However, he does seem to have upgraded a bit since the Commonwealth and Night's Dawn trilogies: this time the first volume has more action than set-up, and the females aren't described quite as lubriciously.
What you do get for your money is an enormous slice of good old space opera. With the weak-minded mundanes weeded out we're free to have as much complexity as we like: ultrafast and enormous spaceships from various factions dashing around the galaxy, cyber-augmented James Bond type agents in search of a couple of human McGuffins, several enormous battle fleets and a classic Big Dumb Object. There's also a quite neat fantasy-ish story worked in. Hamilton alternates between multiple viewpoints as usual.
Overall, if you like space opera, this is certainly worth a look. Doesn't really need you to read the Commonwealth Saga first, but since the second and third Void volumes aren't out yet, you might want to read a complete series. There's not a lot of plot resolution here.”
“Pretty good space opera in the Hamilton "think big" sort of way... Thousands of years have passed since the events of Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, but the state of technology is such that many of the characters in that opera are still around, though many are downloaded personalities in a quantum computing matrix that surrounds and pervades Earth.
mtrcycllvr wrote this review Friday, May 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The story loosely follows about five threads in traditional literary style that has us all waiting to see how they ultimately tie together, wiht the book ending giving us hints that were sort of obvious before we got there.
Still, an engaging read that had me hauling this tome with me everywhere so I could grab it and read a bit in every free moment...
Two more to follow, eh.. Talk to you again in a couple of years...
Anyone else wish they could become a 'multiple'? ;-)”
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