I’m a huge fan of Peter F. Hamilton myself (original username NorthernLightMountain after all) and figured there ought to be more of us around here!
My absolute favorite world of his is the commonwealth universe and really want him to get back to something on that scale again.
I’ve read both the Salvation and Arkship trilogies after that and even though they’re both good I want brick sized epic space opera again!
Might just have to go back an revisit his books again.
I did see that he co-authored a book semi recently that managed to fly under my radar; Light Chaser (written with Gareth L. Powell).
Has anyone read it? No spoilers please :)
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Slowly working my way through the Commonwealth universe novels at the moment - about done with Judas Unchained, have a used copy of Abyss Beyond Dreams on the way. Hadn’t seen **Light Chaser **but adding it to my overly-wrong TBR list.
Yeah I think I’ll have to give it a go after I finish Fugitive Telemetry that I’m listening to atm.
The deus ex machina conclusions to his stories are getting a bit worn, but he’s still superb at producing lots of seemingly unconnected threads that come together to form a wonderful picture at the end.
The first thing I read of his had a very unsatisfying deus ex ending that seemed to come out of the blue, but perhaps a re-read would show me there were clues I missed. Since then I’ve been fairly happy with how he wraps things up, and I’ve read almost everything he’s published.
I love his books, and I have 110% stolen the name “Bionanonics” for use with a sci-fi character in RP forums, and if I ever write a sci-fi story I am going to probably use it there too. I am currently wrapped up in writing a fantasy serial instead though, so no idea if that will ever happen.
I have not read Light Chaser though. I should look that up.
It’s just a novella so I guess it’s far from his older tomes but still.
Yes very much although I need to catch up with his last few novels. I have been too busy and distracted for the past few years to keep up with my sci-fi reading so I am way behind on the latest releases from my favourite authors.
Yeah I’m definitely a fan. MorningLightMountain absolutely blew my mind when I got to that part.
The awkward sex scenes not so much…. But putting that aside they great reads.
I’ve heard many say that but I can’t really remember them so I guess I wasn’t bothered by them? Though I’ve heard he’s gotten better in that area as well so maybe the ones I read ages ago was worse?
His Night’s Dawn Trilogy got me into reading science fiction, so his books will always feel nostalgic to me. However I haven’t read him in years. It was just more of the same and my taste grew elsewhere. Especially towards shorter works and his books are doorstoppers.
I miss those doorstoppers though… :)
