Wow, that was a thick book.Not long from now, humanity develops both instantaneous space travel via wormholes and immortality and spreads throughout the stars in a sort of timeless utopia where the 21st century seems to stretch into eternity. there are just two blips in this nirvana: The mysterious crashed alien starship on Far Away, which may or may not have unleashed a hostile alien, the Starflyer, into the Commonwealth to destroy it from the inside much as it destroyed the planet itself by causing its sun to flare; and the strange twin solar systems encased in immense shells letting nothing in or out.It's a book of such scope that there's not just a couple characters and storylines, but dozens, whose individual lives all eventually intersect. Paula Myo, the woman literally created to be a relentless detective. Wilson Kime, the last astronaut. Dudley Bose, one of the few professional astronomers left in the Commonwealth, who accidentally discovers the secret of the Dyson spheres. So many others.The book is the first half of a two parter, and it uses all of its thousands of pages to put all its players in their places and get the Commonwealth up against the wall, assailed from without and within and on the brink of annihilation.I guess I'll have to read the next book to see how they get by. Ozzie just fell off the edge of the world in a raft crewed by only a kid he found along the way, an alien he found on an ice world while chasing elves, and himself, the guy who killed space travel. I'll always be a fan of how huge Peter F Hamilton makes space opera. Soo many plot lines, that typically come together to a very intriguing and climactic resolution. Completing Pandora's Star, I'm only half way through this huge story, and can't wait to read Judas Unchained to complete it. At least this time period in the Commonwealth Universe.Very cool and descriptive images of other planets, other life forms, awesome technology, and awesome destruction. I'm a fan.
What do You think about La Estrella De Pandora (2004)?
Very engaging. Very descriptive and very suspenseful. I loved it
—KHLO
