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A series of Science Fiction novels written by [[Peter F. Hamilton]].
The '''''Commonwealth Saga''''' starts off in the 24th century, where cybernetics and biotechnology have advanced to the point where immortality becomes optional. Wormhole technology has also been developed, allowing easy transportation through space. The series itself is a space opera with [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].
The series includes the books ''[[Pandora's
Tropes specific to one of the books should be listed on that book's page. Use this page for tropes that describe the Commonwealth Saga as a whole.
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* [[Absolute Xenophobe]]: The Primes are this. Primes exist as sentient, immobile "immotiles" that control vast armies of sub-sentient "motiles" and battle each other for resources and out of paranoia. You can guess what happened when they started building nukes. Also, the moment one of them {{spoiler|discovers wormhole technology}}, it exterminates all others and starts building a vast fleet in order to kill off every single living thing in the universe, other than itself. Its own psychology and lack of imagination prevent it from realising the utter futility of its endeavour until it is far too late for it.
{{quote|'''MorningLightMountain''': There is only one Universe and it can only contain one life. Me.}}
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* [[Space Elves]]: The Silfen, who are almost physically identical to traditional elves and were the [[Ancient Astronauts|inspiration for elf legends]] (those legends were specifically of [[The Fair Folk]] and their morality proves to be [[Blue and Orange Morality|alien]] in a somewhat similar fashion).
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: A spaceship is built for exploration (because their wormhole technology doesn't reach far enough). {{spoiler|Then a whole fleet is built for defence and deterrence against spacefaring aliens, and even arkships in case the war goes wrong}}. Somewhat [[Justified Trope|justified]] because the first one was conceived by 21st century astronauts, and they [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledge]] the fact that the design of both the ships stems from 20th and 21st century science fiction. In the ''Void Trilogy'' (set 1500 years later in the same verse), spaceships are comparable to nowadays ships, in terms of use, design, and diversity.
* [[Standard Sci
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: A stranded alien Path Wanderer is too alien for anyone to communicate with or relate to, until Ozzie discovers it communicates with ultraviolet visual signals.
* [[Starfish Language]]: See above.
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