Peter F. Hamilton (born 2 March 1960) is a British science fiction author. He is best known for writing space opera.
Easton Press Peter Hamilton books
Fallen Dragon - Signed First Edition of Science Fiction - 2002
Pandora's Star - Signed First Editions of Science Fiction - 2004
Judas Unchained - Signed First Editions of Science Fiction - 2006
The Dreaming Void - Signed First Editions of Science Fiction - 2008
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Writer Peter F. Hamilton
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland, England on March 2, 1960. After he started writing in 1987 he sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. His first novel, Mindstar Rising, was published in 1993, followed by A Quantum Murder and The Nano Flower. After this he wrote a massive space opera, called the The Night's Dawn Trilogy. His latest work is the Commonwealth Saga, a space opera in two parts. His next books are announced to be the Void Trilogy.
Writing style
Peter F. Hamilton generally uses a clean, prosaic style. His space opera is characterised by the way it switches between several characters - often there are three or more main characters, whose paths begin separated but eventually cross. Common themes in his books are politics, religion, and armed conflict.
Fallen Dragon
Fallen Dragon, is in many ways a condensation of the ideas and styles (and even characters) of the Night's Dawn trilogy, if rather darker in tone. The stand-alone book describes a bleak ultra-capitalist society dominated by five mega-corporations which wield almost unlimited power. It describes the troubled military campaign by one of these companies to pacify a rival minor colony, through the eyes of a veteran mercenary. One of the more interesting aspects of the book was its unconventional description of a spacefaring society which had not been able to develop an affordable method of interstellar travel, and where mankind does not easily adjust to zero gravity/free-fall conditions.
"One of Hamilton's best...undeniably a page-turner." - Publishers Weekly
Pandora's Star - Commonwealth Saga book 1
Pandora's
Star is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga
duology a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space
opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.
The year
is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some four
hundred light-years in diameter, contains more than six hundred worlds,
interconnected by a web of transport "tunnels" known as wormholes. At
the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes
the impossible: Over one thousand light-years away, a star... vanishes.
It does not go supernova. It does not collapse into a black hole. It
simply disappears. Since the location is too distant to reach by
wormhole, a faster-than-light starship, the Second Chance, is dispatched
to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat. In
command is Wilson Kime, a five-time rejuvenated ex-NASA pilot whose
glory days are centuries behind him.
Opposed to the mission are
the Guardians of Selfhood, a cult that believes the human race is being
manipulated by an alien entity they call the Starflyer. Bradley
Johansson, leader of the Guardians, warns of sabotage, fearing the
Starflyer means to use the starship's mission for its own ends.
Pursued
by a Commonwealth special agent convinced the Guardians are crazy but
dangerous, Johansson flees. But the danger is not averted. Aboard the
Second Chance, Kime wonders if his crew has been infiltrated. Soon
enough, he will have other worries. A thousand light-years away,
something truly incredible is waiting: a deadly discovery whose
unleashing will threaten to destroy the Commonwealth... and humanity
itself. Could it be that Johansson was right?
At the edge of the galaxy something awakens and it's coming for us . . .
Judas Unchained - Commonwealth Saga book 2
In
this incredible sequel to Pandora's Star , the Commonwealth Saga goes
out with a bang. Judas Unchained is a stunning, expansive space opera
from one of the world's bestselling science fiction writers, Peter F.
Hamilton.
In the star-spanning civilization known as the
Intersolar Commonwealth, twenty-three planets have fallen victim to the
Prime, a technologically advanced alien species genetically hardwired to
exterminate all other forms of life. But the Prime is not the only
threat. The Starflyer, an alien with mind-control abilities impossible
to detect or resist, has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth and is
sabotaging the war effort. Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has
it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its
own advantage? Caught between two deadly enemies, the fractious
Commonwealth must unite as never before.
Robust, peaceful, and
confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery
of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien
species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly
without mercy.
The Prime are the Commonwealth's worst nightmare.
Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who
are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life.
Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with
casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where
the genocidal Prime will strike next.
Nor are the Prime the only
threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of
Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities
impossible to detect or resist the Starflyer has secretly infiltrated
the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader,
Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula
Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along,
and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the
Commonwealth agents who are now sabotaging the war effort.
Is the
Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the
death between the two species for its own advantage? Caught between two
deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a
remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must
unite as never before...
This will be humanity's finest hour or its last gasp.
“An interstellar suspense thriller . . . sweeping in scope and emotional range.” - San Antonio Express-News
The Dreaming Void - Void Trilogy series book 1
The
year is 3589, fifteen hundred years after Commonwealth forces barely
staved off human extinction in a war against the alien Prime. Now an
even greater danger has surfaced: a threat to the existence of the
universe itself.
At the very heart of the galaxy is the Void, a
self-contained microuniverse that cannot be breached, cannot be
destroyed, and cannot be stopped as it steadily expands in all
directions, consuming everything in its path: planets, stars,
civilizations. The Void has existed for untold millions of years. Even
the oldest and most technologically advanced of the galaxy’s sentient
races, the Raiel, do not know its origin, its makers, or its purpose.
But
then Inigo, an astrophysicist studying the Void, begins dreaming of
human beings who live within it. Inigo’s dreams reveal a world in which
thoughts become actions and dreams become reality. Inside the Void,
Inigo sees paradise. Thanks to the gaiafield, a neural entanglement
wired into most humans, Inigo’s dreams are shared by hundreds of
millions and a religion, the Living Dream, is born, with Inigo as its
prophet. But then he vanishes.
Suddenly there is a new wave of
dreams. Dreams broadcast by an unknown Second Dreamer serve as the
inspiration for a massive Pilgrimage into the Void. But there is a
chance that by attempting to enter the Void, the pilgrims will trigger a
catastrophic expansion, an accelerated devourment phase that will
swallow up thousands of worlds.
And thus begins a desperate race
to find Inigo and the mysterious Second Dreamer. Some seek to prevent
the Pilgrimage; others to speed its progress while within the Void, a
supreme entity has turned its gaze, for the first time, outward...
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