/lit/ - Literature

>BROKE
Endymion
>WOKE
Fall of Hyperion
>BESPOKE
Hyperion
>JOKE
Rise of Endymion

Good morning Hyperion chads! How goes the invariable slog through the final two books?
someone said he thought "Rise of Endymion" was better than "Endymion." Explain. I've only read them once, and at least I had some sense of hope during Endymion that it would get better. RoE just has that Het Masteen Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past From the Future exposition scene which is almost Randian in length, and then the suicidal ideation provoking Space Tibet parts.

what did you like? what did you not like? Did John Keats deserve this?

How were the first two so good?
How were the last two SO BAD?

What did you think about the ending, /sffg/? I really enjoyed the book and think Simmons is an amazingly talented writer, but the romantic and relationship aspects dragged on too long for me. I also feel like many interesting elements to do with those things, and the Colonel's weird sexual story, etc.. were touched on but never properly explored or resolved later in the story. Is there more to it that I haven't put together after my first read?
Is Fall of Hyperion worth reading if I liked this? The depth of Simmons' Hyperion universe is pretty amazing and I would enjoy reading more of his prose, I just wish he would get more to the point instead of waxing poetic for half his book.

>>19645009
I am actually just going for the 2nd read because I wanna finally read Endymion as well.