A very satisfying end to an epic 2000 page trilogy. Proper review to come later.

Once in a while, a book or series of books will come along that just awe me with the amount of work and imagination it must have taken to create. The Void trilogy did just that. To be able to weave high fantasy on one half, with high technology on the other (Clarke's axiom is in full effect here about high technology being indistinguishable from magic), and send them both on a collision course, was amazing to read. The only thing that got in the way from this being a five star book/series for m

And so Peter Hamilton's space opera comes to an end in – if I’m honest – a not particularly satisfactory fashion. All in all, this is a long tale, over 2100 pages across three volumes and although Hamilton is clearly skilled at marshalling his large cast to where he needs them, the ending still managed to feel incredibly rushed. It's almost as if the author enjoyed hanging out on the alien worlds he created and. loved spending time with his characters, that what would constitute an actual conclu...

4.5 starsThe Void Trilogy is an amazing effort made by one of the master’s of science fiction. While I do think that readers may appreciate this series more if they read Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained first, it’s not absolutely necessary (as I have proved). It is impossible not to enjoy a series this sprawling, complex, tightly woven and incredibly written. Though some readers might not feel that this is Hamilton’s best effort, it is still worth checking out as few authors can master science...

I was gearing up for this book to be 5 stars. As it went on, though, it became a solid 4 star book with leanings towards 3.5. The entire galaxy is at stake in this series but it never feels scary. Our heroes start down a path to save everyone, and they never fuck up. Somehow, they keep doing exactly the right thing. Everyone says exactly what they should when they need to sway someone to their side. I mean, one of the main characters was a straight up program, put there in case of doomsday - he

Peter Hamilton's ambitious space opera comes to an end. When I first picked up this series- when I found a copy of the Dreaming Void in a holiday camp in Spain in 2007- I really didn't get it. There were too many characters and too many concepts for my 15 year old self to grasp. I only found out years later that this is the second trilogy set in this universe... That knowledge might have helped considerably. 10 years later, I've finally finished the void trilogy. I no longer think there were too...

I really don't see any way Peter F. Hamilton can top the Void Trilogy. This was an absolutely riveting series and I'm kind of sad it's over, and I'm not the kind of reader who gets into really huge, complicated series. I really liked how well Hamilton tied up all the plot lines. It was quite an achievement. In a way, it's refreshing to see something wrapped up so well in three volumes.I didn't like John Lee's narration when I first heard him in Pandora's Star, but I think he's grown on me with t...

The Temporal Void: An Action-Packed, Mind-Bending Final VolumeMuch like the Commonwealth Saga,this is a very long, detailed, imaginative, and sprawling epic space opera that involves dozens of characters, plots, advanced technologies, alien races, ancient galactic mysteries, nefarious plots and counterplots, all told in an engaging narrative that doesn't get bogged down in exposition like a lot of other hard SF stories. It's far more entertaining than the more grim future vision of Alastair Reyn...

I finished this only because I'd already invested so much time in the earlier books. Edeard's story just gets more tiresome and mundane the deeper you get. In fact it becomes positively idiotic. It feels like a complete regression into some archaic world where people have 'evolved' into some medieval culture complete with inane conversations. Worse still, is the fact that there is no character development for anyone except Edeard in the void. They are just a bunch of appendages without any opini...

Here it is, the book I've been waiting nearly two years for: The Evolutionary Void. The conclusion to the Void Trilogy, started with The Dreaming Void and followed up by The Temporal Void, is by far my most anticipated book of the year and the series is making very strong noises to be my favourite finished series ever. So, with expectations that simply couldn't get any higher, does The Evolutionary Void meet these? Simple answer: Hell yeah!The Evolutionary Void picks up immediately where The Tem...

We discover what the Void is - sort of. We discover what Makkathran is. We find out who Aaron is and who he's working for exactly, and more. There's a lot going on in this book and I couldn't put it down for the last 5%. The other 95% however, I was pushing myself to stay motivated. I wanted to know how it would all end but at the same time I just wanted it to end.Now that I've finished the Trilogy it's hard not to compare it to its predecessor - The Commonwealth Saga. I loved Pandora's Star(rev...

I am not going to review this one individually as i didn't write reviews for the other two. Needless to say, I am still a Hamilton fan. Somewhat, I must admit that Reynolds has moved above Hamilton in my mind for better stories. It has taken me months to listen to this trilogy, there were times where i couldn't wait to listen to moe as I was completely engaged, then there was times where I was drifting off thinking about maybe taking the high street way home instead of the freeway and realising

a rousing end to hamilton's most ambitious hard science space opera yet. the author certainly believes in the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach, as this trilogy (although it is truly more of a quintet) includes EVERTHING: artificial intelligences, sun-diving, galactic religious movements, bionic enhancements, alien species (including a sci-fi explanation for ELVES for chrissakes), a range of modes of space & time travel, mysteries that have lasted a millenia, lots of space battles, detail...

All these four and five star reviews just goes to show that many people can easily be entertained by the most lackluster writing over thousands of words! While some episodes in the trilogy we're engaging and well-written, this book on its own and the Void Trilogy as a whole were poorly constructed and written. Unlikeable characters, written with such obvious contrivances, finally are seen to exist as purely mechanical for moving this story along. Hamilton is a more convincing writer when it come...

Having waited what feels like eternity to get a mass market paperback edition of this, the final volume in the Void trilogy, I went back and re-read the first two volumes in order to remind myself what was going on.Those previous volumes did not withstand a second reading very well; their primary plus points were the new SF ideas and of course, they aren't new second time around. So...1400p to remind myself of the backstory, then onwards!The final volume suffers problems similar to those of Hami...

I couldn't hold myself back and read the whole thing in nearly a day. It was so satisfying to see everything fall in place. So many twists and overall great storytelling kept me glued to the book and I hardly could put it down.Peter F. Hamilton is truly a master of the scfi genre and I absolutely love his writing and his ideas. His style is definitely not for everyone, most of the people I read reviews of gave up because the story builds up very slowly. But if you have enough stamina to get thro...

I will repeat myself: this trilogy was MIND-BLOWING!What Hamilton have managed to create here is absolutely beyond one's imagination... except his, of course.Number one in my places-to-visit-list: Makkathran ;))The trilogy has all you can expect from a space opera: alien species, two universes, enhanced humans - several types -, numerous planets, multiple plots, astounding technologies, etc, etc...An amazing saga which I'm sad is over :(

Amazing! Out of all of Peter F. Hamilton's works, this trilogy has got to be the absolute best! This particular novel pulls off a miracle. Better than walking on water, better than a galaxy-eating Void, and better than all the sums of its parts. :) Be it Syvian alien-elves, post-human social structures, or a manufactured universe where psi powers are not only feasible, but where magic, time-manipulation, and god-like powers are just a part of a greater tale.This is space opera on a scale I rarel...

I really wanted to like this series more than I did. After all, I spent 2000 pages or so of my reading time working my way through it! I mean, who wants to put in all that effort and time and come out going, “Meh”?I pondered the exhaustive world-building, all the human types and the political factions, pieces which did ostensibly seem to fit in together. No small feat considering just how BIG the human commonwealth is. The interesting bionic & genetic manipulation technology which, while lacking...

This book is the last of the Void trilogy by Peter Hamilton. The Living Dream movement is sending pilgrimage to the Void, in a fleet of twelve enormous spacecraft. They intend to enter the Void, and live on the planet Querencia. They learned about the planet from the dreamer, Inigo, who broadcast dreams about Edeard to the whole galaxy. The problem is that if the Living Dream enters the Void, it will expand and destroy the galaxy. So, a few desperate allies are trying to find a way to prevent th...