Pandora's Star
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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?
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WOW. Pandora's Star is a EPIC space opera. It has everything you could want from a space opera. Huge elaborate worlds,(strange) Aliens, Robots, Space-Battles, Politics,Intrigues and a lot of characters. You really need to concentrate reading this, because there are a lot of different storylines with many characters on lots of worlds. Nearly each of the 26 chapters starts with big info dump over 5-10 pages, describing for example the world, its history or political system. Even though this puts a hard break on the flow of the story you get a wonderfully rich and thoughout world in return. Peter F. Hamilton tells his story really well and you won't get bored. Interesting characters and the need to know what the fuck is happening got me hooked pretty quickly and I had to read the last 200 pages in one go. Be warned though. It ends with a remarkably similar cliffhanger as The Daylight War. I guess you should look at the Commonwealth Saga as one book with 2k pages.
Description
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?
Book Information
Posts
WOW. Pandora's Star is a EPIC space opera. It has everything you could want from a space opera. Huge elaborate worlds,(strange) Aliens, Robots, Space-Battles, Politics,Intrigues and a lot of characters. You really need to concentrate reading this, because there are a lot of different storylines with many characters on lots of worlds. Nearly each of the 26 chapters starts with big info dump over 5-10 pages, describing for example the world, its history or political system. Even though this puts a hard break on the flow of the story you get a wonderfully rich and thoughout world in return. Peter F. Hamilton tells his story really well and you won't get bored. Interesting characters and the need to know what the fuck is happening got me hooked pretty quickly and I had to read the last 200 pages in one go. Be warned though. It ends with a remarkably similar cliffhanger as The Daylight War. I guess you should look at the Commonwealth Saga as one book with 2k pages.