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Hell's Gate (Multiverse) (Hardcover)

by David Weber (Author), Linda Evans (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 816 pages
  • Publisher: Baen Books,U.S. (2 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416509399
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416509394
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.4 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 421,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Union of Arcana has expanded through the portals linking parallel universes for over a century and a half. In that time, its soldiers and sorcerers have laid claim to one uninhabited planet after another - all of them Earth - and in the process, the Union has become the most powerful, most wealthy civilization in all of human history. But all of that is about to come to a screeching halt, for the Union's scouts have just discovered a new portal, and on its far side lies a shattering revelation. Arcana is not alone, after all. There is another human society, Sharona, which has also been exploring the Multiverse. And the first contact between them did not go well. Arcana is horrified by the alien weapons of its sudden opponents, weapons its sorcerers cannot explain or duplicate. Weapons based upon something called...science. But Sharona is equally horrified by Arcana's "magical" weapons. Neither side expected the confrontation. Both sides think the other fired first, and no one on either side understands the "technology" of the other. But as the initial disastrous contact snowballs into all-out warfare, both sides can agree on one thing. The portal which brought them together is Hell's Gate itself!

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Hugely Disappointing, 30 Dec 2006

I don't know if I'm really entitled to review this book as I've read just over 100 pages and I don't intend to read any more.

The book is so turgid it feels like a work of non-fiction by a particularly dull academic. Every page seems to contain a long explanation of the circumstances which brought the multitudes of indistinguishable characters to wherever they are.

I know it's by David Weber and I really ought to persevere, I think he's one of the most compelling SF authors I've ever read but this is just too much for me. I can't recommend this to anyone who expects it to be even remotely like David Weber's other work.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, bland work, 2 Jan 2007
By Luca Accomazzi (Milan, Italy) - See all my reviews
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Just like a Hollywood blockbuster, this latest novel from an author I deeply like starts with a tremendous idea but does not live up to its premises. In a nutshell, here we have two universes: in the first one, magic works, the second is technology-based. They meet and they clash. It sounds interesting, and it is, but... See, all of Weber's characters in all of Weber's works are proud, noble, intelligent and selfless if commissioned officers; selfless,a bit dumb and great workers if NCOs. I normally like it (almost as much as I loved Heinlein's militaristic fiction before). You see, Asimov taught me that it's better if the enemy is not plain evil, but he's just a smart guy with a different viewpoint. This time around it all sounds a bit fishy, though. Why should two stable words with a vivid culture and strong economy start warring if the people in charge are such paragons of perfection? In this one case, one is left thinking that the reason is "we plan to write at least five books about this, so we can't have peace, that's why"...
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Not good, 21 Jan 2007
I came to this via the Honor Harrington novels, as well as the Weber/White collaborations (In Death Ground, et seq.). I regard the Honorverse as one of the most interesting and coherent science fiction constructs I have encountered (well, until the last few). So, I bought this without any hesitation. And I have been regretting it ever since. I'm trying to finish it, honest. But it is so DULL!! A sweep across multiple universes, yes- but it spends all the time looking at people's tangled emotions in tiny, tiny segments of them. Dull, very dull. Think Thomas Covenant without the leprosy. And avoid.
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4.0 out of 5 stars slow starter
I put this book down after a very slow start and planned to never bother finishing it...
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Published 17 days ago by N. Cutting

1.0 out of 5 stars They don't want you to know how bad it is???
Very , very interesting. I wrote the first ever review of this book (the first time I have ever reviewed on Amazon) and hated it so much that I have even come back to check that... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Me and only me maybe

2.0 out of 5 stars Robbed of a month of reading
I never thought I would say this of any David Weber book but, whatever you do, don't buy this.

1208 pages can be read in a week or two by someone who reads as I do,... Read more
Published 9 months ago by D. O'Connor

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected
As an avid fan of David Weber I have yet to read a really bad book associated with him. For some time I had ignored this book after reading the reviews here. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ken Fowler

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for everyone but don't be too quick to write this off ...,

This is the first in the "Multiverse" series by Dave Weber and Linda Evans and is followed by "Hell's Gate. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Marshall Lord

2.0 out of 5 stars Weber at his worst.
1200 pages of tedium. Interesting idea, which is why I give it 2 stars, ruined by Weber's tendancy to explain every tiny aspect of his societies - particularly the politics - in... Read more
Published 15 months ago by G. C. White

1.0 out of 5 stars Lousy
Weber's work started so well with well thought out action and a real plot. Then it deteriorated. Ending with this. Read more
Published 15 months ago by P. Callaghan

3.0 out of 5 stars Long to get going, but then turns out fine
All right, this is not Honor Harrington and remember that the book is co-written by Linda Evans and she does bring in her writing style as well. Read more
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