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Title: The Naked God Part 1 : Flight (Naked God) by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0-446-60897-1 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (101 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: dissapointed
Comment: i was deeply dissapointed with this final installment. that probably puts me in the minority. i was so anxious to read The Naked God, i couldn't wait until it was released here in the States and ordered it directly from amazon.com.uk.
maybe i'm being naive. after the first two books, how could hamilton top himself? but, i felt hamilton made some peculiar choices that adversely effected the overall series continuity. and these choices prevented me from enjoying this book fully.
for example, why did hamilton dwell on so many minor characters from the first books? what happened to major characters like ione and syrinx? they were relegated to bit parts, as were others. and, what of bitek and affinity and edenism? the first books deeply explored these concepts in ways that brought real wonder to my mind. and hamilton did little to advance our understanding of them in this final installment.
the possessed lost their ability to terrorize, not to mention their ability to withstand whatever the confederation could throw at them. unstoppable earlier, they seemed easily stopped here. and of all the billions of billions of lost souls, didn't anyone else find it a mighty coincidence that recently deceased souls took possession and ran into people they knew? almost like, "oh it's you again." you'd think some of those souls yearning-to-be-free for centuries might cut to the head of the line. finally, the whole capone thing just got tired. introducing capone was a cute gimmick, but centering the better part of the final book around him was a bit much.
like others, the ending was just a little too neat for my taste. more like fantasy than science fiction. and, geez, the thing needed a good proofreading.
still, hamilton is as good a sci fi writer as there is today, and i'm looking forward to whatever he does in the future.
Rating: 5
Summary: The most rollicking, wide-scope space opera ever
Comment: Other writers might have created more detailed science fictional milieus, with more characters and more plots, but they did it over many years and through many more stories and novels. Hamilton, over the course of three novels released in three years, has created a storyline of such audacious scope that it can't be described, only experienced. Lots of SF novels get referred to as epic, but this one is.
You WILL be turning to the character list to keep track of all the character's names (and might have to refer to previous volumes) but if you like long-arc storylines, do not miss this book. After I finished the Naked God, I went back to the start and read all three books (five, if you count U.S. editions) from beginning to end. I was amazed how well Hamilton sustained the storyline, and how well all the pieces came together in the end.
One word to all the people who have a problem with the deus ex machina ending: Did you notice the title of the book? The idea was set up in the first volume that there was an artificial deity somewhere in the galaxy that could offer a solution. The jacket description says that one of the major plotlines is Joshua's search for the Sleeping God. I think it is Hamilton's intent to highlight that the solution offered by the Sleeping God is not the solution most of us would have chosen. Most readers will be unhappy with the fate of at least some of the characters. The point is made that although there are many possible solutions, there is no perfect solution. And a story with such an audacious plot deserves an audacious ending. I felt everything resolved pretty much as Hamilton set it up to resolve. Bravo.
Rating: 5
Summary: fun, fun, fun
Comment: Loads of fun and a good ending for a great trilogy. can't put it down
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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: A 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: The Confederation Handbook by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0446610275 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mindstar Rising (Greg Mandel) by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0812590562 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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