The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Jan 24, 2008 Jeffrey rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction

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 14, 2008 Dave Johnson rated it it was amazing

a pristine lake tucked away in a silent virgin forest, a field of daisies flowing in the wind of an April day, sitting on the porch watching the sun set with your lover, swimming with dolphins off the coast of a secluded island...

reading and finishing The Fall of Hyperion.

it seems that in a strange way, reading books is a risk. you spend money on something, invest your time into something, and hope that you get a return on the investment you've made. with Simmons and the Hyperion Cantos, you cou ...more

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Aug 21, 2014 Glenn rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy

A more than adequate conclusion to Hyperion. Not so enamored with all the quasi-religious intermingling with dead Earth poets thing. It seems Simmons could have delivered his commentary on the dangers of blindly accepting god-like technology without this whole poetry angle. That bothered me more than the religious tie-ins.

Still though, Simmons is a very skilled story teller, and that is hard to find these days.

Two thumbs up.

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Jan 03, 2010 Andy marked it as to-read

I just wanted to take a break from Hyperion and all that. I fell out of love and really had to slog my way through the end of the last one and the beginning of this. I got about 100 pages in and decided I wanted to read something else. I'll come back to it. ...more

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