The Reality Dysfunction
Published on 12. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
1232 pages
978-1-5098-6860-5 (ISBN)
Description
The first in the Night's Dawn trilogy, The Reality Dysfunction is a sweeping, intergalactic adventure from the master of space opera, Peter F. Hamilton. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.
An extinct race named this phenomenon 'the Reality Dysfunction'. It is a nightmare that has haunted us since the dawn of time . . .
In AD 2600, the human race is finally realizing its potential. The galaxyaEUR (TM)s colonized planets host a multitude of diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has defeated disease and produced extraordinary space-born creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive, living on the wealth created by industrializing entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space, the Confederation Navy keeps the peace.
Then something goes catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal encounters an utterly alien entity. And this unintended meeting triggers the release of those that should never see the light aEUR" threatening everything weaEUR (TM)ve become . . .
'Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive' aEUR" The Times
The Reality Dysfunction is followed by The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God.
An extinct race named this phenomenon 'the Reality Dysfunction'. It is a nightmare that has haunted us since the dawn of time . . .
In AD 2600, the human race is finally realizing its potential. The galaxyaEUR (TM)s colonized planets host a multitude of diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has defeated disease and produced extraordinary space-born creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive, living on the wealth created by industrializing entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space, the Confederation Navy keeps the peace.
Then something goes catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal encounters an utterly alien entity. And this unintended meeting triggers the release of those that should never see the light aEUR" threatening everything weaEUR (TM)ve become . . .
'Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive' aEUR" The Times
The Reality Dysfunction is followed by The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God.
Reviews / Votes
Absolute vintage science-fiction. Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive * The Times * An epic in the traditional sense of the word . . . thunderously enjoyable * Interzone *More details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 16 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 60 mm
Weight
846 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5098-6860-5 (9781509868605)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Peter F. Hamilton
The Reality Dysfunction
Book
12/2012
Pan Books
€33.61
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Person
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and now lives in Somerset. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, The Chronicle of the Fallers, the Salvation Sequence, short-story collections and several standalone novels, including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.