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REVIEW: Great North Road – Peter F. Hamilton
Hamilton’s latest sprawling sci-fi novel takes place largely in Newcastle, on Earth, and on the planet St Libra, in the Sirius system, in the year 2143. A timeline from 2003, summarising significant events to 2121, gives notes on events pertaining … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 New Reads, Read on my Kindle, Reviews, Science fiction
Tagged aliens, avatars, environmental destruction, expedition, false imprisonment, institutional corruption, office politics, other planets, Peter F. Hamilton, religion, space opera, space travel, theft, unexplained technology
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