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Summary: not up to the standards i had come to expect
Review: after reading the first 2 sections of hamilton's night's dawn trilogy (and while waiting for the conclusion), i decided to read other books by the author. i realize that this was his first book, but the rest of his work seems to be at the next level. although the characters in this book are interesting, and their "quasi-psy" powers fun, the overall level of depth is simply not there. it is possible, i assume, that the next 2 books in the series would prove to be better, but the adventures of greg mandel just didn't prove to be interesting enough to read them.
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Summary: A perfect SciFi.. Space earth and future science..
Review: As I took this book from the shelf, I dident know Peter F. Hamilton.. This has changed alot! I now has All his books (and are looking forward to the next ones). I started reading SciFi with the famous William Gibson's "Neuromancer" .. I thourght nothing could match that guy.. But there is! .. Peter F Hamilton is as good as William Gibson.. the way they describes their charecters and the universe is to me quite alike.. Do yourself a favour.. READ THIS!
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Summary: Good SciFi Risen
Review: Creating an almost foreign world, populating it with interesting characters, plotting a tight thriller AND setting it in the near future is no mean feat but Hamilton does it brilliantly with "Mindstar Rising". The world-weary ex soldier Greg Mandel is an excellent blend of self composed "done it all" attitude and state of the art technologist. Splash in some very human traits (like a need for revenge, neglect of friends and using your rare talent to advantage in the sack) and you have a book that sucks you in from the first. To my mind the best of the three Mandel stories (compare to "A Quantum Murder" which was good and "The Nano Flower" which is insanely far fetched when you actually stop to think about things and definately tighter than the last Hamilton I read, "Fallen Dragon" (which I think shows signs of writers fatigue...God knows where the drive comes from to deliver another 600 pages after The Night's Dawn Trilogy but there you are)).
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Summary: Good SciFi Risen
Review: Creating an almost foreign world, populating it with interesting characters, plotting a tight thriller AND setting it in the near future is no mean feat but Hamilton does it brilliantly with "Mindstar Rising". The world-weary ex soldier Greg Mandel is an excellent blend of self composed "done it all" attitude and state of the art technologist. Splash in some very human traits (like a need for revenge, neglect of friends and using your rare talent to advantage in the sack) and you have a book that sucks you in from the first. To my mind the best of the three Mandel stories (compare to "A Quantum Murder" which was good and "The Nano Flower" which is insanely far fetched when you actually stop to think about things and definately tighter than the last Hamilton I read, "Fallen Dragon" (which I think shows signs of writers fatigue...God knows where the drive comes from to deliver another 600 pages after The Night's Dawn Trilogy but there you are)).
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Summary: Good ideas and a good read: Rising Author
Review: Despite disliking the title of this book - as it is way to close to Brin's "Startide Rising" - and thinking that the opening was weak (especially the "sharp scintillations slashing" triple enumerated alliteration in the first line), I found that I enjoyed it. After a shaky start, Hamilton manages to spin an interesting story. Set in the near future, the world his protagonist, Greg Mandel, lives in is one afflicted by climate change and political warfare. Hamliton manages to pump out numerous dry and wet tech ideas as well as including some sociological ones. Some of the characterization is a little weak and, in my opinion, the balance between filling in too little detail on the "universe" the story is set in and too much is off a few times. (I found myself skipping parts of paragraphs here and there which, to be fair, was probably as much to get back to the gripping action as to skip tedious excessive descriptions of the countryside.) That said, this action-detective story is worth reading as it still manages to entertain and stimulate the imagination. This was Hamilton's debut novel. In his later works, especially in "The Reality Dysfunction" Hamilton improves on his characterization without loosing the ability keep the action and ideas flowing...starting with his first book will only whet your appetite for Hamilton's writing.
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Summary: Good ideas and a good read: Rising Author
Review: Despite disliking the title of this book - as it is way to close to Brin's "Startide Rising" - and thinking that the opening was weak (especially the "sharp scintillations slashing" triple enumerated alliteration in the first line), I found that I enjoyed it. After a shaky start, Hamilton manages to spin an interesting story. Set in the near future, the world his protagonist, Greg Mandel, lives in is one afflicted by climate change and political warfare. Hamliton manages to pump out numerous dry and wet tech ideas as well as including some sociological ones. Some of the characterization is a little weak and, in my opinion, the balance between filling in too little detail on the "universe" the story is set in and too much is off a few times. (I found myself skipping parts of paragraphs here and there which, to be fair, was probably as much to get back to the gripping action as to skip tedious excessive descriptions of the countryside.) That said, this action-detective story is worth reading as it still manages to entertain and stimulate the imagination. This was Hamilton's debut novel. In his later works, especially in "The Reality Dysfunction" Hamilton improves on his characterization without loosing the ability keep the action and ideas flowing...starting with his first book will only whet your appetite for Hamilton's writing.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Excellent , flawless science fiction . Get the whole trilogy !!
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I had high hopes when I set out to read Peter F. Hamilton's MINDSTAR RISING, and I was not dissapointed in the least. The book is set in a "cyber-punk" world, which is described quite well by Hamilton, but does not linger, leaving the reader informed, but not bored. The plot does not immediatley pick up, but if you stick with it for a little bit you won't be sorry! The story is interesting and engrossing, and follows a logical (but not boring) course throughout the first half of the book. In the second half though, the book starts to broaden out, leaving readers guessing as to what will happen, as a sort of quasi-mystery. Absolutley engrossing, you won't want to put this book down!
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I had high hopes when I set out to read Peter F. Hamilton's MINDSTAR RISING, and I was not dissapointed in the least. The book is set in a "cyber-punk" world, which is described quite well by Hamilton, but does not linger, leaving the reader informed, but not bored. The plot does not immediatley pick up, but if you stick with it for a little bit you won't be sorry! The story is interesting and engrossing, and follows a logical (but not boring) course throughout the first half of the book. In the second half though, the book starts to broaden out, leaving readers guessing as to what will happen, as a sort of quasi-mystery. Absolutley engrossing, you won't want to put this book down!
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Summary: Clearly a 'first' book - not as good as his later works.
Review: I picked up this trilogy after reading, and loving, The Reality Dysfunction and The Neutronium Alchemist. Mindstar Rising is entertaining and moves along well, but comes nowhere near the scope, grandeur, and excellence of his later works. It is clearly a 'first' novel - it became rather tedious to receive a description of hair and clothing every time a character appeared in a scene. Hamilton does demonstrate, however, his knack for creating a rich and detailed world - one of the elements that makes The Neutronium Alchemist such an astounding work. The book is easy reading, and has plenty to keep the reader's interest, but I'd steer towards the latter series if you haven't already read them.
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