Pandora's Star
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The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars, 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 . . . disappears. Since the location is too distant to reach by wormhole, the Second Chance, a faster-than-light starship commanded by Wilson Kime, a five-times-rejuvenated ex-NASA pilot, is dispatched to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat.
Opposed to the mission are the Guardians of Selfhood, led by Bradley Johansson. Shortly after the journey begins, Kime wonders if the crew of the Second Chance has been infiltrated. But soon enough he will have other worries. Halfway across the galaxy, something truly incredible is waiting: a deadly discovery whose unleashing will threaten to destroy the Commonwealth . . . and humanity itself.
“Should be high on everyone’s reading list . . . You won’t be able to put it down.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR
“Recommended . . . A large cast of characters, each with his own story, brings depth and variety to this far-future saga.”—Library Journal
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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, 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 . . . disappears. Since the location is too distant to reach by wormhole, the Second Chance, a faster-than-light starship commanded by Wilson Kime, a five-times-rejuvenated ex-NASA pilot, is dispatched to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat.
Opposed to the mission are the Guardians of Selfhood, led by Bradley Johansson. Shortly after the journey begins, Kime wonders if the crew of the Second Chance has been infiltrated. But soon enough he will have other worries. Halfway across the galaxy, something truly incredible is waiting: a deadly discovery whose unleashing will threaten to destroy the Commonwealth . . . and humanity itself.
“Should be high on everyone’s reading list . . . You won’t be able to put it down.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR
“Recommended . . . A large cast of characters, each with his own story, brings depth and variety to this far-future saga.”—Library Journal
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.