The main plot(s) of the story are wonderful. What could have been at least two brilliant stories, one of the commonwealth dealing with the potentially disastrous consequences of an attempted pilgrimage into the Void, and one of the much more low-key story of Inigo’s dreams, is instead merely a long opening to a longer trilogy. It has many fully realized subplots and varied characters, too many. Hamilton’s story is one of the better recent SF stories that I’ve experienced in any form, full of fascinating settings, situations, and ideas. The Dreaming Void is a very big book and it’s an even bigger audiobook. They are prepared to stop them no matter what the cost. Other starfaring species fear their migration will cause the Void to expand again. He has a following of millions of believers and they now clamour to make a pilgrimage into the Void to live the life they have been shown. Inigo, a human, has started to dream of a wonderful existence in the Void. It is slowly consuming the other stars of the galactic core – one day it will devour the entire galaxy. Inside there is a strange universe where the laws of physics are very different to those we know. But at the centre of the Commonwealth is a massive black hole.

It is a culture of rich diversity with a place for everyone. The Intersolar Commonwealth has spread through the galaxy to over a thousand star systems. Themes: / Science Fiction / Aliens / Artifact / Nanotechnology / Politics / Singularity / Space Travel /ĪD 3580.

The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton