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The [[Nights Dawn]] trilogy is an epic [[Space Opera]] series written by British author [[Peter F Hamilton|Peter F. Hamilton]]. This [[ |
The [[Nights Dawn]] trilogy is an epic [[Space Opera]] series written by British author [[Peter F Hamilton|Peter F. Hamilton]]. This [[Doorstopper]] of a series was released as three immense novels in Britain; ''The Reality Dysfunction'' (1996), ''The Neutronium Alchemist'' (1997) and ''The Naked God'' (1999). Each volume was broken into two, slightly more manageable books when it was released in the States; ''The Reality Dysfunction'' into ''Emergence'' and ''Expansion'', ''The Neutronium Alchemist'' into ''Consolidation'' and ''Conflict'' and ''The Naked God'' into ''Flight'' and ''Faith''. |
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The story is set in the 27th century, after humanity has developed faster-than-light travel through the use of artificial wormholes. Human society has been divided into two cultures that are more or less at peace with each other: Adamists, who are your typical space-going humans separated and diversified by living on a variety of worlds with different governments, economies and ecosystems, and the Edenists, who have genetically modified themselves to allow universal telepathy between each other, and their biotechnological (or ''bitek'') constructs. Both are loosely bound in [[The Federation|The Confederation]], which also includes two species of sentient aliens (or ''xenocs''). |
The story is set in the 27th century, after humanity has developed faster-than-light travel through the use of artificial wormholes. Human society has been divided into two cultures that are more or less at peace with each other: Adamists, who are your typical space-going humans separated and diversified by living on a variety of worlds with different governments, economies and ecosystems, and the Edenists, who have genetically modified themselves to allow universal telepathy between each other, and their biotechnological (or ''bitek'') constructs. Both are loosely bound in [[The Federation|The Confederation]], which also includes two species of sentient aliens (or ''xenocs''). |
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** Someone actually makes a sarcastic remark about military types expecting [[Hilarious in Hindsight|a deus-ex-machina solution floating in space somewhere]]. |
** Someone actually makes a sarcastic remark about military types expecting [[Hilarious in Hindsight|a deus-ex-machina solution floating in space somewhere]]. |
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* [[Domed Hometown]] - All the cities on Earth are domed, to protect them from the raging 'Aramada storms'. Before they were domed, a farmer's pickup truck was found stuck in the 70th floor of the ''Sears tower'' |
* [[Domed Hometown]] - All the cities on Earth are domed, to protect them from the raging 'Aramada storms'. Before they were domed, a farmer's pickup truck was found stuck in the 70th floor of the ''Sears tower'' |
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* [[Doorstopper]] - About 3200 pages total, plus the 400 page "A Second Chance At Eden" short story collection. |
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]- The {{spoiler|Orgathe are creatures of the Dark Continuum, a realm of near-absolute entropy, where every soul becomes a ghost and everything eventually falls into a central mass of ectoplasm called the Melange, unable to gather enough energy to break loose. The Orgathe can only break free for a short time by forming out of multiple souls; they wander the empty realm, devouring any soul and shred of heat they might encounter until eventually falling back into the Melange}}. And [[Dark Messiah|Dexter]] tried to bring them ''all'' to Earth. |
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]- The {{spoiler|Orgathe are creatures of the Dark Continuum, a realm of near-absolute entropy, where every soul becomes a ghost and everything eventually falls into a central mass of ectoplasm called the Melange, unable to gather enough energy to break loose. The Orgathe can only break free for a short time by forming out of multiple souls; they wander the empty realm, devouring any soul and shred of heat they might encounter until eventually falling back into the Melange}}. And [[Dark Messiah|Dexter]] tried to bring them ''all'' to Earth. |
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* [[Energy Beings]]: The Ly-cilph start life as small fish-like beings on a moon orbiting a humongous gas giant. In three years' time they grow to adult form, a cross between a snail and a deep-sea anemone. They venture on to the ground, and eat the memory fruit left behind by the previous generation of Ly-ciplh; the nodes contain the memories of previous generations, elevating them to sentience. They spend the next 6 years learning and observing the world around them until the 9-year mark, when a periodic flux tube discharge from the gas giant dumps enough energy on the planet for them to [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]], free to roam the Universe forever, gathering knowledge. |
* [[Energy Beings]]: The Ly-cilph start life as small fish-like beings on a moon orbiting a humongous gas giant. In three years' time they grow to adult form, a cross between a snail and a deep-sea anemone. They venture on to the ground, and eat the memory fruit left behind by the previous generation of Ly-ciplh; the nodes contain the memories of previous generations, elevating them to sentience. They spend the next 6 years learning and observing the world around them until the 9-year mark, when a periodic flux tube discharge from the gas giant dumps enough energy on the planet for them to [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]], free to roam the Universe forever, gathering knowledge. |
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