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. Finally, 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.
Peter's February 2010 Blog Entry is now online.
Peter is happy to announce he has signed a new contract with MacMillan. There will be a collection of short stories out next year, as yet no title. Mostly ones already published, but he is going to be writing a couple more for it. This will be followed by a stand-alone novel, provisionally called "Great North Road" (But Peter is not sure that title will make it to the finished book).
Peter writes in with some news regarding the SFX Weekender convention:
"For the SFX Weekender convention I'll hopefully be there from about midday Friday onwards. I'm driving down that morning after I've done the school run so I'm praying for reasonable weather and road conditions. If you're going please say hello -and no I'm not telling you who Aaron was. I'm scheduled to be on the British SF panel at 17:00 to 18:00 on Friday; and then I'm doing a reading and Q&A session 18:30 to 19:00 on Saturday followed by a signing. There seem to be a lot of rules about approaching the various media stars for autographs at this event, let me just say that this doesn't apply to me. If you have a bagful of books you want signing just bring them along, if it's an exceptionally large bag you might get asked to go to the back of the queue but that's all. I'm also happy to sign stuff in the bar, because that's where I expect to be most of the time.
The reading is supposed to be from an author's most recent or forthcoming book, which might be interesting. Every time I'm asked to do a reading I never know what section to read, however as most of you know Ozzie is returning (briefly) in Evolutionary Void I was thinking of the section where he makes his appearance. Of course there are a dozen earlier books to choose from as well. Anyone got a favorite bit? I'm open to suggestions posted on Mark's unisphere forum. And if you all nominate the naughty bits from Misspent Youth you're going to be disappointed."
Somewhat delayed due to a miscommunication, here is Peter's December 2009 blog entry
Publication dates are not absolutely final yet, but The Evolutionary Void is tentatively scheduled for release in September 2010. And as a treat for Peter's US fans, this is the release date for both sides of the Atlantic! So there will be at most a couple of weeks difference between the UK and US releases.
From the statistics department: In its current form, The Evolutionary Void is 216,000 words long. This is slightly less than The Temporal Void, but this is pre-edit, so it may yet get bigger.
Good news for everybody waiting for the concluding volume in the Void trilogy: Peter is done writing The Evolutionary Void! All that remains is for the editors and publishers to do their thing. When more details are known, they will be announced here.
Following up on some of his remarks in the Q&A interview released a few days ago, Peter wishes to clarify a few things concerning his future work:
1) Peter is currently only contracted up to the end of Evolutionary Void. So what will happen next is as yet unconfirmed and subject to a lot of negotiation. However, what Peter is hoping his publisher will agree to is a book which will be a stand alone novel set in a new universe. Also, there may be a collection of short stories/novellas that have been slowly accumulating since A Second Chance At Eden.
2) Following that (and this is a long way off so it's very speculative), Peter hopes to write another duo or trilogy, set completely in the Void. Despite previous announcements, after due consideration and consultation with friends in the business, this is not going to be quite so YA after all. It is set on another planet in a different section of the Void, at around the same time Edeard was alive. But there is no connection between the two worlds.
Peter has done a video Q&A session where he answers questions from fans and bloggers, covering a range of topics from technology to possible future books.
Saul Estrada sent us a digital painting he made of the opening scene from Pandora's Star. Hop over to his section of the gallery to see his interpretation of that fateful moment.