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I had trouble getting into this book. I didn't really feel a strong connection with any of the characters, so I didn't feel very compelled to continue on. I did appreciate the book for its story, prescient designs of the Web etc, and for all of the literary devices used (including all of the references to other works of fiction!). I was interested in the story and what had happened and how it was affecting the present, but I mostly just kept reading because I felt like I should finish the book,
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Some books are like old friends; you look forward to them stopping by every few years to get reacquainted and you remember why you fell in love with them in the first place. As I reread the Hyperion Cantos, I am reminded as to why I fell in love with these books in the first place. This read is perhaps my fourth, and I continue to be staggered by the breath of Simmons vision, with its thoughtful currents of philosophy, literature, ethnography, and cultural criticism. All of this is wrapped in a
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If you like science fiction and fantasyscapes, this is a must read.
surreal. Need to read again
Apr 22, 2008
Jana Tetzlaff
marked it as to-read
Aug 02, 2012
Jessica
marked it as to-read
Aug 23, 2012
Edgar
marked it as to-read
Apr 10, 2013
Blake
marked it as to-read
