Book Reviews of The Reality Dysfunction Part I: Emergence

What a great start to a series! Good development of a unique sci-fi universe. The story starts with several seemingly unrelated characters/scenarios but brings them together and the action leaves you wanting more, more, more.

An excellent and exciting read. Three story arcs, each of which are very fun to read on their own, come together at the climax of this book, to release an incredible evil upon the universe. Beware: this is only the first part of a 2 part series! I wanted closure and of course got none - my own fault of course. I've just ordered the second book, as the story is very addicting.

Series: Reality Dysfunction Series
From Our Editors
This is galaxy-spanning, larger-than-life space opera -- with a very odd complication that could be loosely classified as, well, demons from hell. Sounds odd at best, but Hamilton pulls it off with aplomb. Terrific reading; more substance than you might expect from the cover, but not one whit less fun.
—Michelle West

From The Critics
Locus
This series is taking on one of SF's (and maybe all of literature's) primal jobs:the creation of a world with the scale and complexity of the real one.

Customer Reviews
Dothic Plague 07/15/2004
Awsome
I've read the entire series, twice. I absolutely love it. Hamilton goes into just enough technological detail to be convincing, but stops before making it boring. The characters are wonderful and vivid. The best part of the book is Hamilton's attention to sociology. Different people have different mindsets, and different species, well they don't make much sense sometimes (to us). Also an interesting concept of life-after-death. A must read for lovers of sci-fi and phylosophy.

Fascinating inner-space / outer-space hard science fiction.

Part One of a big series. I will post most of the others as well.

Part 1 of a scifi trilogy concerning a far advanced human culture encounter with a data chip from a long extinct alien race about an unknown force that may soon threaten their survival.

Complicated.

An amazing, imaginative galactic saga. This is the first of six books in the paperback series - Reality Dysfunction Part 1:Emergence (this one) & Part 2:Expansion, The Neutronium Alchemist Part 1:Consolidation & Part 2:Conflict, and The Naked God Part 1:Flight & Part 2:Faith.

very good book !!!!

This book was complicated, but well worth the read. The series was extraordinary.

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