# Sci-Fi Fans...Peter F Hamilton, Author? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390 "2008-07-22T17:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390/21 "2008-07-23T22:45:23Z")
I enjoyed **Night’s Dawn** trilogy, tho the ending did disappoint. But I was sort of ready to wrap the damn thing up just about any which way, by the time I got to it. That’s what I get for reading all 3 volumes in a week. I’ll have to check out some of his other works… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390/22 "2008-07-24T04:33:50Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I enjoyed **Night’s Dawn** trilogy, tho the ending did disappoint. **But I was sort of ready to wrap the damn thing up just about any which way,** by the time I got to it. That’s what I get for reading all 3 volumes in a week. I’ll have to check out some of his other works… [/QUOTE] Funny. I am ready to feel that way also about _Dreaming Void_ and the sequels haven’t been written yet! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![muzzynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@muzzynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muzzynyc)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390/23 "2008-07-24T18:48:26Z")
Dissenting Opinion Alert! I’m always really surprised by the love Hamilton gets. I read Pandora-Judas and was severely underwhelmed and bored. I finished because I pretty much finish everything I start and wanted to see how he’d end it, but afterwards was glad I was done. I think he has some interesting ideas (the alien character in those books was great) but find his humans to be simplistic, soap-opera types. But my biggest problem was that he seemed to like using 10 sentences where one would do. I felt like I was slogging through syrup most of the time — everything took more time/pages than necessary to explain. YMMV, obviously. Most everyone else’s seems to… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390/24 "2008-07-24T20:27:08Z")
Finished _Dreaming Void_. I highly recommend it and am now bummed out that I can’t start in on the sequel while the first book is fresh in my mind because the sequel isn’t completed yet! Ah, maybe I’ll dig out a CLive Cussler fluff book or something… ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390/25 "2008-07-24T20:42:22Z")
I too enjoyed Night’s Dawn. And while the ending was a bit anticlimactic, it wasn’t enough me regret the masterful weaving of plots and subplots up to that point. The impression that I got was that he was rolling the story along and suddenly realized, “Damn! I’ve got to end it here!” ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390/26 "2008-07-25T17:11:11Z")
I gave up on the Night’s Dawn stuff before the last book. Just too much stuff, not going anywhere fast enough. I quite liked Pandora’s Star (not Box, btw) and Judas Unchained. I thought the aliens were nicely weird and, well, ALIEN, and he’s a master of The Big Idea. But he does go on and on and on sometimes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-fans-peter-f-hamilton-author/457390.md?page=1)