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Re:Trains in Space by telharmonium on Thursday April 28, 2016 @04:09PM (#11591570)
Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga involves interstellar travel on trains[1] which pass through artificial wormholes. I wouldn't recommend the books; he creates a world with so much potential, but the characters and story are disappointing.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga#Technologica...

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Re:Trains in Space by zazard on Friday April 29, 2016 @04:08AM (#11594371)
I really liked these books. Would love to know about some that you would recommend, then, you seem to be harder to convince than I am :)

Also, it seems he is currently writing a new trilogy in the same universe (The Chronicle of the Fallers), the first of which is already out. Haven't read it yet, however.

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Re:Trains in Space by teh_klev on Friday April 29, 2016 @11:47PM (#11600250)
> I wouldn't recommend the books; he creates a world with so much potential, but the characters and story are disappointing.

Oh I would thoroughly disagree, I thought Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained were cracking reads even if they are a bit chunky. At no time did I feel either of the books hit any flat spots, I rattled through both of them in about two weeks whilst reading in my spare time.

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