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Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton

Description: ISBN 0330493310 / Author: Peter F. Hamilton / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / n AD 2329, humanity has colonised over four hundred planets, all ... more

Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton ... of them interlinked by wormholes. With Earth at its centre, the Intersolar Commonwealth now occupies a sphere of space approximately four hundred light years across. When an astronomer on the outermost world of Gralmond, observes a star 2000 light years distant - and then a neighbouring one - vanish, it is time for the Commonwealth to discover what happened to them. For what if their disappearance indicates some kind of galactic conflict? Since a conventional wormhole cannot be used to reach these vanished stars, for the first time humans need to build a faster-than-light starship, the Second Chance. But it arrives to find each 'vanished' star encased in a giant force field -- and within one of them resides a massive alien civilisation.

Newest Review: ... long and if you are not a fast reader or don't have much time, it could take you a long time to get through. Secondly, it has ... more

... an equally long sequel. For those of you that aren't familiar with Peter F. Hamilton, he writes doorstopper size space operas. There is plenty of science and technology, but there's little technical terms and things the layman wouldn't understand. There's lots of characters, lots of different worlds and lots of backplot, all linking together. Overall I enjoyed this book, though thought it could have been shortened somewhat. I found myself skimming pages at times to try and get through it. The characters, the plot a...more

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Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton: Epic space opera at it's most...epic! (231 words)
by - written on 01/03/09 (Very useful, 33 readings)
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This is epic space opera at it's, well, most epic really! It has a lot of elements of hard SF too. If you liked Peter F Hamilton's previous books (Night's Dawn Trilogy in particular) you should love this. Two warnings however - firstly it's very long and if you are not a fast reader or don't have much time, it could take you a long time to get through. Secondly, it has an equally long sequel. For those of you that aren't familiar with Peter F. Hamilton, he writes doorstopper size space operas. There is plenty of science and technology, but there's little technical terms and things the layman wouldn't understand. There's lots of characters, lots of ... Read the complete review

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by - written on 08/01/07 (Very useful, 474 readings)
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In the late twenty-first century on an Earth where the western hemisphere (America) has concentrated on space exploration and the eastern hemisphere (Europe) has concentrated on life-enhancing genetics, NASA is just about to land its first manned mission on Mars. Unfortunately for the mission pilot, Wilson Kime, his moment of glory has been usurped by two college students, Nigel Sheldon and Ozzie Fernandez Isaacs, who have invented wormhole technology and are waiting for the NASA craft on the Mars surface. Fast forward a couple of hundred years and the double sciences of the life-enhancing genetics and the wormhole technology mean that the human race has ... Read the complete review