I know there are many of these posts, but I just finished the Dan Simmons sci-fi series, Hyperion and felt the need to write this. Wow. Utterly stunned is my best description of how I feel. In awe, really, that someone could craft such a thoughtful, thought-provoking, and magnificent tale. Over 30 years ago no less!
The characters, the scope, the detail, the emotion, the ideas, OH! the ideas! How does someone come up with so many futuristic ideas, realities, visions, prophecies?
Dan Simmons, if you are out there, I’d love to interview you. I’m overwhelmed with the genius you possess, but it struck me, at the end of Rise of Endymion, that you’re describing the place where you tapped into to create this beauty - The Void Which Binds. Bravo.
Thank you for writing this series. My worldview is forever changed.
I really enjoyed Hyperion. Unfortunately for me, the Priest’s tale in the first book is probably one of my favorite short stories of all time - it really checked all the boxes for me. The rest of the book/series was good, but didn’t hit the same.
That’s really interesting I always felt it was my least favorite, though still great, out of all of them. Looking back, I think it’s his ability to write about relationships that has me loving all the other ones more.
At the risk of going against the grain, I find most of the relationships in the series were written a bit … Amateurish? Idk, it felt a bit fan fiction-y.
That said, I love the more horrific, methodically written, virtually devoid of any semblance of a healthy relationship prose - like in the Priest’s Tale.
It’s funny how we seem to have completely opposing viewpoints. Nothing wrong with that of course lol