Welcome to the official homepage of Peter F. Hamilton. On this site, you will find information about Peter, his work, 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.
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Jan 24, 2012
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Shameless self-promotion: I'm going to be at the SFX weekender 3 at Prestatyn Sands (Pontins) on 2-5th February. Actually, along with the other Macmillan authors we'll be staying at a corporate rented house outside Pontins. And why are us delicate flowers doing this and not mucking in with the 4,000 attendees staying in Pontins chalets? http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g551989-d625803-Reviews-Pontin_s_Prestatyn_Sands_Centre-Prestatyn_Denbighshire_North_Wales_Wales.html might explain. Anyway... I'll be doing a panel on the lack of Space Opera in film and TV at 12 o'clock Saturday, which may well diverge from the title if you ask other questions. The panel will be followed by a signing. So if you're going, please feel free to bring along any books you want me to sign for you (you don't have to buy them there). I'll be there Friday and Saturday, and I don't bite so do come along and say hello when you see me in the bar -which is where I'll probably be found most of the time.  Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Centre www.tripadvisor.co.uk Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Centre |
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Jan 20, 2012
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Finally starting to get some feedback from the GNR manuscript's beta testers -that is the editors. It looks like there won't have to be any major re-writes, just some tweaking and a few reductions in sections which go on too long. However, my American editor hasn't finished yet so that might all change. But so far it's a big relief, these are the people I trust the most. When it comes to the 'reduced' sections I'm thinking of putting the "author's original" versions on the web for those who are interested, so long as there aren't any spoilers in them. That's some way off yet, though. And even though this isn't a fantasy novel, there is a map of the world St. Libra, where half the story takes place, which I'll put up. Hopefully the version we're having drawn by a professional, otherwise it'll have to be my own. And I seriously cannot draw. |
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Jan 5, 2012
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| Okay, for those of you who like your statistics: That is Great North Road, yes it is page 1245, it came in at 351,933 words, slightly longer than Reality Dysfunction, and I finished 2.14 GMT tonight. I will revise over the weekend and submit to my publishers on Monday. It is a stand-alone novel. It's due out in the UK late September/early October -later than that (I think) in the USA I'll confirm when I know for sure. Off for a stiff drink or ten now. |
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Jan 5, 2012
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It lives!
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Jan 1, 2012
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| Manuscript of Great North Road sooooo nearly finished. Best quote I heard this month, from a friend's mother on looking forward to motherhood: I always wanted children, just not you two. Got to work that into the book somehow. |
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Jan 1, 2012
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| Just to say happy New Year to everyone. Hope you all have a good one. |
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Dec 30, 2011
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| Stung by a wasp this morning. Yes, I checked, it is December. The brute was dozing in the log pile outside when I went to fetch some wood to burn. Is that the fault of the government, or a result of the Euro crisis? |
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Dec 24, 2011
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Happy Christmas everyone. Have a great New Year. And these are the newest additions to the Hamilton household.
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Dec 17, 2011
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| This afternoon we took the kids of see Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 Chipwrecked (their request, it could have been Puss In Boots). There's an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back. |
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Dec 6, 2011
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| Thank you everyone for the amazing answers to my chocolate advent calendar question. And for those of you wondering why I bought it for him in the first place. It was a gift from grandma. That would be my mother in law. You just don't argue with that -trust me. |
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Oct 10, 2011
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| If you are a Twitter user, you can now follow us: @PeterFHamilton1. For the time being, only the items from this news page will be Tweeted, but we hope to add more stuff in the future. |
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Oct 4, 2011
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| After being broken for a long time, the RSS feed for this page finally works once more. To subscribe, please click the RSS button at the top of this page, or use the built in RSS function of your browser. In Firefox, click "Subscribe to this page" in the bookmarks menu. In Internet Explorer, click the link at the bottom of this page. |
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Sep 14, 2011
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| Peter's September 2011 Blog Entry is now online. |
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May 17, 2011
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| Peter's May 2011 Blog Entry is now online. |
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Apr 11, 2011
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| I'm Guest Of Honour at Illustrious, the UK Eastercon at The Hilton Metropole, NEC Birmingham UK from 22 - 25th April. I'll be arriving for the Friday opening ceremony, and I'll be around Saturday and Sunday, but won't be there for the Monday. If you're going along don't be shy, please say hello, I'm scheduled to be on plenty of panels, and if you have books you need signing then I'll be happy to do that for you. |