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Is Hyperion better than Dune?

>> No.13214171

Yes

>> No.13214214

No

>> No.13214225

Maybe.

Seriously though, I hope it is. I bought it and it is currently on a submarine that i am not on, but I've been itching to read it.

>> No.13214231

Yes

>> No.13214233

>>13213719
It's a great book thats for sure

>> No.13214235

>>13214225
>on a submarine
dafuq

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>>13214235
> mfw he doesn't leave his books on submarines like everyone else

>> No.13215003

I don't understand the reverence for this book. It seemed pretty tacky to me.

>> No.13215034

>>13213719
I've only read Dune, but it would be pretty difficult to do much worse

>> No.13215042

>>13214225
The book is where?

>> No.13216074

>>13214225
go to the sto'

>> No.13216081

>>13213719
Fuck no.

>> No.13216111

I read Dune when I was younger than when I read Hyperion. I liked Hyperion more but I have a really sneaking feeling I just didn't get Dune at all. Hyperion is pretty run of the mill sci-fi kitsch tone (which I find fun) but Dune had this mystical undertone which I just thought was cool

>> No.13216299

>>13214235

>>13215042

>>13216074

I'm in the navy and this book is on my submarine, packed away in my sea bag. I got off the submarine to attend some classes lol

>> No.13216323

Maybe.

Seriously though, I hope it is. I bought it and it is currently on a shortbus that i am not on, but I've been itching to read it.

>> No.13216326

I preferred hyperion but the quality varies with each pilgrims story whereas Dune is pretty consistent in the first book . As a series though, dune is longer and has more worthwhile books. Hyperion turns to pooh after book 2

>> No.13216819

The quality between the different stories in Hyperion varies greatly. I really dislike the framing narrative, it's constantly building up this mystery and then doesn't deliver. The great stories are great (the timetraveller and the priest for example) and there are a lot of interesting ideas in it. But as a whole it doesn't hold up for me. Also, what's with all the Keats references?

Dune on the other is a cohesive whole. It has a lot of great ideas and uses them to set up a world and a that's interesting and unique. What I never understood though is why near the end the story takes an absurd grar shift.

>> No.13217606

>>13213719
Yes.

>> No.13217611

>>13216326
the quality varies but i'd still say the lowest quality of Hyperion is at least equivalent, if not better

Especially better than the sequels

>> No.13218803

Dune is a phenomenal work of imagination and the most influential science fiction novel ever written.
Hyperion is just okay