The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

Adamists, on the other hand, are far closer to the typical human civilization of space opera, making use of mild genetic engineering to cure diseases and relying on nanotechnology implants to link themselves to their technology and each other. In addition, due to the versatility of bitek, Edenists maintain a near-complete monopoly on Helium-3, the fusion fuel used everywhere in human space. These practices were condemned by the unified Pope and other religious leaders long ago. Some friction exists between Adamists and Edenists, because Edenism's universal use of the 'affinity gene' has led them to cheat death (sort of) by storing their memories and personalities indefinitely in bitek space habitats, and they are socialists who breed synthetic lifeforms instead of building machines. Both are loosely bound in The Confederation, which also includes two species of sentient aliens (or xenocs). Human society has been divided into two cultures that are more or less at peace with each other: Adamists, who are your typical space-going humans separated and diversified by living on a variety of worlds with different governments, economies and ecosystems, and the Edenists, who have genetically modified themselves to allow universal telepathy between each other, and their biotechnological (or bitek) constructs. The story is set in the 27th century, after humanity has developed faster-than-light travel through the use of artificial wormholes.

More recent prints in the States have gone back to the three volume format, in all their 1000+ page glory Each volume was broken into two, slightly more manageable books when it was released in the States The Reality Dysfunction into Emergence and Expansion, The Neutronium Alchemist into Consolidation and Conflict and The Naked God into Flight and Faith. This Doorstopper of a series was released as three immense novels in Britain The Reality Dysfunction (1996), The Neutronium Alchemist (1997) and The Naked God (1999). The Night's Dawn trilogy is an epic Space Opera series written by British author Peter F.

The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton