Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

by Dan Simmons

‘Sometimes there is a thin line separating orthodox zeal from apostasy,’

In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes.

Besides, history viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.