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This is thrilling stuff; compulsively readable and abundantly full of ideas. The only drawback is that, as it's the first volume of a new trilogy, we'll have to wait to find out whether our galaxy will be destroyed. Cliff-hangers are tense enough, but this is a planet-hanger! --The Times
Peter Hamilton's willingness to shake up an already fascinating creation with this new trilogy is admirable, and the 1500-year gap offers up both new mysteries for him to reveal, and an opportunity for familiar characters to have grown up and changed. --Starburst
This is a book that arguably nobody else in Brit SF could even have attempted. Epic, multi-stranded, full of wonders. --Sfx
Peter Hamilton's willingness to shake up an already fascinating creation with this new trilogy is admirable, and the 1500-year gap offers up both new mysteries for him to reveal, and an opportunity for familiar characters to have grown up and changed. --Starburst
This is a book that arguably nobody else in Brit SF could even have attempted. Epic, multi-stranded, full of wonders. --Sfx
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At the centre of the Intersolar Commonwealth universe is a massive black hole. This Void is not a natural artefact. Inside there is a strange universe where the laws of physics are very different to those we know. It is slowly consuming the other stars of the galactic core - one day it will have devoured the entire galaxy. It's AD 4000, and a human has started to dream of the wonderful existence of the Void. He has a following of millions of believers. They now wish to Pilgrimage to the Void to live the life they have been shown. Other starfaring species fear their migration will cause the Void to expand again. They are prepared to stop the Pilgrimage fleet no matter what the cost. The Pilgrimage begins . . .
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By Tim Wright
Format:Kindle Edition
The book itself is fine - up to his usual standard. Sadly, though, the Kindle edition is marred by multiple layout problems. Paragraphs are merged together or split (sometimes half way through a sentence), punctuation is missing... it basically reads like an early proof copy. Given the ease of fixing this sort of thing in digital editions, the lack of care from the publisher is disappointing, and I wouldn't recommend purchasing until they have been resolved.
111 of 118 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Peter F. Hamilton is one of SF's most reliably entertaining authors, churning out blockbuster epics so huge that the hardcovers can be used as aids to hippopotamus euthanasia, whilst retaining the ability to tell page-turning, gripping stories. His Night's Dawn Trilogy is a classic of the genre, but his more recent duology, The Commonwealth Saga, was a more mixed bag. An excellent and very promising opening installment, Pandora's Star, was followed up by the mildly disappointing Judas Unchained, which ended the story in a rather rushed and somewhat confused manner.
The Dreaming Void, Book 1 of The Void Trilogy, picks up the story in AD 3589, 1,205 years after the conclusion of the Starflyer War. Humanity is now split into three distinct sub-species: normal humans, Highers (who live in roughly equal paradise-like conditions with all their needs provided by their nations) and Advancers (who live essentially inside a vast cyberspace-like reality called ANA and download into biologically-grown bodies when they need to visit the real world). They are spread over a thousand worlds, unified as the Greater Commonwealth, which is now one of the most powerful forces in the Galaxy. Dozens of alien races have been contacted, many mysteries from the first two books have been solved (some of them rather dismissively explained within a few pages of the novel's opening) and mankind is now officially allied to the Raiel, now revealed as the most powerful race in the Galaxy. Life is seemingly good.
However, the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy, dubbed 'The Void' by some, is expanding much quicker than it should, threatening to shorten the lifespan of the Galaxy by possibly several billion years.... Read more ›
The Dreaming Void, Book 1 of The Void Trilogy, picks up the story in AD 3589, 1,205 years after the conclusion of the Starflyer War. Humanity is now split into three distinct sub-species: normal humans, Highers (who live in roughly equal paradise-like conditions with all their needs provided by their nations) and Advancers (who live essentially inside a vast cyberspace-like reality called ANA and download into biologically-grown bodies when they need to visit the real world). They are spread over a thousand worlds, unified as the Greater Commonwealth, which is now one of the most powerful forces in the Galaxy. Dozens of alien races have been contacted, many mysteries from the first two books have been solved (some of them rather dismissively explained within a few pages of the novel's opening) and mankind is now officially allied to the Raiel, now revealed as the most powerful race in the Galaxy. Life is seemingly good.
However, the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy, dubbed 'The Void' by some, is expanding much quicker than it should, threatening to shorten the lifespan of the Galaxy by possibly several billion years.... Read more ›
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Hamilton...but buy it and keep it in storage until the others are published
18 Feb 2008
By Tghu Verd
Format:Hardcover
Having been caught out by 'The Reality Dysfunction', I was expecting a book that left everything hanging. And I was not disappointed. The good news is that there are two more books to come...and the also good news is that I'll read 'The Dreaming Void' again when I buy each of them because otherwise who can remember everything that's going on otherwise.
Now, is it any good? Yes, if you like your SciFi layered with gizmos, gadgets and high-tech humans. Plus you get a large cast, heaps of planets described in gory detail and a plot that looks like its going somewhere.
So, buy it but if you can't cope with a novel that literally just stops and leaves everything hanging until the next installment, then put it away and don't read on until you have collected all three!!
Now, is it any good? Yes, if you like your SciFi layered with gizmos, gadgets and high-tech humans. Plus you get a large cast, heaps of planets described in gory detail and a plot that looks like its going somewhere.
So, buy it but if you can't cope with a novel that literally just stops and leaves everything hanging until the next installment, then put it away and don't read on until you have collected all three!!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Pragmatist
Format:Hardcover
This enourmous tome (hardback 652 pages) weaves a richly complicated story peopled (plus aliens) by believable characters. Those who have read Hamilton's more recent stories will meet old friends and plenty of new too. However, the book can be enjoyed without having read the previous works as Hamilton fills in necessary background; this is helpful to old hands also since memory dims with time; that said, the greatest pleasure is likely to come to those already familiar with Hamilton's universe so do enjoy the previous works first. This first step in the trilogy is obviously not complete in itself: it leaves many tantalizing lines to be followed up. Yet, it breaks off at a natural point where the true identity of a seemingly mythical character mentioned throughout the book is revealed. My comparison with Asimov, based on the inventiveness and quality of the writing, begs a contrast too. In Asimov's far future Foundation stories the technology was advanced but human beings were essentially the same as now (except for those in the Second Foundation). Hamilton has postulated an array of medical advances each of which is at least tenuously credible in terms of modern biological understanding. What neither author has changed is the seemingly invariant characteristics of humans: nobility, duplicity, greed, generosity, love and lust.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read both Night's Dawn Trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga, I think this is the best of Mr Hamiltons's works.
It has familiar content from the previous Commonwealth story with a lot of new elements. The characters feel alive and realistic. The detail in each scene is just about right - not too wordy but with enough explanation. It is fascinating, exciting, funny in places and leaves the reader guessing, but with enough information coming to light to keep up the interest.
Is is a fairly long book (as are most of his novels) but I found myself towards the end before I realised it. I really want more now!
It has familiar content from the previous Commonwealth story with a lot of new elements. The characters feel alive and realistic. The detail in each scene is just about right - not too wordy but with enough explanation. It is fascinating, exciting, funny in places and leaves the reader guessing, but with enough information coming to light to keep up the interest.
Is is a fairly long book (as are most of his novels) but I found myself towards the end before I realised it. I really want more now!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Peter Hamilton has a style of writing that makes it easy to get into his books. If you know his books, then this returns to his best. If you don't, then you will be transported into a universe that ranges from beautiful humanity to inhumane violence, slow country life to breath-taking action and an incredible imagination of one of the best Sci-fi writers going. It may be a large book, but you will breeze through the pages.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
slow start, but can't wait to read the next!
It took some time to get gripped by the story, longer than most books I have read, but when I did I couldn't put it down. Can't wait to read the next!
Published 9 days ago by Mark Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars
An epic start to this giant of a space opera
Book 1 and the ideas just keep coming and the plot is so well developed with greate characters and great plausible science. Space opera just doesn't get any better than this.
Published 14 days ago by Mr. Mark A. Laborda
5.0 out of 5 stars
The dreaming void
awesome read, very gripping, Peter F Hamilton does it again, leading you through a most brilliant sci fi world, Excellent.
Published 5 months ago by Jon Reaper
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good old Hamilton
The book is properly Hamiltonian in its set-up and length. This is part one of a trilogy and the writer takes his time getting to the end. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kaye
4.0 out of 5 stars
A promising start
This book is a bit of a slow burner. As with a lot of sci fi to begin with you just have to read it and absorb it without trying to understand what's going on. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr Gordon Davidson
3.0 out of 5 stars
A weighty cross-genre fusion but mostly worth sticking with.
I'm afraid to admit it, but I've tried to read this book twice before and given up at the same point. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Willy Eckerslike
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great trilogy instalment
This book is the first volume in Peter Hamilton's Void trilogy, continued by The Temporal Void, and The Evolutionary Void. Read more
Published 9 months ago by reader 451
1.0 out of 5 stars
Badly punctuated, badly spelt, sometimes ungrammatical and often badly...
I bought this book because Amazon kept putting it high on their list of "recommendations" for me. I very much regret this, now that I've got to the end of it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by S. J. King
3.0 out of 5 stars
You're going to regret this purchase by book three
Hamilton writes some very big books - often in trilogies. So if you buy this book you will have to wade through another 1600 pages in the rest of the trilogy. Read more
Published 11 months ago by FriendlyFire
4.0 out of 5 stars
Engrossing, but lots of typos
The first Peter F Hamilton books I read were his fantastic 'Night's Dawn' trilogy some years ago. I followed them up with the also excellent Fallen Dragon when that came out, but... Read more
Published 12 months ago by ToastBongo
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