Peter F Hamilton “The
Abyss Beyond Dreams” (Del Rey, 2014)
Back in the day, SF protagonists were competent men. They were often heads of state or
corporations or militaries (the distinctions usually depending on the authors’
politics.) It doesn’t happen as much these days, or at least not in the books I
normally come across. So very early in The Abyss Beyond Dreams I knew what I was dealing with. We’re told of the wealth and importance of
our protagonist. In fact the explicit
comparison to a King is made. And then
we find out how he has some 200+ children….
And it becomes difficult for me to be very sympathetic to
Nigel.
It’s not that there’s really anything wrong with this
book. It’s just that on some levels it’s
so invested in classic SF tropes that I had trouble moving beyond them.
You’re a great book, and one day you’ll find a great reader,
and you’ll be fantastic together. But I
think that we need to see other people.
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