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The Reality Dysfunction (Hardcover)

by Peter F. Hamilton (Author)
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This is space opera on an epic scale, with dozens of characters, hundreds of planets, universe-spanning plots, and settings that range from wooden huts and muddy villages to sentient starships and newborn suns. It's also the first part of a two-volume book that is itself the first book of a series. There's no question that there's a lot going on here (too much to even begin to detail the plot), but Hamilton handles it all with an ease reminiscent of E. E. "Doc" Smith. The best way to describe it: it's big, it's good, and luckily there's plenty more on the way. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.


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In a future world where humanity is divided into two radically different groups, the genetically engineered Edenists and the pioneering Adamists, both groups clash on the primitive world of Lalonde. Reprint." --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Read, Jan 3 2008
By Susan W (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Reality Dysfunction Part 1: Emergence (Mass Market Paperback)
Impossible to read only one of this series - you must read all 6 books and you will be hooked after this first one. Very complicated plot involving a huge range of characters which is a bit confusing at first but gradually all the threads draw together. The hard sci fi is very well done, some of the relationships are not as well done, but it does keep you interested. Other reviews have mentioned the graphic violence, which is at times hard to read, but Hamilton is attempting to get across the true nature of evil and the violence does indeed convey that. And lots of very creative characters such as the xenocs , as well as the sentient habitants and voidhawks. Overall, I think most sci fi fans will enjoy this immensely.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Gimme a Break, Mar 13 2004
This review is from: The Reality Dysfunction Part 1: Emergence (Mass Market Paperback)
This series is more horror than science fiction. The basic concept is that the dead are coming back to possess the living. A bit over the top, in my humble opinion. And when Al Capone comes back . . . gimme a break.

It's also way too long. I'm about to give up about a third of the way into the third book. I'm sick of all the gratuitous violence. Just freaking save the universe already and be done with it.

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2.0 out of 5 stars promising ideas, too long and little payoff, Jun 26 2004
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This review is from: The Reality Dysfunction Part 1: Emergence (Mass Market Paperback)
I liked the first part of this book, and part 2. It's too long, though. I'd say this book could be one third the size and be 10x more enjoyable. There are just too many very, very long descriptions of situations, people, places and items which are just plain boring. I found myself skipping over these long interludes.

Also, I was disappointed in the end. Not because it didn't wrap everything up in a tidy little bundle, but because the thread he chose to resolve was the least interesting, in my opinion. There were lots of other threads that were completely unexplored. Perhaps the rest of them will be tied up or discussed more in future novels? I won't be reading them.

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