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The Temporal Void (Void Trilogy) | 
| Author: Peter F. Hamilton
Publisher: Macmillan
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 179
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 745
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.5 x 2.7
ISBN: 1405088834
EAN: 9781405088831
ASIN: 1405088834
Publication Date: October 3, 2008
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Excellent, worth reading the first book to get to this one January 6, 2009
Great story, highly engaging. I struggled with The Dreaming Void a little as I was in the wrong mindset - I wanted to see what had become of the Commonwealth characters, not this backward Edeard. It was a slow book until the final chapters...
Not so with this one. Edeard's development and a couple of plot twists in the Commonwealth make for a real page-turner.
I have been reading mostly Banks, Reynolds and Hamilton sci-fi in the last few years and its easy to become spoiled... It's only when you go back to reading the truly derivative space opera like the Saga of Seven Suns or The Dread Empire trilogy that you realise what masters the aforementioned gentlemen are.
Let's just hope that Mr Hamilton can resist his trademark deus ex machina ending for what is becoming a thrilling trilogy. I wait with baited breath for the next chapter!
Very, very powerful story... January 5, 2009
This second part of the Void trilogy glides perfectly on from the first. The skill involved in melding sf with fantasy on this hugely expectant level is very brave, but crikey, it's simply, uniquely, fantastic.
Peter keeps the sex to a young adult level in this series, which should make it universally appealing for those 'shyer types'...
I am busting my chops waiting for the final instalment of this deeply moving tale.
Grant
Absolutely brilliant November 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just finished reading the Temporal Void last night, and I would implore anyone who has a mind for imaginative sprawling space operas to buy this book. It is a wonderful addition to Hamilton's established Commonwealth series, beginning chronologically with Pandoras Star and Judas Unchained (known collectively as the Commonwealth saga), and the Void trilogy, of which the Temporal Void is number 2.
The plot picks up directly after the end of Dreaming Void, with Justine escaping Centurion Station, immediately after the Void encroachment is triggered by the Second Dreamer's rejection of the Void entity known as a Skylord. Aaron, the ANA agent, is on Hanko with Inigo and his estranged wife Corrie Lyn, trying to escape before the world implodes from an m-sink which was driven into the planet. The threat of the Ocisen fleet is a constant danger, with a few nostalgic twists that I couldn't help but smile at, in particular the Ocisens very formidable ally, unknown as yet to the Navy. If you've read the Commonwealth saga, you will know what I mean. The book basically kicks off with most of the characters trying to escape certain death, (or capture, in Araminta's case).
There is also another vital aspect of the book which I find very engaging. The story of Edeard the Waterwalker is one of the best concepts I've seen in large scale sci fi such as is fitting to Hamilton's writing style. If you were to take out all the segments entitled "Inigo's Dream", from the first 2 books so far, you would have a thoroughly engaging stand alone fantasy novel. But the way it ties in with the rest of the storyline is a winner, expertly switching from the events in our Universe, and that of the Void.
The closing chapters supplied me with many memorable (and emotional) moments. Edeard's plight as he consolidates Makkrathan and drives out the gangs, amounts to a series of wonderfully fashioned events which I found immensely gripping, paying homage to Hamiliton's development of his characters within the Void.
All in all, I would thoroughly recommend this book, whether you've read Hamilton's books or not (though is you haven't you're going to be very confused). I will let something slip though, which I cannot contain, but it sets up the final installment nicely. If you don't want to know finish reading here. To be honest it was inevitable, but if you're wondering where the hell Ozzie's been all this time, you're guaranteed to pay him a visit in the 3rd book.
Congratulations Peter Hamilton. I cannot wait until the final book.
Adam
Glorious Convolution November 12, 2008
While I agree with one reviewer about the usefulness of a summary of Part I, I also think that you just have to sink yourself into Hamilton's marvellous universe (or universa?) to fully appreciate the wild and convoluted rollercoaster you're about to undergo.
Plus that I think Hamilton is one of the very few to have created a consistent universe, including delightfully contradictions. I'm wondering why others in this region (Iain Banks, Terry Pratchett, Alastair Reynolds, to mention just a few) are all British writers. Mmm... something to do with Empire-building... ;-)
In the meantime, enjoy Hamilton. And now we have to wait about 1 1/2 year for the conclusion...
Magic Realism November 10, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just superb fiction, up Hamilton's best standard. I just wonder however if some of the other reviewers have got it right describing Edeard's adventures in Makkathran as fantasy. I found that part of the work best savoured rather than rushed as it reminded me of the Magic Realism style (Gabriel Garcia Marquez et al. ) which I think would elevate the work to literary fiction rather than Science Fiction.
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