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| Original Title: | The Reality Dysfunction, part 2: expansion |
| ISBN: | 0446605166 (ISBN13: 9780446605168) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Night's Dawn #1, Part 2 of 2 |
Peter F. Hamilton
Paperback | Pages: 572 pages Rating: 4.3 | 4254 Users | 46 Reviews
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This review is for The Reality Dysfunction part 1 and 2 (The American edition I read divides this monster of a book into two books, which equal book 1 of The Night's Dawn trilogy)So after reading the two books that comprise the Commonwealth Sagan and the Void trilogy, I can safetly say that The Reality Dysfunction (book 1) is my favorite Peter F Hamilton book to date. Now I've always had a problem with the way this guy writes, with his landscape porn, gratuitious sex, long descriptions of everything, and his strange ability to make what should be exciting action sequences overly long and somewhat boring. So here I decide to go back to some of his earlier works where his craft should logically be much less refined and developed, and his faults magnified by virtue of being a younger, less experienced writer. For sure I had a date with dissappointment... or so I thought.
What I got instead was a compelling introduction into a good ole sprawling space opera. How I have missed ye. Hamlton's familiar style of bouncing around the narrative through the eyes of an enormous amount of characters are here, but this time around, I didn't have a problem keeping track of who is who and doing what.. or doing who. Man this guy loves his sex scenes. It was a bit of a distraction I have to admit, and not really necessary to the story. In his defense, you could say that well, the way sex is becoming less and less tabboo and in a couple hundred years, it probabably will be the modern equivalent of asking a coworker out for coffee. That's good and all, but sex isn't really an important theme in this book, so why the hell is so much of it in here? And not just sex, mind you, but rape.
Which brings me to an important point. This book is not for everyone. There is some seriously disturbing, twisted, graphic shit in this book. There is a mixture of horror and sci fi similar to what Dan Simmons did with Hyperion, with a comperable and palpable texture of dread that just drips off the pages and into your mouth. Hamilton takes his time to create a meticulously detailed galaxy containing hundreds of inhabited planets and living habitats (yes I mean they are actually alive), only to watch him destroy it. It's the destruction porn of creating a giant lego city only to turn around and level it with golfballs, but on a galactic scale... and it's only just starting. I am reminded of that awesome chapter title in Stephen King's Under the Dome called: "This is NOT as Bad as it Gets".
There are also some supernatural elements found here which might be a turnoff to some that are looking for hard science, but there is an explanation for it that I hope will be elaborated on in the sequels. Overall, I was very pleasantly surprised with the first entry of The Night's Dawn trilogy.
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| Title | : | The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion (Night's Dawn #1, Part 2 of 2) |
| Author | : | Peter F. Hamilton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 572 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1997 by Aspect (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fantasy. Hard Science Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.3 From 4254 Users | 46 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion (Night's Dawn #1, Part 2 of 2)
I LOVE sci fi. In fact, I love almost every kind of writing there is - except horror. That and gory crime novels are the two genres I basically won't read. Imagine my horror when this exceptional sci fi turned out to be bone rattling horror at the same time. And now I'm hooked. I have to stay with it. Damn!It's getting better. We're learning more about the nature of the threat to the universe in this massive story (six fairly large books). We're still not sure where a couple of side stories are going, but that's okay.The central government has been alerted to the threat and have sent a fleet to investigate the colony planet where it all started. I don't think it's a spoiler to reveal that it doesn't go well. I mean, there are four more books left. If they nip the threat in the bud, who needs all
This volume is stronger than the first part, but still sadly enough contains the undead.
Warning: Do not read this several months after part 1. Read it directly after finishing part 1. It's difficult to remember the characters, since there's a huge cast. Despite that, this was an excellent book to read. I highly recommend it. Check out my full review:http://ireadencyclopedias.wordpress.c...
Great climax for this second of the first two books in the series! Still four more to go?
I started off annoyed at the author for two reasons. 1) He seems to go out of his way to add more characters, more details, and more... everything, just to frustrate me. 2) His target audience is apparently the 15-year-old male who thinks that yes, of course the future consists of nothing but nubile young women who can't WAIT to have no-strings relations with everyone they meet.So yes, I was annoyed... but once I got over that, I started to notice that this book actually introduces several cool
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