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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 Regarding Books The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion (Night's Dawn #1, Part 2 of 2)
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 ofI hated the first book in this series so much, I just read the first three chapters before throwing it aside, laughing my ass off at such rubbish. I thought it was a piece of shit and I still do. However, I had bought both books at the same time, because both had awesome reviews, so I decided to give this one a try. And this one is better. But not good enough to save it from the trash heap.In this book, you have a planet where there seems to be a revolution. Whos behind it? No one knows, but the
Not as strong as the first, but still epic sci-fi w/enough great ideas and wonderful characters to keep the franchise going.
lame, and lazy too. also he still can't write. well, it is pulp, garish and empty. and i admit, i've been reading a lot of the new hard-science space opera stuff, Asher and Reynolds and MacLeod, which really puts this kind of throwback potboiler to shame. two more to hand, so i'll read them, but i probably won't bother to pick up the two last entries in this series.
The story picks up pretty nicely, though the pacing remains uneven and the multiplicity of characters meant that the 500+ pages included only one brief check-in with one of the main protagonists from the first part.
This volume is stronger than the first part, but still sadly enough contains the undead.
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