I’m a huge fan of Peter F. Hamilton myself (original username NorthernLightMountain after all) and figured there ought to be more of us around here!

My absolute favorite world of his is the commonwealth universe and really want him to get back to something on that scale again.

I’ve read both the Salvation and Arkship trilogies after that and even though they’re both good I want brick sized epic space opera again!

Might just have to go back an revisit his books again.

I did see that he co-authored a book semi recently that managed to fly under my radar; Light Chaser (written with Gareth L. Powell).

Has anyone read it? No spoilers please :)

  • sarahcanary@lemmy.one
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    2 years ago

    Thank you for the suggested reading order. I looked him up and saw he has written many many of books! Excited to discover a new (to me) sci fi author.

    • nlm@beehaw.orgOP
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      2 years ago

      And almost all of them are great! :)

      There are some complaints about sex scenes in his books. I don’t remember much details from his earlier work, it’s been 20+ years since I read them but I can’t recall ever being bothered by them either.

      I do recall him saying that his publisher back then wanted him to make his books a bit spcier though, so that might be where they’re coming from. Don’t quote me on that though. :)

      He’s a brillian world builder, tech writer and up there with George R R Martin when it comes to juggling character arcs.

      • sarahcanary@lemmy.one
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        2 years ago

        Thanks for the warning! In general sex scenes don’t bother me and are easy to skip over if they do. Not letting that get in my way on this new adventure!

        • nlm@beehaw.orgOP
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, I’m the same. It’s sex. In a book. Worse things have happened. :)