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Title: Mindstar Rising (Greg Mandel) by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0-8125-9056-2 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.24 (17 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good ideas and a good read: Rising Author
Comment: Despite disliking the title of this book - as it is way to close to Brin's "Startide Rising" - and thinking that the opening was weak (especially the "sharp scintillations slashing" triple enumerated alliteration in the first line), I found that I enjoyed it. After a shaky start, Hamilton manages to spin an interesting story. Set in the near future, the world his protagonist, Greg Mandel, lives in is one afflicted by climate change and political warfare. Hamliton manages to pump out numerous dry and wet tech ideas as well as including some sociological ones.
Some of the characterization is a little weak and, in my opinion, the balance between filling in too little detail on the "universe" the story is set in and too much is off a few times. (I found myself skipping parts of paragraphs here and there which, to be fair, was probably as much to get back to the gripping action as to skip tedious excessive descriptions of the countryside.) That said, this action-detective story is worth reading as it still manages to entertain and stimulate the imagination.
This was Hamilton's debut novel. In his later works, especially in "The Reality Dysfunction" Hamilton improves on his characterization without loosing the ability keep the action and ideas flowing...starting with his first book will only whet your appetite for Hamilton's writing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent start to an excellent trilogy!
Comment: Mindstar rising was the first Peter Hamilton book I read - but not for long. As soon as I had got past the first couple of chapters of this book, I went out & bought the rest of the trilogy ('A Quantum Murder' and 'The Nano Flower'). All concern a 21st Century dramatically changed both Politically and Environmentally. The main protagonist is Greg Mandell, a veteran of the second Gulf war, who has some enhanced psychic ability - due to experimental surgery performed on him & others who tested 'positive' for the basic capability. Due to this ability (and the fact that he has become a private detective), he gets pulled into a world of high-powered politics & intrigue, with the action mainly taking place in the Rutland area of England. If you haven't read any of his books, this is good one to start with; but don't forget to buy the rest of the trilogy. The book is handled well, with the characters being believable, & having a depth to them that you will find in all his books.
Any complaints? Ony one - that I hadn't read it sooner. This trilogy is one I keep coming back to (8 times so far), and has become one of my firm favourites. Saying that.....which bookcase did I put them? I think I'll start them again, ta ta.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good SciFi Risen
Comment: Creating an almost foreign world, populating it with interesting characters, plotting a tight thriller AND setting it in the near future is no mean feat but Hamilton does it brilliantly with "Mindstar Rising".
The world-weary ex soldier Greg Mandel is an excellent blend of self composed "done it all" attitude and state of the art technologist. Splash in some very human traits (like a need for revenge, neglect of friends and using your rare talent to advantage in the sack) and you have a book that sucks you in from the first.
To my mind the best of the three Mandel stories (compare to "A Quantum Murder" which was good and "The Nano Flower" which is insanely far fetched when you actually stop to think about things and definately tighter than the last Hamilton I read, "Fallen Dragon" (which I think shows signs of writers fatigue...God knows where the drive comes from to deliver another 600 pages after The Night's Dawn Trilogy but there you are)).
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Title: A Quantum Murder by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0812555244 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Nano Flower (Greg Mandel) by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0812577698 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Naked God, Part 2: Faith by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0446605182 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 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 Naked God Part 1 : Flight (Naked God) by Peter F. Hamilton ISBN: 0446608971 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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