History Literature / PandorasStar

* One of the co-inventors of the wormhole technology seeks the wisdom of [[ProudScholarRaceGuy intergalactic]] [[RecycledINSPACE space elves]] regarding the Dyson pair, and gets stranded in the far corners of the galaxy, with an [[StarfishAlien unknown alien]] and a young kid as his companions.

''Pandora's Star'' presents a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters multifaceted]] view of a future where [[PortalNetwork wormhole technology]] has allowed mankind to colonize the universe, and genetics technology have made people practically immortal via rejuvenation treatments. Although the plot diverges in several directions, all of the story threads eventually become interwoven in a cliffhanger climax.

* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: How the Starflyer assassin kills [[spoiler: Kazimir]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Remember that space yuppie that was vapid and boring for the first 9/10ths of the book? Yeah. [[spoiler: She becomes the avatar of the Sentient Intelligence and single-handedly annihilates an alien invasion fleet.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Not only with [[spoiler: Dudley Bose, who unleashes a homicidal alien intelligence,]] but also with [[spoiler: Bradley Johanssen,]] who might have been able to warn people if he hadn't been busy blowing them up.

** Those of both victims and perpetrators.

''Pandora's Star'' presents a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters multifacted]] view of a future where [[PortalNetwork wormhole technology]] has allowed mankind to colonize the universe, and genetics technology have made people practically immortal via rejuvenation treatments. Although the plot diverges in several directions, all of the story threads eventually become interwoven in a cliffhanger climax.

* [[OrphansPlotTrinket Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: The Silfen Friendship pendant given to Orion by his parents. Helps him and Ozzie out on the Silfen paths a few times by pointing them in the right direction.

* [[spoiler:[[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In a Dyson Forcefield]]]]: The Primes.

''Pandora's Star ''is a 2004 novel, written by Creator/PeterFHamilton. It is the first book in the CommonwealthSaga with its sequel, ''Literature/JudasUnchained''.

* Bumbling astronomer Dudley Bose observes an entire double-star system (Dyson Alpha and Beta) blink out of existence for no apparent reason, indicating a sort of instant-Dyson-sphere may have been erected.

''Pandora's Star ''is a 2004 novel, written by [[PeterFHamilton Peter F. Hamilton]]. It is the first book in the CommonwealthSaga with its sequel, ''Literature/JudasUnchained''.

* InsistentTerminology: It's a continuous wormhole generator, ''not'' a hyperdrive.

* InsistentTerminology: It's a flow wormhole generator, ''not'' a hyperdrive.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted. [=MorningLightMountain=] is able to communicate with Dudley Bose only because [[spoiler: it places his brain into another immotile; even such, its thoughts appear disjointed and alien]].

* BoldExplorer: In the prologue, Earth sends a manned spaceship to Mars whose crew is extremely irritated to discover that, while they were hoofing it, a couple of garage tinkerers in Los Angeles discovered how to create stable wormholes and beat them there. Fast forward five hundred years or so, and the normally wormhole-dependent Commonwealth builds an FTL-capable exploration starship named the ''Another Chance'', captained by the leader of the Mars expedition. (Immortality therapy was involved.)

** Though "thwarted" still leaves the humans in a tough spot - sure, the massive invasion was temporarily halted, but only after destroying 23 planets and with thousands upon thousands of the alien ships having already transited the wormhole.

* CompleteMonster: At first, the Prime villain [=MorningLightMountain=] tortures and kills humans because he does not comprehend that they are sentient beings. Later, it comes to understand that every human is a unique snowflake with its own hopes and dreams. '''And it doesn't care.''' Emotions are as alien to it as the concept of "sharing".

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
** A human spaceship [[spoiler: gets destroyed by being hit with 96 nuclear missiles from every direction at the same time.]]
** Mellanie [[spoiler: becomes avatar of the Sentient Intelligence, grows gold electroplating all over her body, and single-handedly obliterates an enemy invasion fleet.]]

* ForScience: Basically the reason humanity wants to poke its nose in something it probably shouldn't.

* WetwareCPU: The Primes never discovered computer chip technology, meaning that [[BigBad MorningLightMountain]] controls all mechanical processes with different immotile units. Additionally, it is distrustful of the computer processors it discovers with humans.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: While Dudley Bose is a likeable goof, his lack of discipline unleashes a hideous genocidal monstrosity on the universe.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: While Dudley Bose is a [[YourMileageMayVary likeable]] goof, his lack of discipline unleashes a hideous genocidal monstrosity on the universe.

* InsistentTerminology: It's a flow wormhole generator, **not** a hyperdrive.

* InsistentTerminology: It's a flow wormhole generator, *not* a hyperdrive.

''Pandora's Star ''is a novel written by [[PeterFHamilton Peter F. Hamilton]]. It is the first book in the CommonwealthSaga with its sequel, ''Literature/JudasUnchained''.