Peter F. Hamilton
mass_market | Pages: 808 pages Rating: 4.07 | 12331 Users | 350 Reviews
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| Title | : | Fallen Dragon |
| Author | : | Peter F. Hamilton |
| Book Format | : | mass_market |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 808 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2002 by Pan MacMillan (first published 2001) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera |
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Deploying invulnerable twenty-fifth-century soldiers called Skins, Zantiu-Braun's corporate starships loot entire planets. But as the Skins invade bucolic Thallspring, Z-B's strategy is about to go awry, all because of: Sgt. Lawrence Newton, a dreamer whose twenty years as a Skin have destroyed his hopes and desires; Denise Ebourn, a school teacher and resistance leader whose guerrilla tactics rival those of Che Guevara and George Washington and Simon Roderick, the director who serves Z-B with a dedication that not even he himself can understand. Grimly determined to steal, or protect, a mysterious treasure, the three players engage in a private war that will explode into unimaginable quests for personal grace...or galactic dominationPoint Books In Favor Of Fallen Dragon
| Original Title: | Fallen Dragon |
| ISBN: | 0330480065 (ISBN13: 9780330480062) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2002) |
Rating Regarding Books Fallen Dragon
Ratings: 4.07 From 12331 Users | 350 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books Fallen Dragon
2 1/2 starsOK to good but mostly OK.One of my husband's favorite books. He was doing a reread so I decided to read along to be able to talk about it. Well, it certainly is not a favorite for me. We've got 4 stories going on. 1. The fable of the prince that Denise tells the children, 2. Lawrence's history from childhood, first love, new life in the Z-B, and new love kind of. 3. Denise and her fighting the Z-B pirates coming back to raid her home with guerilla tactics herself. 4. Lawrence currentI dont think I will ever cease to be amazed by how Hamilton succeeds in constructing his universes. Its like hes living there and paints what he sees in front of his eyes - the myriad details, the colors, the smells all so real that you cannot but be transposed in that particular world. I should be used to this by now, having read most of his epic operas, but Im not; and its an awesome feeling having the same thrill when starting one of his stories.Compared to the others, this one has a
This book started out with excellent world building and characterization. The plot shifts from one group of people to another, as is usual in this author's stories, but it maintains a purposeful continuity and I felt like the plot was drawing tighter and tighter as the story progressed. The initial part of the book is developed through flashbacks of the protagonist Lawrence combined with his current military type trip to a planet and it works well. Lawrence is indirectly characterized
I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd say Fallen Dragon is the best scifi book ever written. It is truly a master piece.
I enjoyed the ride of this book, but I wouldn't read it again. Written after the Confederation books, it is light years better than those, but not nearly as good or well-constructed as the Commonwealth books, and takes place in a universe unrelated to either, but still suffers from Hamilton's two frustrating habits: 1) Having the same technology in his different universes just called something else; and, 2) WAY too much backstory and verisimilitude (there is realism and there is technobabble
Fallen Dragon is the only real stand alone space opera that Peter F Hamilton has written. His series' to date are huge multi-volume affairs that are as impressive as they are ambitious. Therefore, taking his skill and applying it to a stand alone book was always going to have an interesting result. Not only does he manage to keep the sense of wonder that he has in his trilogies and series, but he does so with flair and style, bringing the military SF of old up to speed in only the way he can.The
I decided to reread this book and I have to say that I was surprised how much of the plot I had not remembered from the first time I read it about 6 years ago. This is a good story that has all of Peter hamiltons hallmarks in just one book. The story happens across space, with believeable characters, and a multi threaded plot line that has a satifying ending. The plot invovles Laurence Newton, a young lady named Denise, an alien called a "dragon", and Simon Roderick. This is just some of the
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