For his next major design Hamilton changed tack by writing an challenging placed of space operas, known collectively when ''The Night's Dawn Trilogy''. What began in the creator's mind as the normal space opera expanded to massive proportions - 3 novels, from each one overrun a thousand places hanker. (Referable the size of the books, for U.S. paperbacked publication for each one was split into 2 volumes, & for a Italian market the trilogy was freed inside Dozen area.) a select few saw his highly elaborated exposition of the civilisation, planets, technology & cultures as a swell accomplishment, helping to produce a fully realized universe, when others complained that this was unneeded cushioning which manufactured the books overlong.

Fallowing writing the companion to the series (A Confederation Handbook, an informational book in the manner of the appendices to The Lord of the Rings), a novel for immature adults (Lightstorm) and the novelette for the PS Publishing series of limited editions (Watching Trees Grow), he also published an additional placed of novelette, entitled A Second Chance At Eden. He so published his next fully length novel, Fallen Dragon. Inside numbers of ways this occurs as condensation of the ideas & styles (& potentially characters) of the ''Nighttime's Dawn'' trilogy, around case like darker in tone. the could have-alone book described a bleak ultra-capitalist society dominated by five mega-corporations which wielded about limitless power. One of the further interesting aspects of the book was its improper description of a spacefaring society which experienced non been a cappella to grow an low-cost method of interplanetary travel, & human beings doesn't easy adjust run zero gravity/free-fall conditions.

Misspent Youth is much shorter than either the ''Nighttime's Dawn books or even Fallen Dragon'', & depicts the touching-first version of Britain different from either that in the Greg Mandel trilogy. It combines the rejuvenation theme using a growing preoccupation with a phenomenon of European integration from either the Eurosceptic point of view. This was his least swell standard book critically, possibly because it was Hamilton's number one attempt at an inside depth character learn or even possibly because lot of the book was taken higher by using descriptions of sex which didn't allow numerous of a characters (particularly the females) to exist as developed. Additionally, virtually all of the protagonists got severe character flaws which added the darker tone to the novel than very much of his more function. Peradventure a first theme established by this book was a conception of the invention of ultra-high density storage media at virtually there is no prices to the consumer. This leads to massive media piracy & a collapse of completely 'office' amusement production. It as well allows a storage of man memories/personalities for post-demise cloning & resurrection.

His virtually all recent act, ''Pandora's Star, is set approximately 300 years later in the same universe as Misspent Youth. It explores a social results of the just about complete elimination of the own experience of dying as punishment far flung utilize of the rejuvination system described around Misspent Youth. Inside somewhat similar style to Nighttime's Dawn, Hamilton as well outlines, inside detail, the universe by using the little total of distinct alien coinage interacting basically peacefully & world health organization suddently get faced by owning an progressively ominous external threat.

Hamilton persistently tackles challenging themes, particularly within Nighttime's Dawn. In the trilogy he deals extensively by using politics, comparing & contrasting the free alliance of independent worlds sustaining immensely different systems of political & social structure. He likewise tackles religion and metaphysics. More most common themes include a problems & chance of technical innovation, & a phenomenon (typically listed inside science fiction) of technical imbalance between ii societies.

He usually utilizes the uncontaminating, prosaic style, though he may be additional adventuresome around his short stories (e.g., Candy Buds around Another Risk at Eden). Within Nighttime's Dawn a style has a caring advantage within keeping a several different plot line progressing & permitting the reader to keep the two dead mind, however concisely works - particularly Misspent Youth - it could function to his disadvantage. His writing is characterized by the bye it switches between many characters - typically there come Trio or even Tetrad independent characters, whose paths are separate however one of these days cross in the latter half of his books. This style was firmly placed down within Nighttime's Dawn & continued around Pandora's Star.

Bibliography

The Greg Mandel Trilogy
Mindstar Rising (1993) A Quantum Murder (1994) The Nano Flower'' (1995)

The Night's Dawn Trilogy
The Reality Dysfunction (1996, published in both volumes in the America, Emergence & Expansion) The Neutronium Alchemist (1997, published in 2 volumes in the U.s., Consolidation & Conflict) The Naked God (1999, published within 2 volumes in softback book in the U.s.a., Flight & Faith. A United states hardcover was a single volume.)

The Commonwealth Saga
''Pandora's Star (2004) Judas Unchained (2005)

Other novels
Lightstorm (1998, young adult novel, a portion of "The Web" series) Fallen Dragon (2001) Misspent Youth (2002, prequel of sorts to the Commonwealth Saga)

Short fiction
Falling Stones (1992) Spare Capacity (1993) Adam's Gene (1993) Starlight Dreamer (1994) Eat Reecebread with Graham Joyce (1994, published in Interzone) The White Stuff with Graham Joyce (1997) Escape Route (1997, published in Interzone. Reprinted around Another Risk At Eden) A Second Chance at Eden (1998, collection of short stories set in the Night's Dawn universe) Watching Trees Grow (2000, novella originally published as a limited gestural edition by PS Publishing. Late anthologised around Stock, & promulgated around the mass market paperbacked edition) The Suspect Genome (2000, novella featuring Mandel published within Interzone)

Miscellaneous
A Confederation Handbook (2000, the cure within non-nonfictional prose style to the universe of the Nighttime's Dawn'' trilogy)

Interviews
1995 [http://www.lysator.liu.se/~unicorn/hamilton/interviews/interzone96.html "From Rutland to the Universe"] 1996 [http://www.lysator.liu.se/lsff/mb-nr33/Peter_F_Hamilton.html "ConFuse 96 Guest of Honour Interview"] 1997 [http://www.lysator.liu.se/~unicorn/hamilton/interviews/sfx32.html "Big is Beautiful"] 2004 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/readingroom/2004/03/03/interview.shtml "Interview with a dystopian"]