4.5 stars. I really liked this one. What a great book, probably the most thoughtful and provocative science fiction novel I've read in a long, long time, and written in such a style and with such care that I wouldn't hesitate to call it a work of art. Influenced and inspired by classic English liter...
Framed narratives while on pilgrimage to religious site suggestive of [b:The Canterbury Tales|2696|The Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1261208589s/2696.jpg|986234], but no real influence. Whereas Chaucer's pilgrims generally do not tell their own storie...
Hyperion is generally regarded as a science fiction classic, it tends to be included in most "Best SF Novels of All-Time" lists. I first read it when it was first published in paperback, at the time I had no idea I was reading a book that is destined to become a classic in the genre. When I began to...
I liked Simmons' take on time and space, especially the geopolitics and social implications of relativity. Some of my quibbles with this book might be due to the fact that I listened to the audiobook, which had uneven narration (why doesn't Steven Pacey read every book ever?). The thing that I disli...
The world-building is pretty good overall & imo on the same level as Dune. Personally I find the writing a bit uneven. IMHO the 1st story is a bit boring, the 3rd is sort of interesting, & the 4th & the last are amazing.
An amazing read! With each passing story, I felt the book coming to an end and found myself purposely reading slower, not wanting it to be over. Following the model of some medieval novels (such as the Canterbury Tales and the Decameron), Hyperion has different characters tell their stories as they ...
I read The Terror a couple of summers ago and was not a fan. I felt like his prose was ponderous and that the work needed some heavy editing. Granted, it was heavily researched and had an authentic feel to it, just story-wise, I was not a fan. And so it was with great trepidation that I picked up an...
Some good, some boring. The book had long chapters as each character played story teller, sharing their backstory. With the group sitting around telling tales, it was kind of like a science fiction Decameron.
"Mathematically, your daughter's body resembles a time-reversed equation...or perhaps an object which has passed through a rapidly spinning black hole. We don't know how this has happened or why..."Now that's the kind of thing I want to read in my sci-fi. Not done yet, but loving it.Finished. Great ...
I read Hyperion for the Sword and Laser group on Goodreads and I will definitely be reading with them next month. This was an awesome pick, some of the best sci-fi world building I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading, and the discussions were also some of the best I’ve seen. The story centers on a...
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