[zombees]

If all the dimming star headlines are piquing your interest, you must read Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained by Alexander Hamilton. It's about the same event being observed but a couple hundred years from now in a post FTL society, so naturally they have to wander out and see what's up. The pair is one of the best recent science fiction stories to come out in the past 15 years.

[imron]

Came here to suggest this.

Pandora's Star is an excellent (albeit long) read.

Note however, the author is Peter F. Hamilton.

[13of40]

Just bought it on Audible, and apparently it's 37 hours long...

[kchoudhu]

Yeah, Hamilton really gets into world building. Often to the detriment of actual storytelling -- which on its day, is actually quite good.

I'd still recommend these books though.

Edit to add: Hamilton also wrote The Void Trilogy, set in the same universe as The Commonwealth Saga. They're interesting, but less so than the Commonwealth books.

[jamie_ca]

Recently read it on my phone, which tells me it took 27.4 hours, or about the same as Scott Lynch's first two Gentlemen Bastards novels (also a good read, for different reasons), or a bit longer than the first 4 Dresden Files.

[zombees]

Last time I write stuff while tired...

[sparky_z]

Pretty sure you mean Peter F Hamilton, there. Alexander was a different guy.

[geofft]

"There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait...."

[zombees]

Yea... not my day

[siquick]

Gonna check it out, thanks.