Even though I was underwhelmed by the first book,  The Abyss Beyond Dreams, I decided to persevere and conclude “The Chronicle of the Fallers”.  In the year 2384 a group of humans leave Commonwealth space to found their own society.  They find themselves sucked into the Void, where time moves differently and technology is dampened to nearly primitive levels, and dumped on a planet they name Bienvenido.  Not only does the Void warp space time, it also gives sentient creatures the ability to perform telekinesis and telepathy.  Stripped of their technology the humans devolve into a near feudal society, with power […]

I took advantage of my kids being in summer camp this past week to tackle a door stop sized sci-fi novel, The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton.  Who seems to be only able to write giant books.  Once there was a time that I sought out books of significant width, as they would last longer.  And by last longer, I mean take me almost a week to finish.  Ah the halcyon days before having children.  Now I look through my TBR and calculate which book I can get through in about two weeks (at my current reduced rate […]