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The Fall of Hyperion
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Alex
Jan 23, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: science-fiction
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
Mark Oetjens
Oct 06, 2011 rated it really liked it
The Fall of Hyperion takes a more traditional approach to storytelling than did Hyperion. As the Hegemony struggles with the Ouster threat and the datasphere, megasphere and the Core AIs, the six Shrike pilgrims must survive the Time Tombs and the deadly Shrike. Overall a pretty awesome book. ...more
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