British SF author. One of the new wave of British SF writers who has made a big impact on the SF scene in the late nineties/early 2000's.
Main works include two series: the "
Greg Mandel" series and the "
Night's Dawn"
trilogy.
The "
Greg Mandel" series is a
near-future SF set in a post-dictatorial
England. Includes "
Mindstar Rising", "
A Quantum Murder" and "
The Nano Flower". An ex-member of a psychically-enhanced
army squad is contacted by one of the most powerful people in England's post-global-warming
economy to help solve a
mistery. Expect a cynical,
near-future action-packed
SF trilogy. A true page-turner and definitely worth you time ... But also ...
The "
Night's Dawn"
trilogy, consisting of "
The Reality Dysfunction", "
The Neutronium Alchemist" and most recently (2001) "
The Naked God". An old-fashioned (well...)
space opera set several centuries into out
future. After the Great Dispersal, some humans (Edenists) are genetically enhanced to be
telepathic, while other (Adamists) are still plain old
human. All of them are spread out over the
galaxy and described in gorgeous detail in one of the most exquisitely detailed future histories in current
SF. And then
trouble occurs. It's tough to give an idea of the scope of this series. The three installments are each +1000 pages - so big that the US paperbacks had to split in 2 volumes each. Great, solid, fun science fiction.
A short story collection "
A Second Chance At Eden", placed in the "
Night's Dawn"
universe, portrays the build-up to the start of the
trilogy.
Hamilton's most recent novel, "
Fallen Dragon" is a single-volume look at what
space exploration could be like when run by large corporations.