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Originally Posted by kennyc
 Thanks Marc.  I think the reason I was (and still am) upset is because it is so beautifully written, but then I felt as if I were dropped into free fall at the end. |
Just curious...have you read David Zindell's
Neverness? Oddly (to me), it is not considered a part of the sequel trilogy
A Requiem For Homo Sapiens, and to me it has a large amount of free-fall at the end too. Again though, I do like that book, and I've never got around to completing the
Requiem trilogy. Actually,
Hyperion and
Neverness would have to be in my top 5 SF books.
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Originally Posted by caleb72
I have all 4 books in paperback in the form of 2 giant omnibus editions. I haven't read them yet - but it's always been on my "To Do" list, with Song of Kali and Drood.
Regards
Caleb
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Song of Kali is sometimes cited as Simmons' best book, I believe, though I have not read it myself. I loved the entire
Hyperion Cantos though, and think/hope you'll get as much pleasure out of them. They're not necessarily a simple read, with much allusion (or outright use of figures from history), and what I am now informed is called "
intertextuality", but don't let that put you off at all. If you get one thing out of it, it might just be a desperate desire to see the perfect movie made that shows the Shrike in all its glory.
I have the large tome that is Simmons'
Carrion Comfort. I actually bought it before Hyperion, attracted by the title (a poem I like), but managed to put it aside. It's still there, waiting to be opened. I've no idea what general opinion is of it.
Oh, and in a large swing back to direct topicality, I am currently reading
A Room With A View, by E.M. Forster, and the current
Book Club February selection. I'm really enjoying it, and somewhat obliged to read it seeing as I helped nominate it for voting (and then voted for it).
Cheers,
Marc