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The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

Dan Simmons

Start date: December 1, 2015

Finish date: December 29, 2015

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Jan 24, 2008 Jeffrey rated it really liked it

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A big sf novel full of ideas and also bordering on horror this sequel to Hyperion can either blow you away or bore you silly.

I was a fan when I read it, but I never read it again.

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Jan 23, 2010 Alex rated it it was amazing

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I completely wasn't in the right headspace to appreciate Dan Simmons superb sequel to his amazing Hyperion. It's a dense, complex book likely to throw anyone who has enjoyed Hyperion for a loop as stylistically and narratively it's a completely different beast that eschews the Canterbury Tales structure and engaging narratives for a - on the surface - more conventional man against machine plaus epic spacewar saga. Yet it's told from the point of view of a Cyborg version of John Keats who has vis ...more

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