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Peter F. Hamilton

    2 marzo 1960

    Peter F. Hamilton è un autore di fantascienza britannico, noto soprattutto per le sue ampie space opera. Le sue opere sono caratterizzate da intricate costruzioni di mondi e narrazioni complesse, che spesso esplorano il futuro dell'umanità su scala galattica. Hamilton fonde magistralmente la narrazione epica con profonde domande sulla tecnologia, la società e la natura umana.

    Peter F. Hamilton
    Light Chaser
    Salvation Lost
    Emergence. The Reality Dysfunction 1
    The neutronium alchemist
    The Saints of Salvation
    Night Without Stars
    • A thrilling, multi-viewpoint ride . . . ties all the loose ends together in a satisfying denouement The Guardian

      Night Without Stars
      4,5
    • The Saints of Salvation

      • 516pagine
      • 19 ore di lettura

      Humanity is in crisis, as cities fall to an unstoppable alien threat. The Salvation Sequence comes to its thrilling conclusion with The Saints of Salvation - by Britain's number one science fiction writer, Peter F. Hamilton.

      The Saints of Salvation
      4,3
    • The neutronium alchemist

      • 1225pagine
      • 43 ore di lettura

      The second volume in the Night's Dawn trilogy. An ancient menace has escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's existence. In such times the last thing the galaxy needs is a new, powerful weapon. Yet Dr Mzu is determined to retrieve the Alchemist, so that she can complete a vendetta.

      The neutronium alchemist
      4,3
    • 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.

      Emergence. The Reality Dysfunction 1
      4,3
    • Humanity rises to meet a powerful alien threat, in this extraordinary sequel to Peter F. Hamilton's Salvation. Salvation Lost is the second stunning novel in the Salvation Sequence, from 'the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction' - Ken Follett.Fight together - or die alone . . .In the twenty-third century, humanity is enjoying a comparative utopia. Yet life on Earth is about to change, forever. Feriton Kane's investigative team has discovered the worst threat ever to face mankind - and we've almost no time to fight back. The supposedly benign Olyix plan to harvest humanity, in order to carry us to their god at the end of the universe. And as their agents conclude schemes down on earth, vast warships converge above to gather this cargo. Some factions push for humanity to flee, to live in hiding amongst the stars - although only a chosen few would make it out in time. But others refuse to break before the storm. As disaster looms, animosities must be set aside to focus on just one goal: wiping this enemy from the face of creation. Even if it means preparing for a future this generation will never see. Salvation Lost is the second book in the Salvation Sequence by Peter F. Hamilton'A twisty and hugely satisfying SF thriller' - Alastair Reynolds on Salvation'Startlingly fresh, vigorous and original' - Stephen Baxter on Salvation

      Salvation Lost
      4,3
    • Light Chaser

      • 144pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      Amahle is a Light Chaser – one of a number of explorers, who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard AI), trading trinkets for life stories. But when she listens to the stories sent down through the ages she hears the same voice talking directly to her from different times and on different worlds, and comes to understand that something terrible is happening, and only she is in a position to do anything about it. And it will cost everything to put it right.

      Light Chaser
      4,0
    • Made in Hong Kong

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong delivers a new narrative of this metamorphosis, revealing Hong Kong both as a critical engine in the expansion and remaking of postwar global capitalism and as the linchpin of Sino-U.S. trade since the 1970s.

      Made in Hong Kong
      4,0
    • A title that concludes the "Commonwealth" saga that has unfolded in "The Dreaming Void" and "The Temporal Void".

      The Evolutionary Void
      4,2
    • Judas Unchained

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      The high-action concluding novel of the Commonwealth Saga from one of the world's bestselling Science Fiction writers

      Judas Unchained
      4,2
    • The Naked God

      • 1184pagine
      • 42 ore di lettura

      After the multi-layered, multi-dramatic events described in The Reality Dysfunction and The Neutronium Alchemist, here is the climax. Joshua Calvert and Syrinx fly their starships on a mission to find the Sleeping God - which an alien race believes holds the key to overthrowing the possessed.

      The Naked God
      4,2