Mindstar Rising
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Mindstar Rising” is an entertaining mix of detective story and cyberpunk that introduces Greg Mandel and Julia Evans. It offers corporate scheming, near-future technology and psychic powers. Some readers rate it below Peter F. Hamilton’s later series, while spotting early versions of their ideas, and dislike the psychic gift at its centre; others object to how the women are written.
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About the book
Mindstar Rising is a science fiction novel by British writer Peter F. Hamilton, published in 1993. It is the first book in the Greg Mandel trilogy. The novel introduces the major characters in the series, most notably Greg and Julia Evans. The novel combines elements of classic detective novels with science fiction.
Reading order · Greg Mandel
Full order & progress →- Mindstar RisingThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - A Quantum Murder
7.87.8 / 10 - The Nano Flower
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 89 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 38% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 89 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Mindstar Rising?
It has 448 pages — longer than 51% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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