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>>9693182
Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion.

The Shrike edition

man, Hyperion was fucking great.

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>>9502445
Wtf I'm British lol, I'm too out the loop.

What's some good semi-realistic Space Opera like Hyperion?

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Another reminder that The Bard Quarterly from /tg/ is looking for short stories.
>http://thebardquarterly.wixsite.com/home
The deadline for the next issue is November 11th.

The Shrike edition

>>8439923
The Shrike is indeed the object of the novel, but I'd argue he certainly fills a prophetic role in the story.

Kassad's chapters were all excellent. The entire encounter from his hospital ship being attacked and fighting the Ousters in zero-g is incredible. Some of the most intense fiction I've ever read. Although if you're bringing up Lovecraft then I'd refer more to the first chapter with the priests and the cruciform.

fugg I just love Hyperion

Fuck televising Foundation, that would dreadful.

They could do a serious based off Hyperion.

Imagine it, a set of 7 hour or two hour long shows, for each pilgrims tale, then a season finale when they advance beyond the grass sea. They could begin and end every episode with the plot points outside of the pilgrims tale.

I think it would work very well, Hyperion was written almost episodically enough for it to be produced in a serial way without loosing too much story.

Fall of Hyperion would be trickier, as it had a much more conventional and almost confusing mixed narrative. But by this point fans would be so committed and angry with the massive cliffhanger at the end of Hyperion that I'm sure they could slog through.

I'm just freeball thinking, I smoked half a joint and I'm listening to the Civilization Beyond Earth soundtrack.

Which of your favourite /sff/ books would you like translated into TV/Film?