Hyperion | 
bailedI wish I could‘ve stuck with this one because I read that it was a genius book for Simmons. I can certainly appreciate the concept and story behind this book, but the one chapter just killed me (actually stopped midway through it). After 3 years left on the shelf it was time to let it go.
pickReally liked this Hugo award winner about six people and a baby who are traveling to a far away planet to confront the latest monster, or whatever, who is threatening other planets. The interesting thing about this book is each character telling his or her backstory, and the stories are each gripping in their own way. It takes place in the way distant future, and I really liked the occasional references to “Old Earth”.
“The Hegemony Consul sat on the balcony of his ebony spaceship and played Rachmaninoff‘s Prelude in C-sharp Minor on an ancient but well-maintained Steinway while great, green, saurian things surged and bellowed in the swamps below.”
Really good sci-fi book!
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so-soI enjoyed watching everything unfold as each pilgrim told their tale but I was left wanting more than what I ended up with. Despite being over400 pages this very much felt like a brief introduction rather than an entire installment. I also kind of want to look into reading the Canterbury Tales.
Doing some backyard reading with Rolo today. I‘m hoping to get through a big chunk of the tagged because I‘m almost to the end.
Decided to read at the beach for my birthday. The best part is that it was free because of the library‘s state park pass check out.
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I was a little worried about leaning in to my chunkster curse with the BookSpin pick being number 2 (I made my list starting with the chonky bois) but apparently 2 had already been picked so Hyperion is not as chunky as I'd feared! Hopefully I can knock both of these off the list this month.
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Finished one book this week and made good progress on most of my ongoing reads with exception of the tagged.
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My goal this week is to finish Magician before it‘s due at the library.
so-soThe first of the quadrilogy Hyperion Cantos, Hyperion by Dan Simmons made me completely exhausted and feel like my mind was properly mind ducked. Oh my goodness is this A LOT to take in.
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pickMaybe I ingested too much hype. I‘ve read a lot of Simmons back catalog. Like his writing style & twists. This book threw me into the deep end of a story that I went into blind.
Hyperion - not Earth.
We‘re on the way there. Why? 6 people tell their stories/secrets/connections to Hyperion &/or the shrike. Maybe they can figure out why they‘ve been chosen.
I loved half of the stories.
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Bk5 of my #BookHaul (Booktopia had a sale🤷🏻♀️)is a classic SciFi I‘ve been wanting to read for years.It‘s highly recommended profusely. Hopefully it lives up to the hype! On a world called Hyperion, on the edges of the Hegemony of Man, waits the Shrike. Some worship it, Some fear it & others want to destroy it. When Armageddon beckons & the whole galaxy at war, 7 pilgrims search out answers to their lives, one may be the saviour of us all.
Oh boy, all… I‘m faltering on this. I‘m maybe half-way through the Soldier‘s tale, and there are literally pages I‘ve ‘read‘ and have had no idea what I‘ve read… I don‘t do well with sci-fi for this reason. I get the premise. But man… I didn‘t make it through The Canterbury Tales either… 🤦♀️ This might be my second DNF of Simmons‘.
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"The Hegemony Consul sat on the balcony of his ebony spaceship and played Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-Sharp Minor on an ancient but well maintained Steinway while great, green, saurian things surged and bellowed in the swamps below."
What a run on sentence!
pickThis was a re-read so that I can (finally) read the next book. Hyperion, irritatingly, ends abruptly and does not satisfactorily stand alone - something worth knowing going into it.
It's one of the most breathtakingly ambitious sci fi works I've ever come across and I loved it just as much as I did the first time.
In my opinion, a work of poetic genius and a masterpiece of storytelling.
Don't let me down, sequel.
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Halfway through and I've just finished The Scholar's Tale.
This is where Hyperion really gets me in the feels ??
These stories are such a mix of horror, sci fi, adventure, "romance" (sort of) and fantasy, but this story (for me) is where it all gets real.
This is the second time I've read this far and the storytelling is every bit as masterful as the first time. Gorgeous writing, depth and variety.
This time, I'm reading the sequel.
I‘ve heard great things about this book for years and am finally getting around to reading it. Today‘s reading finally introduced me to the character of The Shrike. When the narrator was in its presence for the first time, it was a religious experience for him. Then, Simmons blasted me away with this line. The whole scene was completely absorbing and astonishing, uncanny and sublime.
"...but for those of us who live by the Word, our muses are as real and necessary as the soft clay of language which they help to sculpt."
"No true poet has been able to explain the exhilaration one feels when the mind becomes an instrument as surely as does the pen or thought processor, ordering and expressing the revelations flowing in from somewhere else."
(He captures what it feels like to write poetry so succinctly ?)
pickGood read, some stories are not as captivatly as others but some are fantastic! Will defiantly have to read the second book after this.
I'm about to do something unusual for me... a re-read!!
I loved Hyperion the first time around, but never got round to reading the rest of the Cantos. I need to refresh my memory before embarking on the next part of the voyage..
I'm not sure if I love or hate this cover. It looks like a spiky bottom 🤨🍑😂
pickFantastic! No wonder it won the Hugo Award! It is indeed a sci fi classic.
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pickBy the time I was halfway through this book I had already decided that this was one of my favorite books of all time. The world building was great, it kept me in constant suspense, I loved how the stories were independent yet connected to each other. It was almost as if each character‘s story was a different genre. It‘s a great sci-fi, it has action, romance, mystery and everything in between. Cannot recommend enough.
pickBoth moving and disturbing almost from the very beginning. The concept of the shrike scared the hell out of me and still does, but the characters were the most compelling. I was moved to tears a few times, although, strangely, the story I thought would be most interesting turned out to be the most boring. Although this is science fiction, Dan Simmons also writes horror and you can see that influence throughout the whole story.
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description or reason for wanting to read the book. Some are old and some will be new. Don't judge me - I have a lot of books.
Day 154
I decided to post books in a series together instead of one post for each.
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“Metal teeth click shut in a steel vagina, missing his glands by a moist millimeter. Kassad slumps on his side, rolls away, hips moving, unable to stop his ejac--“
Why do I have this luck with fiction selections....? hahaha ugh. On to the next.
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pickWell, after several years of starting and stopping, I‘ve finally finished Hyperion! Did I like it? Yes! Did I love it? No. It‘s clear that Simmons is a genius. He‘s able to write each character‘s story in a completely different way. But I had two (small) issues: I never felt close or bonded to any of the characters, and this book (which is 500+ pages long) doesn‘t actually resolve the story, requiring you to read the next in the series!
Operation “Make sure I have new books in addition to my existing, and already substantial, piles of books in the event I get stuck at home because I must have OPTIONS and wow the world is crazy right now” is underway! Today‘s #bookmail is the first part with a couple more expected tomorrow. The Star Wars book is for my son (shhh, it‘s a surprise). Not pictured are the two books I already gave him. We all need something good to read!
so-soRead this a long while ago and loved it, and there‘s still a lot good about it - the use of metafictional techniques in order the interweave stories, the manipulation of narrative time, the pacing, the literary devices in play ... but ... on second read with fresh eyes, the use of Trisomy 21, writing of women, of relationships with minors ... these leapt out at me and undid a lot of the good in the plotting.
A re-read on audiobook ahead of reading The Fall of Hyperion for #NewYearWhoDis. I‘d forgotten how good this is ... which makes me feel better about burning an audiobook credit on it when I couldn‘t find where I‘d put my paperback copy 😂🤦♀️
So, I'm seriously rethinking the two Simmons books on my TBR, the last two books in the Hyperion series, after reading his tweet completely bashing a 16 yr old girl. The thought of a 72 year old "man" cyber bullying a child just boils my blood. #Magathugs #Magabullies #jerk
Greta is a role model.
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pickHighly inventive sci-fi novel centring round a three-way standoff between the Hegemony (world government), rebel human Ousters and the AI entities. Steeped in Keats lore, and the structure nods to Chaucer with each pilgrim recounting a piece of the puzzle of the fearsome Shrike and the mysterious time tombs. Gripping once you get into it.
pickAt the beginning, I was worried. Shortly after that, I fell in love. This is a phenomenal read. Beautifully spun tales that keep one fully engaged and unable to put it down. Reading older sci-fi and seeing how on point it can be is always a treat. This is no exception. So glad I finally picked this up. Started a filler book, but immediately reading the rest of this series after that.
