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TOM MERRITT: Coming up on "Sword
and Laser," I wonder if
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"The Great North Road's" a good
introductory book for
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Peter F. Hamilton.
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VERONICA BELMONT: Well,
conveniently, we can ask him,
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because he's on the
show today.
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Right here on "Sword and
Laser," starting now.
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VERONICA BELMONT:
Hey everyone.
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Welcome to the "Sword and
Laser." I'm Veronica Belmont.
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TOM MERRITT: We're all here.
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I'm Tom Merritt.
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VERONICA BELMONT: And this is
one of our fantastic author
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guide episodes, where we invite
an author up to the
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space castle and ask them
your questions and ours.
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TOM MERRITT: That's
very right.
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In fact, he has heard our
pleas, one of our most
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requested guests.
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This is our guide to
Peter F. Hamilton.
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VERONICA BELMONT: A native of
Rutland, England, Peter F.
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Hamilton has said that as a
child, he had no intention of
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focusing on literature or
writing as a career, and was
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instead interested
in the sciences.
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However, he picked up writing
as a hobby in 1987, and sold
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his first short story
to "Fear Magazine"
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less than a year later.
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TOM MERRITT: Hamilton's first
novel, "Mindstar Rising," was
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published in 1993, kicking off
his Greg Mandel trilogy.
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Set in a near-future Great
Britain, the trilogy stars
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psychic detective Greg Mandel
and his investigation of
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attacks on the company Event
Horizon and its deceased
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founder's stored personality.
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VERONICA BELMONT: The Mandel
trilogy was followed by the
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first of Hamilton's epic space
operas, the "Night's Dawn"
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trilogy, which was published
between 1996 and 1999.
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The roughly 1.2-million-word
series focuses on the
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unexpected return of dead souls
from the beyond and the
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struggle to living against
possession by
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these returned spirits.
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TOM MERRITT: He followed with
"Fallen Dragon" in 2001 and
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adventure novel that follows
mercenary Lawrence mutants
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attempts to attain what
he believes is
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really a fantastic treasure.
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Naturally, the object of his
desires turns out to be
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something much greater than
he believed it to be.
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VERONICA BELMONT: Hamilton
returned to writing about
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near-future visions of Great
Britain in "Misspent Youth,"
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the story of 78-year-old
inventor Jeff Baker, the first
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man to undergo a rejuvenation
procedure that leaves him with
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the body of a 20-year-old and
a crumbling home life.
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