Reply #2: I just finished "Pandora's Star".....

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and I'm still trying to decide if the first 800 pages of build-up was worth the last 200 of payoff (which was great). But, I'll probably read Judas in paperback so I can get the scoop on the whole Starflyer deal and see what finally happens to Ozzie and crew.

Don't get me wrong, I think Hamilton is a great writer and has a knack for telling a good story. However he seems to take for granted that some of us have a hard time keeping track of who's who, who they're sleeping/fighting with and what world they're on when you stretch the story over almost 1,000 pages. I wish he'd throw us a bone and give us a dramatis personae to keep it straight.