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| Title | : | Fallen Dragon |
| Author | : | Peter F. Hamilton |
| Book Format | : | mass_market |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 808 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2002 by Pan MacMillan (first published 2001) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera |
Peter F. Hamilton
mass_market | Pages: 808 pages Rating: 4.07 | 12331 Users | 350 Reviews
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Deploying invulnerable twenty-fifth-century soldiers called Skins, Zantiu-Braun's corporate starships loot entire planets. But as the Skins invade bucolic Thallspring, Z-B's strategy is about to go awry, all because of: Sgt. Lawrence Newton, a dreamer whose twenty years as a Skin have destroyed his hopes and desires; Denise Ebourn, a school teacher and resistance leader whose guerrilla tactics rival those of Che Guevara and George Washington and Simon Roderick, the director who serves Z-B with a dedication that not even he himself can understand. Grimly determined to steal, or protect, a mysterious treasure, the three players engage in a private war that will explode into unimaginable quests for personal grace...or galactic dominationBe Specific About Books To Fallen Dragon
| Original Title: | Fallen Dragon |
| ISBN: | 0330480065 (ISBN13: 9780330480062) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2002) |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 12331 Users | 350 ReviewsNotice Of Books Fallen Dragon
Fallen Dragon is the only real stand alone space opera that Peter F Hamilton has written. His series' to date are huge multi-volume affairs that are as impressive as they are ambitious. Therefore, taking his skill and applying it to a stand alone book was always going to have an interesting result. Not only does he manage to keep the sense of wonder that he has in his trilogies and series, but he does so with flair and style, bringing the military SF of old up to speed in only the way he can.TheIt's long. The character built is at best poor. You get lost in the convoluted and contorted stories that don't seem to have anything to do with one another. The only reason I gave this book even 3 starts (I'd have given it 1.5) is because in the last 20% of the book, the whole idea comes to life finally and this boring most drawn out book finally gets some action going and finally starts making sense. The universe he's trying to build has indeed potential, but not in his hands. You need a bit
Not quite up to snuff compared to his earlier masterpiece (I had high expectations!). It was a little harder to follow, a little more convoluted, and a little less satisfying, although I can't put my finger on why. The parallel plots with simultaneous flashbacks made it hard to read is short increments AND keep track of all the threads and characters at once. In the end I had to go back and spend an hour once I'd finished the book reviewing some key facts I'd forgotten to make all the ends tie
Like Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy, I felt the book had too much filler and no likable characters. On the upside, he does a good job telling about new technologies and how they help society. Probably why I much more enjoyed his collection of short stories, A Second Chance at Eden.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd say Fallen Dragon is the best scifi book ever written. It is truly a master piece.
So I bought this book because I was interested in Peter Hamilton's writing (primarily The Reality Dysfunction) and this book was available on the Bargain Bin for $6.Having read it, I would say it was easily worth the full price. Fallen Dragon is a great mix of military sci fi, politics, moral ambiguity, and a little bit of human drama to bind the whole thing together.The book follows Lawrence Newton in the past and the present as he grows up, falls in love, has his heart broken, joins a
By the time I finished it, I hated this book and it's put me off reading anything else by Hamilton.The low points as I recall them with regret:* The conflict filling up the first 80% of the book isn't what it's actually about. The story transitions (rather sloppily) to another plot entirely in that last remnant with only vague foreshadowing, leaving the first unresolved. The author probably thought this was clever, but it's actually frustrating. * The protagonist is a petulant privileged
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