Listen free for 30 days
-
The Dreaming Void
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Series: Void Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Listen with a free trial
Buy Now for £21.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
The Temporal Void
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 25 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Intersolar Commonwealth is in turmoil as the Living Dream’s deadline for launching its Pilgrimage into the Void draws closer. Not only is the Ocisen Empire fleet fast approaching on a mission of genocide, but also an internecine war has broken out between the post-human factions over the destiny of humanity.
-
-
Terribly Recorded.
- By Amazon Customer on 07-12-18
-
Pandora's Star
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 37 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Britain's bestselling SF writer returns to outer space.In AD 2329, humanity has colonised over four hundred planets, all of them interlinked by wormholes. With Earth at its centre, the Intersolar Commonwealth now occupies a sphere of space approximately four hundred light years across. When an astronomer on the outermost world of Gralmond, observes a star 2000 light years distant - and then a neighbouring one - vanish, it is time for the Commonwealth to discover what happened to them.
-
-
Very solid and enjoyable space opera
- By Stephen on 21-09-13
-
The Abyss Beyond Dreams
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When images of a lost civilization are 'dreamed' by a self-proclaimed prophet of the age, Nigel Sheldon, inventor of wormhole technology and creator of the Commonwealth society, is asked to investigate. Especially as the dreams seem to be coming from the Void - a mysterious area of living space monitored and controlled because of its hugely destructive capabilities.
-
-
Ever wonder how Marx would have dealt with aliens?
- By M on 06-11-14
-
The Reality Dysfunction
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 41 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton is the first in Night's Dawn, a sweeping galactic trilogy from the master of space opera. In AD 2600 the human race is finally realizing its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets across the galaxy host a multitude of wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary space-born creatures.
-
-
Great story spoiled by poor audio editing..
- By P Hardwick on 18-11-16
-
Salvation
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
AD 2204. An alien shipwreck is discovered on a planet at the very limits of human expansion - so Security Director Feriton Kayne selects a team to investigate. The ship’s sinister cargo not only raises bewildering questions but could also foreshadow humanity’s extinction. It will be up to the team to bring back answers, and the consequences of this voyage will change everything. Back on Earth, we can now make deserts bloom and extend lifespans indefinitely, so humanity seems invulnerable. We therefore welcomed the Olyix to Earth when they contacted us. But were the Olyix a blessing or a curse?
-
-
Great book let down by the narration
- By Peter Kuehne on 28-06-19
-
Great North Road
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Great North Road is a standalone science fiction adventure from Peter F. Hamilton, the author of The Night's Dawn trilogy. When attending a Newcastle murder scene, Detective Sidney Hurst finds a dead North family clone. Yet none has been reported missing. And in 2122, 20 years ago, a North clone billionaire was horrifically murdered in the same manner on the tropical planet of St Libra. So if the murderer is still at large, was Angela Tramelo wrongly convicted?
-
-
Great book, but this is only half the story
- By tim on 17-01-13
-
The Temporal Void
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 25 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Intersolar Commonwealth is in turmoil as the Living Dream’s deadline for launching its Pilgrimage into the Void draws closer. Not only is the Ocisen Empire fleet fast approaching on a mission of genocide, but also an internecine war has broken out between the post-human factions over the destiny of humanity.
-
-
Terribly Recorded.
- By Amazon Customer on 07-12-18
-
Pandora's Star
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 37 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Britain's bestselling SF writer returns to outer space.In AD 2329, humanity has colonised over four hundred planets, all of them interlinked by wormholes. With Earth at its centre, the Intersolar Commonwealth now occupies a sphere of space approximately four hundred light years across. When an astronomer on the outermost world of Gralmond, observes a star 2000 light years distant - and then a neighbouring one - vanish, it is time for the Commonwealth to discover what happened to them.
-
-
Very solid and enjoyable space opera
- By Stephen on 21-09-13
-
The Abyss Beyond Dreams
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When images of a lost civilization are 'dreamed' by a self-proclaimed prophet of the age, Nigel Sheldon, inventor of wormhole technology and creator of the Commonwealth society, is asked to investigate. Especially as the dreams seem to be coming from the Void - a mysterious area of living space monitored and controlled because of its hugely destructive capabilities.
-
-
Ever wonder how Marx would have dealt with aliens?
- By M on 06-11-14
-
The Reality Dysfunction
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 41 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton is the first in Night's Dawn, a sweeping galactic trilogy from the master of space opera. In AD 2600 the human race is finally realizing its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets across the galaxy host a multitude of wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary space-born creatures.
-
-
Great story spoiled by poor audio editing..
- By P Hardwick on 18-11-16
-
Salvation
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
AD 2204. An alien shipwreck is discovered on a planet at the very limits of human expansion - so Security Director Feriton Kayne selects a team to investigate. The ship’s sinister cargo not only raises bewildering questions but could also foreshadow humanity’s extinction. It will be up to the team to bring back answers, and the consequences of this voyage will change everything. Back on Earth, we can now make deserts bloom and extend lifespans indefinitely, so humanity seems invulnerable. We therefore welcomed the Olyix to Earth when they contacted us. But were the Olyix a blessing or a curse?
-
-
Great book let down by the narration
- By Peter Kuehne on 28-06-19
-
Great North Road
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Great North Road is a standalone science fiction adventure from Peter F. Hamilton, the author of The Night's Dawn trilogy. When attending a Newcastle murder scene, Detective Sidney Hurst finds a dead North family clone. Yet none has been reported missing. And in 2122, 20 years ago, a North clone billionaire was horrifically murdered in the same manner on the tropical planet of St Libra. So if the murderer is still at large, was Angela Tramelo wrongly convicted?
-
-
Great book, but this is only half the story
- By tim on 17-01-13
-
Mindstar Rising
- The Greg Mandel Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's the 21st century, and global warming is here to stay, so forget the way your country used to look. And get used to the free market, too – the companies possess all the best hardware, and they're calling the shots now. In a world like this, a man open to any offers can make out just fine. A man like Greg Mandel for instance, who's psi-boosted, wired into the latest sensory equipment, carrying state-of-the-art weaponry – and late of the English Army's Mindstar Battalion.
-
-
Do Tory Droids dream of cyber babes?
- By Richard on 25-03-18
-
Fallen Dragon
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lawrence Newton always dreamed of adventure amongst the stars. Now the ultimate prize is within his grasp, but what will he risk to get it? Lawrence is the sergeant of a washed-out platoon taking part in the bungled invasion of yet another human colony world. The giant corporations call such campaigns 'asset realization', but in practice it's simple piracy. When he's on the ground, being shot at and firebombed by resistance forces, he recalls stories of the Temple of the Fallen Dragon. Its priests supposedly guard a treasure hoard large enough to buy lifelong happiness.
-
-
It's All About The Destination
- By S. Morris on 23-05-17
-
Manhattan in Reverse
- The Complete Collection
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Camilla Mathias, Damian Lynch, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A collection of short stories from the master of space opera. Peter F Hamilton takes us on a journey from a murder mystery in an alternative Oxford in the 1800s to a brand new story featuring Paula Mayo, deputy director of the Intersolar Commonwealth’s Serious Crimes Directorate. Dealing with intricate themes and topical subjects, this top-10 best-selling author is at the top of his game.
-
-
Well Done Peter you have come back from the cold
- By Relativitydrive on 20-11-11
-
A Second Chance at Eden
- By: Peter F. Hamilton
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A Second Chance at Eden, by Peter F. Hamilton, the best-selling master of space opera, is a collection containing a novella and six short stories set in the Confederation Universe of the Night's Dawn trilogy. Sonnie's Edge appears within this collection, featured as part of the Love, Death + Robots series on Netflix.
-
-
Good stories shame about the Narrator.
- By Steven McAnena on 05-04-18
-
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.
-
-
An unexpected gem
- By Andrew on 29-01-17
-
Inhibitor Phase
- By: Alastair Reynolds
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past. Fleeing the 'wolves'—the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors—he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the caves of an airless, battered world called Michaelmas. The slightest hint of human activity could draw the wolves to their home, to destroy everything...utterly. Which is how Miguel finds himself on a one-way mission with his own destructive mandate: to eliminate a passing ship, before it can bring unwanted attention down on them.
-
-
The sublime Reynolds and Lee do it again!
- By Simon. M on 28-08-21
-
The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2
- By: Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kij Johnson, Mary Robinette Kowal, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Adam Epstein, Vanessa Hart, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Short novels are movie length novels that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This unabridged audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2011, by current and emerging masters of this form. In "The Ice Owl", by Carolyn Ives Gilman, an adolescent, female, Waster, in the iron city of Glory to God finds an enigmatic tutor who provides her with much more than academic instruction while a fundamentalist revolt is underway.
-
Revelation Space
- By: Alastair Reynolds
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason.
-
-
Good story - Fell out with the narrator.
- By Peter on 06-07-10
-
Children of Time
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden.
-
-
Felt cheated
- By Paul Green on 02-07-19
-
Renegade
- Spiral Wars, Book 1
- By: Joel Shepherd
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One thousand years after Earth was destroyed in an unprovoked attack, humanity has emerged victorious from a series of terrible wars to assure its place in the galaxy. But during celebrations on humanity’s new Homeworld, the legendary Captain Pantillo of the battle carrier Phoenix is court-martialed then killed, and his deputy, Lieutenant Commander Erik Debogande, the heir to humanity’s most powerful industrial family, is framed with his murder.
-
-
Aside from the occasional infodump, a pretty good
- By Andrew J Chamberlain on 07-02-21
-
The Skinner
- The Spatterjay Series: Book 1
- By: Neal Asher
- Narrated by: William Gaminara
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The savage ocean planet of Spatterjay draws visitors with very different agendas. Erlin is immortal and seeks a reason to keep living. Janer hosts a hive mind, which paid him to find this planet. And Keech is an agent of Earth who’s been dead for 700 years – but still hunts a notorious criminal. On Spatterjay’s vast waterscapes, only the Old Captains risk the native life forms and their voracious appetites. However, they are now barely human. And somewhere out there Keech’s target – the Skinner – runs wild.
-
-
Adventures on Alien and Predatory High Seas
- By Rachel on 26-07-13
-
Old Man's War
- Old Man's War, Book 1
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At 75 years old, John Perry is after a fresh start - so, naturally, he joins the army. Earth's military machine can transform elderly recruits, restoring their lost youth. But in return, its Colonial Defence Force demands two years of hazardous service in space. This is how Perry finds himself in a new body crafted from his original DNA. A genetically enhanced and upgraded new body, ready for battle. But upgrades alone won't keep Perry safe. He'll be fighting for his life on the front line as he defends humanity's colonies.
-
-
Unnexpectedly funny, new take on Sci Fi Cliche
- By Andy on 26-10-17
Summary
AD 3580. The Intersolar Commonwealth has spread through the galaxy to over a thousand star systems. It is a culture of rich diversity with a place for everyone. Even death itself has been overcome. But at the centre of the Commonwealth is a massive black hole. This Void is not a natural artefact. Inside there is a strange universe where the laws of physics are very different to those we know. It is slowly consuming the other stars of the galactic core - one day it will devour the entire galaxy.
Inigo, a human, has started to dream of a wonderful existence in the Void. 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. Other starfaring species fear their migration will cause the Void to expand again. They are prepared to stop them no matter what the cost.
And so the pilgrimage begins....
More from the same
What listeners say about The Dreaming Void
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
- Walter
- 22-01-09
Listen to this
Do not read this book - listen to Toby Longworth, it is a great performance.
All I wish - is for the rest of the story to be published. Also I would have liked to be informed about the fact that this is part of a series which goes like this:
1. Pandora's Star (2004) Commonwealth Series #1
2. Judas Unchained (2005) Commonwealth Series #2
3. The Dreaming Void (2008) Void Trilogy #1
4. The Temporal Void (to be published in march 2009) Void Trilogy #2
Audible have published book two, Judas Unchained, but not the first. Why in the universe would they do that? I like the whole story - unabridged please.
With sincerety
Audible - are you listening?
104 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ani101
- 18-09-13
Niggles
While Toby Longworth is a good narrator and shone in the mindstar series he rather disrupts the congruent flow of this series with his interpretation of character voices, especially Paula Myo, set by John Lee in the commonwealth prequel. The narration returns to John Lee in the subsequent book where even the pronunciation of key character names are changed. Don't the narrators and author talk to each other??
17 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Tara
- 18-08-12
Tedious
Never really came to care about any of the (very large ensemble of) characters. Edeard was an engaging character, but even he was predictable. The rest was just ... very long and listening to cardboard-cutout schoolboy-fantasy sex scenes on audiobook was cringe-inducing.
That said, Toby Longworth's narrration was very, very good. There's a huge cast in this book and he manages to come up with a unique, believable voice for each one. He has an amazing repertoire of accents. I'll happily listen to his work again.
15 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- David
- 08-06-08
Superb
Peter F Hamilton just gets better and better, this is his first Commonwealth series book available on Audible. It basicaly contains two seperate books, a hard sci-fi book with lots of knowing winks to his previous Starflyer books and a medieval style fantasy tale, although of course somewhere down the line they will connect.
The charcters are excellenty drawn, and the plot is tight yet expansive. I particularly like the details he adds in some of the sub plots that makes the book come alive. Thoroughly recommended and cant wait for the next book (this being the first of a trilogy)
19 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Colin
- 20-07-13
'Read' them in order
What did you like most about The Dreaming Void?
Follows on in a universe and using characters created in Pandoras Star and Judas Unchained. Epic stuff!
Would you listen to another book narrated by Toby Longworth?
Toby is ok but John read the first two and the next two after this. I would have preferred him there for the entire series. Oliver Monroe may have been from Tennessee but John didn't read it that way and to suddenly have to deal with a character that had apparently acquired the accent of a lesser educated individual from a cotton picking region was strange. Likewise with Paula Myo.
Kudos to Peter F. The story is great!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Steve Hocking
- 17-07-08
Great book but not concluded
I really enjoyed this book. Well written and space opera at its best. Be warned the story doesn't conclude in this book. Twenty one hours in and your left at a cliff hanger. Now audible needs the next one!!
11 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ian Biddle
- 25-10-13
A bit of a let down
What disappointed you about The Dreaming Void?
No where near as good as Judas unchained. Far to slow to get going for my liking.
Would you ever listen to anything by Peter F Hamilton again?
Yes. I have already listened to Judas Unchained and found it excellent and would highly recommend that title.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Chris
- 08-10-13
Loved the book. For me disappointing narration
After listening to (and loving) Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained I was looking forward to the story continuing.
I haven't been disappointed at all by the story but I was very disappointed by Toby Longworth's narration. That's actually slightly unfair, I enjoyed his narration of the story but not of the characters. It doesn't help that the I'd just spent nearly 80 hours listening to John Lee voice many of the same characters however I found Longworth's style to be more fitting to fantasy rather than Sci Fi. I found his portrayal of the male characters to either make them seem overly camp, overly dumb or overly grandiose. The female characters were ok but not to my tastes.
I was very pleased to see that Lee returns to voice the following two books. I do not regret buying this book however I would have definitely preferred the same narrator throughout the whole series.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Lucas
- 18-02-19
Good book, poor performance
I'm a big fan of Peter F. Hamilton, this is one of his more easily started books that become gripped much faster than some of his earlier books. However, the Narration is really, really bad. I think this is the only book narrated by Toby Longworth I've come across but I will be avoiding him in the future.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- John Booth
- 06-05-15
amazing
start to finish an awsome story. The characters come to life with this narrator. don't be put off by the length. This can be listened to time and time again.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Lush
- 12-05-20
Great opener / terrible narration
The story is great. Typical Hamilton space opera. But Longworth’s narration is just terrible. His reading voice is good but his character voicing is appalling. It is so bad that it wrecks the story. His characters sound like morons. The Paula / Oscar scene is just so awful that it becomes ridiculous. I wish I could get the John Lee version but it is unavailable.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall

- Jon Nielsen
- 01-12-08
Complex, fascinating and thrilling
Hammilton does again. Creating a truely manificient Si-Fi future, with a magnitude of ideas and technology I for one have not come across before. The plot unwinds slowly - this book alone is over around a 1000 pages and the story continues in the newly released follow-up. But that does not make Hammilton a slow writer - the story is facinating and captivating all the way through.
Reades migh be confused by the sheer number of characters and parallel plotlines, as well as the little trick of inserting a series of dreams essential to the plot inbetween the normal chapters. But rest assured knowning that Hammilton is the man to bring it all together to create that perfect picture in the end (the eventual end, that is).
It might be recommended that you start with Pandoras Star followed by Judas Unchained, since a few characters reapper (and that series is now completed). Not essential though, as the timeline has progressed 1200 years, and the plot is all new.
Hammilton is a must-read for Si-Fi fans, but be warned: Like me, you might not be able to turn it off. Beam me up.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall

- Matthew
- 04-08-08
A little confusing to start with.. and then...
OK I found the start of this book a little confusing, the narrative flits around like a butterfly from plotline to plotline without fully explaining who the characters are, but you get the hang of it eventually.
And then... Just when I was really getting into the book, it ended. It didnt really end with a satisfactory conclusion, or even a cliffhanger to have you wanting a sequel, it just stopped. It's as if the author was told by the publisher to hurry up and finish it. Well I for one am hoping there is a sequel. But I can only give it 3 stars because of it's ending.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Kai
- 23-11-20
Better read than written.
I simply found there were a few too many factions and characters to keep track of.
Besides I cannot fathom Hamilton's unending love to juxtapose a highly advanced human civilisation with planets/dimensions/colonies where somehow people revert to Georgian or Victorian Britain. Every. Single. Time.
I know there's supposed to be a suspension of belief, but seriously?
The reader was the reason why I soldiered on. So kudos to Mr Longworth.
Hamilton 2.5 stars
Longworth 4.5 stars
(Since you cannot give half a star in the GUI)
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Matheus
- 09-10-20
A greatly narrated great continuation
Although I didn't appreciate the exact accent and tone the narrator used with some few characters, his job of unfolding himself into so many distinguishable voices was fantastic. Of course, Hamilton's story not only can stand on it's own feet, but is an amazing continuation to the commonwealth saga!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Witold Baryluk
- 10-07-20
Slow, but enjoyable and different.
somehow different than Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, but continuation of the same universe with big changes. Nice connectioma to the previous books, both in the story and characters, despite happening 1000 years later.
The Void is still mysterious to me, and is pretty fantastic, which is weird for a sci-fi book, but it does work. And similar to previous book a complex story of many factions, aliens, and people is created by following multiple characters.
The story somehow stops abruptly, so next book is a must.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Maarten van Wensveen
- 06-09-19
Yet another great opening!
Hamilton has done it again, just like Pandora's star in which so many little plot lines tend to leave you confused as to where you are at first. But then it starts to come together and the plot lines merge into this fantastically orchestrated whole that leaves you aching for more....i can't wait for what is comming up next! into the temporal void we go!!
To all prospective readers of the Void trilogy: Reading Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained (The commonwealth saga) is not a must but strongly advised. Both great books and you will not go wrong with reading it first as it will help you understand subtle nuances and a lot of historical back stories
As to the Narrator: Toby has a good voice but tends to overact women as all sounding like old crones and tough men sounding like Scottish pirates. The semi Scottish parts i liked but was sometimes hard to keep apart. The voicing of the women should have been a lot better (Especially Paula Myo and Justine Burnelli)
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Dmitry
- 26-06-17
John Lee or Peter Kenney should have read it
The Commonwealth is going post physical. And it's thousand year old scions sound like pirates. Each and every one.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Mattias H
- 17-06-17
Great story, over acted
Great book. Toby Longworth has a nice "narrators voice" but the voice acting is over the top. Half the male characters and nearly all the females sound like idiots. Even Paula Myo (scandal!). I'll read the rest of the series myself.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall

- Chris
- 14-06-11
Superbly voice acted and paced
Toby Longworth's narration places this audiobook at the pinnacle of dozens I've heard from Audible. His pacing and voice acting is effective and diverse, and brings the book to life. The Dreaming Void itself is pure space opera, and really enjoyable. My previous exposure to Hamilton was via the Night's Dawn trilogy, which spun off into left field with its mystical/afterlife/religious overtones. I'm very glad to report that with a mix of post-singularity galactic society and very human politicking this one feels a lot more like Ian M Banks' style, particulary when the measured pacing explodes into the microsecond scale and violent energy of high technology combat. Great space opera, but the clincher for this audiobook is unsurpassed commitment and acting by the narrator.
1 person found this helpful