The Dreaming Void
- 651
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Peter F. Hamilton sets a fantasy tale told in dreams inside the large-scale space opera of “The Dreaming Void”, and each holds the attention. The novel opens the “Void Trilogy”, set 1,200 years after Hamilton’s earlier Commonwealth books. Without those the backstory shuts some readers out, and some are put off by very long chapters and by two strands that stay unconnected until the final pages.
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About the book
The Void Trilogy is a space opera series by British author Peter F. Hamilton. The series is set in the same universe as The Commonwealth Saga, 1,200 years after the end of Judas Unchained.
Reading order · Void Trilogy
Full order & progress →- The Dreaming VoidThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - The Temporal Void
8.28.2 / 10 - The Evolutionary Void
8.18.1 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 280 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 20 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 260 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Dreaming Void?
It has 651 pages — longer than 88% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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