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[[File:Misspent-Youth-Commonwealth-3165746-3_3417.jpg|frame|If only everyone could spend their youths as [[Floating Head Syndrome|giant floating heads]].]]
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 ''[[
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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* [[All Planets Are Earthlike]]: Averted. Wormhole technology allows the ever present [[Mega Corp|CST]] to use its exploration wormholes to scout new solar systems for "H-congruous" planets capable of supporting human life. The Commonwealth spans a vast amount of space, and most intervening systems between H-congruous planets are untouched completely by humans.
* [[Always Gets His Man]]: Paula Myo fits this trope to a T. Genetically engineered to be an incorruptible super-cop, she has been working for the Serious Crimes Directorate for centuries, and in all that time has only failed to solve ''one'' case. Which she is still pursuing, after a century and a half. {{spoiler|When circumstances force her to decide between arresting the [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] perpetrator and saving the human race from extinction, she suffers a near-fatal nervous breakdown.}}
* [[Ascend to
* [[Augmented Reality]]: Humans can control objects, send messages, and watch emailed videos in their minds thanks to digital implants.
** Several particularly rich and/or tech-savvy humans keep an expanded consciousness that inhabits the computer systems in their home (or whatever local computer processors they're around).
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* [[ET Gave Us Wi Fi]]: A more believable "future" variation of this trope - force field technology as an industry was created by the Halgarths reverse engineering the crashed alien ship ''Marie Celeste''.
* [[The Federation]]: The Commonwealth.
* [[Four Lines, All Waiting]]: The ''[[
* [[Free-Love Future]]: Polyamory and alternate sexuality is pretty common in the Commonwealth.
* [[Hive Mind]]: Prime Immotiles control their Motile minions via radio receivers implanted into each one, making each Immotile into an intellect spread across a vast number of individual bodies.
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*** Well, leaving aside the issue of whether "souls" exist. It's certainly the same person to all outward appearances, though.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Surfer Dude|Ozzie]] and Nigel share some similarities with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.
* [[The Singularity]]: This has happened to many, many species who [[Ascend to
* [[Space Amish]]: Ozzie, sometimes. Also, some planets with eccentric owners.
** Also, The Hive, a world where everyone is geneteically programmed to have proficiency in a certain field (ie, doctors, police officers, etc.) The planet is described as beind kept in a [[Medieval Stasis]] of approximately the early 20th century.
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