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Title: Neutronium Alchemist: Part I Consolidation by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0-446-60517-4 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (46 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Immensely enjoyable
Comment: Peter F. Hamilton is a first-rate sci-fi author. His bitek and neural nanonic technologies are fresh to me and I am continuously amazed by how deeply these simple-at-first-glance technologies have revised human culture. I am even more amazed that this is a work of fiction, not some history book detailing what life was like in the era. I find myself drawn into the world and forced to feel for the characters. Whether it is irritation/jealousy for Joshua Calvert, sympathy for poor Louise Kavanagh, or eerie worry about Quinn Dexter, Mr. Hamilton has managed to get me involved in his creations. As for the story itself, I was initially unimpressed (the living dead, how original) but soon found myself impressed by how originally the (admittably tired) idea was approached. These are NOT walking corpses (unless they want to be!) but real people, who happen to be dead, have stolen bodies, and be capable of feats of magic. This particular installation, while weaker than the books bordering it, had me enthralled. When I finished it I all but murdered my father, so slow was he in finishing the next installment in the series so that I could read it. In closing, and hoping it doesn't ruin the series for you: Alkad Mzu is one scary woman.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Tour-de-force continues...
Comment: OK, lets get some things straight. If you didn't like the first book then there's no real point in you reading this one. Because it's more of the same. If, like me though, you thought the first book was superb and you're gagging for more then this is an essential purchase.
This second instalement of the NIGHT'S DAWN trillogy is stunning. Hamilton weaves an excellent plot. Strands which were in the background in THE REALITY DYSFUNCTION are brought to the fore in this, and to some extent vice-versa. Consistent though is the same blend of amazing, visonary technology mixed with great, emotive characters breath-taking action and an intriguing plot. It's hard in places to keep track of the wealth of diverse characters in the book, which is why the list of characters and timeline at the back of the book prove paticularly usefull from time to time. That, really, is my only gripe.
Some peole have complained about the 'posession' side to the story. Well if you don't like it then there's no point continuing on to what will no doubt be a climactic final installment. Personally I think Hamillton has a great take on what at first seems to be a cliched idea. Instead of a means-to-an-end, the full extent - ie. social and religious consequences and power of this 'reality dysfunction' are explored in great depth. Individual and brilliantly concieved societies of humanity battle against a different form of darkness.
The scope remains breathtaking. From the personal strife of individuals on the smallest personal level, to the enginnering of entire planetry systems. Sentient organic constructs in space forty miles long are mind-bonded with individual human beings. Edenist ship captains, are literally *one* with thier ships. Planetry destruction plays against smatterings of romance... There is *so* much in the exotic, epic universe that has been created here.
In closing, this is a dangerous book. Dangerous because, well, I don't know how I am going to bridge the gap between finishing this book and October 1999 w! hich aparantly is when NIGHT'S DAWN PART III - 'THE NAKED GOD' will be published. This second part was sheer brilliance, instead of what could have so easily have been a real let-down after 'THE REALITY DYSFUNCTION'.
What can I compare it to? Ah, BABYLON 5 at it's best - epic space battles, multiple plot stands, great three-dimensional characters... Blend in even more exotic technology and you get on a par with this book.
In a word... AWESOME.
Rating: 4
Summary: Keeping up the quality.
Comment: The complexity of this series is staggering. If you have read the reality dysfunction and enjoyed it, I would recommend you move straight into reading this sequel. If you leave a large gap you may forget a raft of plot lines and characters.
There is little point in trying to summarise what happens in this book. That would defeat the point in reading the book! What I can say, is that the pace is just as frenetic, and the detail continues to build in this episode of the story. Excellent stuff, and well worth keeping up with the series.
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Title: The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0446605166 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Reality Dysfunction Part I: Emergence by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0446605158 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Second Chance At Eden by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0446606715 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mindstar Rising by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0812590562 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Confederation Handbook, The by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0446610275 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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