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Summary: Excellent finale to a wonderful epic!
Review: Alot about this book has been said in other reviews, but I have to say I agree with anyone who seemed to enjoy this last volume of The Night's Dawn Trilogy as much as I did. Hamilton does indeed keep his constantly frenetic pace going through to the very end, and the solution Joshua Calvert led the human race to was as thought-provoking and enriched as any conclusion I've ever read or seen. I picked up this volume as soon as it came out, and I was definitely not disappointed with the outcome in the least.Hamilton's vision and storytelling was more than enough to make me feel extremely glad I stuck with this epic tale after being somewhat disappointed at the very first volume, The Reality Dysfunction: Emergence. After nearly 7 months since I finished this series, I still find myself reminiscing about the countless detailed characters, the numerous involved storylines, and the awesome conlusion that I really can only describe as "Wow".
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Summary: THE MOST AWE INSPIRING SERIES EVER
Review: I DON'T USUALLY WRITE REVIEWS ON AMAZON, BUT THIS BOOK DESERVES ALL THE PRAISE THAT IT CAN POSSIBLY BE GIVEN. IT IS A BRILLIANT, THOUGHT PROVOKING, GROUNDBREAKING PIECE OF WORK, THAT HAS MULTIPLE IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY AT LARGE. I KNOW THAT MIGHT SOUND HIGH-HANDED, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE READ THIS STORY (AND THE TWO PRIOR WORKS, OF COURSE) YOU MIGHT FIND IT WELL NIGH IMPOSSIBLE TO DISAGREE WITH MY CONCLUSIONS. THIS BOOK, AND THE WORLD BUILT WITHIN IT, IS SO VAST IN SCOPE, SO AMAZINGLY SUBTLE, THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP READING ONCE BEGUN. YOU BECOME SO IMMERSED IN A WORLD OF GENETIC ENGINEERING, NEURAL NANONICS, ADAMISTS, EDENISTS, AND ALL THE OTHER INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, GROUPS, AND IDEAS THAT HAMILTON WEAVES INTO THIS GRAND EPIC OF HUMANITY. BUY THIS BOOK AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE REASON TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
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Summary: Overall, a good story
Review: For the most part this book is just as good as the others. The main flaw is the rather unsatisfying end, but untill it comes this is a good and nicely floving read.
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Summary: Disapointed with the end
Review: I read all of this series and enjoyed them greatly. Five stars to all and worth the price - until this latest. After a wonderful world building and setting up the fearsome returned dead, the author solves all with a classic Deus Ex Machina. I was terribly disappointed but will probably continue to buy his works.
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: After being floored by Reality Dysfunction, and entertained by Neutronium Alchemist, I eagerly anticipated the arrival of this final book (through the delay). How disappointing it is, as the story seems to fall apart. Perhaps it's the slash-and-burn style, and some difficulty in maintaining interesting characters throughout. I don't know. All I do know is that I had to nearly force myself to pick it up and finish it.
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Summary: great read; some quibbles
Review: There's no denying it: the entire series is a page-turner, and you will stay up late to finish it. Peter Hamilton is a world-builder on the level of Julian May (Pliocene Exile) and Dan Simmons (Hyperion). Great plotting, a fully realized universe and compelling characters. Some quibbles though. First, this book could have used some more serious editing. Too many typos, lots and lots of run-on sentences, and occasional rambling descriptions that needed tightening up. Second, is it just me or was every reference to homosexuality in the series somehow wrapped up in rape and/or satanism? Are there no normal gay characters in Hamilton's universe? Those complaints aside, I highly recommend the series and TNG. I wasn't so bugged by the rushed ending--maybe because I had read the reviews here and was forewarned!
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Summary: A briliant grand scope veiw of the far future.
Review: This grande finale to Hamilton's immense epic of the twenty seventh century is absalutely mezmerizing through nearly all of the one thousand pages. This is definitely one of the best sf series this decade. However... I was just a little dissapointed by the ending. It was a good finish and I liked the way the whole omega problem was solved, but it seemed just a little too easy for the main characters. Still, if Hamilton wants to do it that way it's his epic. The only real problem I had with the book was that somebody neglected to edit it when it was finished. The first two books in the trilogy were fine, but The Naked God had at least one glaring misprint on every page. If someone gets around to editing the semantic errors I'll hapillty give it all five stars!
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Summary: sleeping genie
Review: I can't escape the feeling that Hamilton got saturated with the plot and wrote quick-fix finale. It turns out sleeping god is in fact sleeping genie. Therefore 4 stars.
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Summary: Simply Excellent
Review: The last book in an excellent series that showed an interesting view of both science and metaphysics, and proposed a hypothetical world in which the two were finally united. The scope of this book and its sheer number of believable characters make it a must read. The plot twists and turns, each step grander and more surprising than the last, and all the while outlined by the amazing technology and ideas that are characteristic of Hamilton's work. Follow the final stages of Joshua Calvert's adventure to stem the tides of the returning dead, where he must risk his life in a mission beyond known space in a search for a solution, the fabled and mythical 'Naked God' of Tyrathca lore. Meanwhile back in the settled galaxy the war between the living and the dead continues, and the self-proclaimed high priest of a twisted religion moves to plunge the Earth, and the whole universe, into eternal darkness. An amazing and breathtaking book, the ultimate ending to an amazing series. If you are in any way interested in science fiction, pick this book up and give it a try. It is one of the few that is able to do both science and action, and make them both interesting.
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Summary: Inspiring!
Review: After being sorely disappointed by the middle two books (other reviewers have hinted at a "middle-book syndrome", which _The Neutronium Alchemist_ suffered from), I wasn't quite sure what to expect from _The Naked God_. And... paying for a hardcover was something I hadn't expected to have to do. As I started to read _The Naked God_, Hamilton seemed to have grabbed hold of what made _The Reality Disfunction_ such a good book (or rather pair of books). He created gripping suspense on several plotlines. Then, with what wasn't quite literary grace, he began to weave them all together into a comprehensive climax that began to clarify just *what* was going on. New characters emerged. Incredible new scenery was described. New races were defined. New technology was imagined. I won't hint at the ending. Other reviewers found it a cop-out; I enjoyed it. Science Fiction simply can't cope anymore with the realm of Science Fact that we now know. Sure, it might have been a cop-out, but this is fiction. Temporary Suspension of Disbelief and all. What I will do, though, is give you an idea of how satisified I was with the resolution of the series. As I read through the book, I began to pick up hints of the same inspiration I felt after reading Carl Sagan's _Contact_. I suppose that's one of the highest compliments you can pay a SF author. But I'll continue: Hamilton doesn't just end the series. Hamilton leaves the ending both resolved an unresolved. He has created a universe that is ripe for further epics. That's right: this may be a contemporary _Foundation_ (at what? 15 books?). Folks, he is better than C. J. Cherryh. He is better than Herbert. The guy's still young -- give him 20 years and he may *be* that next Asimov. My only regret after plowing through all 3500 pages of this saga is that the "middle two" books were written. They were superfluous and unnecessary. It would have been much simpler to publish a 2500-page Tolstoyesque epic, and Hamilton would have come off a lot better. Oh, and one parting comment. I was disgusted by the shoddy quality of the proofreading/editing. It seemed that every other page contained spelling errors, grammatical errors, et cetera. To the degree that some pages had as many as three or four errors. Hamilton will really need to keep an eye on his publisher in the future. The five stars stands, even with my resignations, because this book is one of the best SF novels I've read.
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