Peter F Hamilton
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Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
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The Neutronium Alchemist is the second novel in the Night's Dawn Trilogy from Peter F. Hamilton, an extraordinary feat of storytelling on a truly epic scale.
The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world.
On...
The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world.
On...
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Series
Void trilogy ; 1
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
At the center of the galaxy is the Dreaming Void, an artificial black hole that may hold paradise within its walls. When a human named Inigo begins dreaming of what lays within the Void, the word spreads, triggering a religious pilgrimage into the Void and possibly a catastrophic expansion that threatens the peace of the Commonwealth Universe.
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Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2002 [i.e. 2001]
Language
English
Description
In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology. On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he now recognizes to be ruthless and exploitative. His only hope for escape is to earn enough money to buy his place in a better corporation. When his platoon is sent to a distant colony to quell a local...
5) Salvation
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English
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"Humanity's complex relationship with technology spirals out of control in this first book of an all-new trilogy from "the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction" (Ken Follett). In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation--including starships--virtually obsolete. Every place on earth, every distant planet humankind...
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Publisher
Hardigan
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Français
Description
Âgée de seize ans, Hazel vit dans le Daedalus, une arche spatiale qui navigue entre les étoiles à la recherche d'un nouveau monde depuis cinq siècles. Mais les machines à bord ne pourvoient plus à leurs besoins depuis la mutinerie peu après leur départ, matée au terme d'un conflit dévastateur.
À présent, avec des ressources limitées, tout le contenu de l'habitat doit être Cyclé, y compris les êtres humains. En clair
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Hardigan
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Français
Description
Le dernier tome d'un cycle d'envergure par le maître du space opera moderne !
Vivre cachés... ou mourir en liberté.
L'humanité a accueilli les Olyix et leur technologie utopique à bras ouverts. Mais à présent, ces visiteurs extraterrestres exigent un terrible tribut.
Une par une, les villes sur Terre tombent devant leurs armes dévastatrices. Ils sont des millions à fuir vers un refuge dans l'espace, tandis...
Vivre cachés... ou mourir en liberté.
L'humanité a accueilli les Olyix et leur technologie utopique à bras ouverts. Mais à présent, ces visiteurs extraterrestres exigent un terrible tribut.
Une par une, les villes sur Terre tombent devant leurs armes dévastatrices. Ils sont des millions à fuir vers un refuge dans l'espace, tandis...
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English
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"Humanity is struggling to hold out against a hostile takeover by an alien race that claims to be on a religious mission to bring all sentient life to its God at the End of Time. But while things may look grim in the immediate aftermath of the attack, mankind is busy playing an even longer game than the aliens may have expected. Will a strategy millennia in the making finally be enough to defeat this seemingly unstoppable enemy? And what secrets are...
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English
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Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such SF giants as Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert. But Hamilton's bestselling fiction-powered by a fearless imagination and world-class storytelling skills-has also earned him comparison to Tolstoy and Dickens. Hugely ambitious, wildly entertaining, philosophically stimulating: the novels of Peter F. Hamilton will change the way you think about science fiction....
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Series
Void trilogy ; 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Long ago, a human astrophysicist, Inigo, began dreaming scenes from the life of a remarkable human being named Edeard, who lived within the Void, a self-contained microuniverse at the heart of the galaxy. There, under the beneficent gaze of mysterious godlike entities, humans possessed uncanny psychic abilities, and Edeard's were the strongest of all. Equally strong was his determination to bring justice and freedom to a world terrorized by criminal...
11) Judas unchained
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Series
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Peter F. Hamilton's superbly imagined, cunningly plotted interstellar adventures are conceived on a staggeringly epic scale and filled with fully realized human and alien characters as complex as they are engaging. No mere world builder, Hamilton creates entire universes-and he does so with irresistible flair and intelligence. His previous novel, the acclaimed Pandora's Star, introduced the Intersolar Commonwealth, a star-spanning civilization of...
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Series
Void trilogy ; 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Araminta becomes the target of a galaxywide search by a government agent seeking to prevent the pilgrimage of a cult into the heart of the Void, while Edeard, the Waterwalker, finds himself faced with powerful new enemies.
13) The naked god
Author
Series
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Joshua Calvert, master of the starship Lady Macbeth, heads to unexplored space in an attempt to locate the God of the alien Tyrathca who just may be able to save humanity from the rampaging souls of the dead.
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton returns to his acclaimed Commonwealth series in this thrilling follow-up to The Abyss Beyond Dreams. Featuring Hamilton's trademark blend of intricate plotting, riveting suspense, high-concept science, and vivid characters, A Night Without Stars brings the story to a fully satisfying finish. After centuries trapped inside the Void, the planet Bienvenido--along with its inhabitants, both human and Faller--has...
16) Salvation lost
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Series
Publisher
Del Rey, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The comparative utopia of twenty-third century Earth is about to go dreadfully awry when a seemingly benign alien race is abruptly revealed to be one of the worst threats humanity has ever faced. Driven by an intense religious extremism, the Olyix are determined to bring everyone to their version of god as they see it. But they may have met their match in humanity, who are not about to go gently into that good night or spend the rest of their days...
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Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Whip-smart thirteen-year-old Julian Costello Proctor-better known as Jules-has an eidetic memory. For as long as he can remember, he has remembered everything. "My mind is always on," he explains. But when an unexpected death throws his life into turmoil, Jules begins to experience something strange. For the first time, there are holes in his memory. But that's not the strangest part. What's really weird isn't what he's forgotten; it's what he remembers....
18) Mindstar rising
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Publisher
T. Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A soldier of fortune implanted with telepathy glands serves as a bodyguard to the heiress of space factories which someone is trying to sabotage. The setting is a world where people store their personality on a computer for use after death, hoping no one will introduce a virus to kill it.
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Series
Publisher
Subterranean
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A window to the past is opened when a space scavenger discovers data belonging to an alien race. Light years away, the seeds of chaos are sown on a planet in the process of colonization. And as intergalactic governments argue, a subtle change takes place that will affect the future survival of all living things.