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DiapDealer · 02-02-2017, 11:26 AM

I'm reading A Night without Stars by Peter F. Hamilton. The second half of his "Chronicle of the Fallers" duology (set in the Commonwealth universe).

While I enjoyed the back-and-forth of The Void Trilogy, I can't say that I'm loving the vast swathes of story taking place outside the Commonwealth in these two books. They're OK, but they've taken me a long time to read, and I find myself longing for something taking place entirely in the Commonwealth proper. The backwater, lowtech settings of Makkathran/Bienvenido are getting a bit tiresome for me--as is Hamilton's seeming obssession with law enforcement as of late (The Great North Road, Edeard and his constables in the Void Trilogy, and now the detectives and secret police in A Night without Stars).

I know he'll at least make it interesting, but I guess I just had higher hopes for what could very well be the last books of the Commonwealth Universe. Ah, well. I'll always have Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained.

P.S. If this does mark the end of the Commonwealth, there better be tons of cheesy cameos from the iconic rockstars of its past/present before all is said and done!

02-02-2017, 11:26 AM	#25281
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,705 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'm reading A Night without Stars by Peter F. Hamilton. The second half of his "Chronicle of the Fallers" duology (set in the Commonwealth universe). While I enjoyed the back-and-forth of The Void Trilogy, I can't say that I'm loving the vast swathes of story taking place outside the Commonwealth in these two books. They're OK, but they've taken me a long time to read, and I find myself longing for something taking place entirely in the Commonwealth proper. The backwater, lowtech settings of Makkathran/Bienvenido are getting a bit tiresome for me--as is Hamilton's seeming obssession with law enforcement as of late (The Great North Road, Edeard and his constables in the Void Trilogy, and now the detectives and secret police in A Night without Stars). I know he'll at least make it interesting, but I guess I just had higher hopes for what could very well be the last books of the Commonwealth Universe. Ah, well. I'll always have Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained. P.S. If this does mark the end of the Commonwealth, there better be tons of cheesy cameos from the iconic rockstars of its past/present before all is said and done! Last edited by DiapDealer; 02-02-2017 at 11:36 AM.