Welcome to the official homepage of Peter F. Hamilton. On this site, you will find information about Peter, his work, and information on current events (below), and a weblog, where Peter keeps us informed about stuff. There are also sections containing answers to questions asked by fans, artwork (Both cover-art and fan-art) and a list of special content, including previews from Peter's books and background material. Also, do not hesitate to use the question form to ask Peter a question, or the guest book if you simply want to leave him a message.
To obtain a signed copy of one of Peter's Macmillan (UK) books, send an e-mail to oakham@buythebook.co.uk stating which book(s) you would like, what personal inscription (if any) you would like, and your postal address. You will be told, via e-mail, how much the book and postage will cost, if you're happy with the price, the shop will take your credit card details and ship the item(s) out to you.
This is the final list of events where Peter will appear following the release of The Evolutionary Void:
Fri 10th September, 6pm – 7pm
Signing at Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London
For more details, see http://forbiddenplanet.com/
Mon 13th September 11am
Signing at BuyTheBook in Oakham
Tue 14th September afternoon, time tbc
Event at Birmingham Central Library
More details on the library website
Thu 16th September 7pm
Reading and signing at Waterstone’s Deansgate, Manchester
Tickets £3 redeemable against the book on the night
Sat 18th September 6:30pm
Signing at Waterstone’s Nottingham Bridlesmith Gate
Sun 19th September
Peter will be taking part in several events at Fantasycon, Britannia Hotel, 1 St James Street, Nottingham. For further details, see here
Wed 22nd September, time tbc
Reading, Q&A and signing at Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Thu 23rd Sept 6pm
Reading, Q&A and signing at Waterstone’s West End, Edinburgh
Sat 30th Oct, time tbc
Peter will be signing at the MCM Expo, Excel, London
For further details, see www.londonexpo.com
Sat 6th November afternoon, time tbc (approx 1-4)
Tor Readers Day at The Quad, Derby
An update on the limited signed boxed edition: It is now not going to be available exclusively through amazon. It can now be obtained from PanMacmillan directly
An excerpt of The Evolutionary Void (The final volume in the Void Trilogy, due for release September 3, 2010) can be read here
Many people have inquired about the format in which Peter's e-books are published, expressing concern they will not be able to read these books on a non-kindle e-book reader. As it turns out, however, Peter's books will be released in the open ePub format. This should ensure most (if not all) e-book readers on the market today will be able to read these e-books.
To obtain a signed copy of a Macmillan book, send an e-mail to oakham@buythebook.co.uk stating which book(s) you would like, what personal inscription (if any) you would like, and your postal address. You will be told, via e-mail, how much the book and postage will cost, if you're happy with the price, the shop will take your credit card details and ship the item(s) out to you.
This is a new agreement I have with my local independent bookshop, so please be patient while we squash any bugs in the system.
Peter will appear at the following events (dates are To Be Confirmed):
- Friday 10th September Forbidden Planet London (probably in the evening)
- Monday 13th September 11am, Buy The Book, Oakham
- Tuesday 14th September Birmingham, venue TBC
- Saturday 18th September Waterstones Nottingham (I'll also be at Fantasycon in Nottingham that weekend)
- Wednesday 22nd September Waterstones Sauchiehall Street Glasgow
- Thursday 23rd September Transreal Fiction, Waterstones West End reading and Q&A with Ken MacLeod
- Saturday 25th SF Bok Stockholm
- Sunday 26th Swedish Book fair panel 1pm
- Sunday 2 - 10th October Leicester's Everybody's Reading Festival -date TBC
- Saturday 20th October MCM Expo London
There will be a limited edition signed hardback of The Evolutionary Void available from MacMillan. All 1000 copies have been signed by Peter, by hand, yesterday.
A couple of wonderful new pieces of art inspired by Peter's work have been submitted in the last couple of weeks. Make sure to check out a portrait of Ione Saldana from the Night's Dawn trilogy, done by Travis G. Lilley, and a second painting done Sault Estrada, depicting The Verona CST planetary station from the Commonwealth Saga
For those of you interested in what-if scenario's, Peter provided a piece of The Temporal Void that was cut from the final product. He writes:
"The section which follows was removed from the Temporal Void, leading on directly after Paula found someone had downloaded the Cat's memory from its secure store on Kerensk. Contrary to popular belief, I don't simply try to write the longest story possible. And even as I started writing this section, which was introducing Morton from the Commonwealth Saga to the Void Trilogy, it was obvious to me that it was a plot-line too many. So I cut it. What was due to follow in both Temporal and Evolutionary was Morton and Paula teaming up to track down rogue technology suppliers, which would have led Paula to the secret Accelerator station that built the Swarm and the ultradrive engines for the pilgrimage ships. It might have been an excellent, thrilling ride for the reader, but I still can't convince myself of that. The trilogy is shorter and faster because of its absence, and in my opinion better for it.
But I know a number of readers, especially those who use this website, were interested to know what happened to Morton after Judas Unchained. So here in what can now only be described as an event which never happened, is what he did next..."
Peter's June 2010 Blog Entry is now online.