The Dreaming Void

Void, Book 1

De: Peter F. Hamilton

Narrado por: Toby Longworth

Duración: 21 h y 52 m

Resumen del Editor

Will they find the utopian dream – or a galactic nightmare? From Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void is the first in an epic space opera trilogy. Set in his expansive Commonwealth universe, it is perfect for fans of Iain M. Banks and Stephen Baxter.

AD 3580. The Commonwealth has spread its civilization throughout the galaxy. Its citizens are privileged and protected by a powerful navy. And at the galaxy’s centre is the Void, a sealed universe created by aliens billions of years ago. Yet the Void isn’t inert. It’s expanding – and now it wants to make contact.

The Void chooses Inigo as its conduit and he channels dreams of a simpler, better life within its bounds. His visions attract followers – determined to seek this utopia. And they’ll cross the Void’s forbidden boundaries to reach it. However, this act could trigger push it to grow beyond all control . . . destroying everything in its path.

'Epic, multi-stranded, full of wonders' – SFX

The Dreaming Void is followed by The Temporal Void in this stunning trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton.

©2008 Peter F. Hamilton (P)2008 Macmillan Digital Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

As epic and far-ranging as his previous bestsellers. Hamilton is the master of widescreen baroque (Guardian)

This is thrilling stuff . . . compulsively readable and abundantly full of ideas (The Times)

Unmissable (Starburst)

Powerfully addictive . . . and hugely satisfying (FantasyBookReview)

The Dreaming Void has all the things you hope for from a novel by Peter F. Hamilton . . . Hamilton is capable of superb writing, which you shall find in The Dreaming Void . . . [the] execution is simply wonderful. Hamilton is playing to his strengths. (The Agony Column)

Good hardcore SiFi

What made the experience of listening to The Dreaming Void the most enjoyable?

The narrator was relay good and the tempo of the book was nice.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Dreaming Void?

The entagelment of the stories.

What does Toby Longworth bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His carracters voices and a personal feel on the book.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No it is way to long for that.

I quite enjoyed it

I’ve seen one or two negative reviews on this one but for myself I quite enjoyed it. The Narrator’s female voices notwithstanding he did a good job of it too.

A little confusing to start with.. and then...

OK I found the start of this book a little confusing, the narrative flits around like a butterfly from plotline to plotline without fully explaining who the characters are, but you get the hang of it eventually.
And then... Just when I was really getting into the book, it ended. It didnt really end with a satisfactory conclusion, or even a cliffhanger to have you wanting a sequel, it just stopped. It's as if the author was told by the publisher to hurry up and finish it. Well I for one am hoping there is a sequel. But I can only give it 3 stars because of it's ending.

Great story, over acted

Great book. Toby Longworth has a nice "narrators voice" but the voice acting is over the top. Half the male characters and nearly all the females sound like idiots. Even Paula Myo (scandal!). I'll read the rest of the series myself.

Superficial and going nowhere

Please, please don't buy and listen to this audio book.
As other reviewers have indicated already, the author jumps from one character to another which makes it quite difficult to follow. But the problem is worse than that. After reading the full book, it is still a complete mystery as to what the motivations and goals are of most characters. Aaron, one of the first characters you meet in the book, has complete amnesia and has no idea what his past is. That could be a good start for a character has it could try to figure out its past. But Aaron does no such thing. Never in the entire story does Aaron try to find out his own past, consider what his motivations are, or makes any decisions as to what his goals are. He acts like a robot programmed to find the First Dreamer and he does that without question.
This happens for many characters in the story. Many of them are agents for factions of A.N.A., but what their personal motivations are or why they support those factions, no idea.

Also the voice actor does not make things better at all. Most characters get some variation of an extremely husky voice. Especially the dialogue between Troblem and Marius halfway the story, made me realize how incredibly silly those voices are.

So my advise is, stay away from this audio book and find something better.

Disappointing

Someone I don't know all that well was raving about this author, so I thought I would give him ago, especially after reading the other reviews. But although there are some original ideas, it's basically, a fairly predictable science fiction soap opera. Like watching B grade movies on TV if you're bored, it's Ok to listen to if your stuck with nothing else better. I was hoping it might come close to other Sci Fi greats like, the Enders Game series, or some Asimov (the Police Detective guy things), Dune (but not it's sequels), Philip Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electri Sheep) or Rama by Arthur C Clarke. But no unfortunately. This author's hang up about sex, although not getting in the way of the book too much, is pretty weird, as some other review writer said. In fact Sci Fi writers seem pretty messed up in this area except for Orson Scott Card, which is why the Ender's Game series is the best (especially Speaker for the Dead, the second book). The Narration is good but not fantastic.