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Heard it was amazing, read it, found that it wasn't that great. Am I not "getting it"?

>> No.1080142

Heard it was amazing, put it on my wishlist, forgot about it.

>> No.1080143

>>1080143

>> No.1080145

>>1080143
What is this I don't even

>> No.1080162

I have the same sentiments.

>> No.1080163

>>1080164

>> No.1080164

I have the same sediments.

>> No.1080167

>>1080163
Anon....don't try to copy me.

>> No.1080169

>>1080169

>> No.1080171

>>1080167

Wasn't hard. Got it on second attempt.

>> No.1080173
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>>1080163
>>1080164
TIME TRAVEL!

>> No.1080177

That's how all sci-fi threads should be.

>> No.1080194

>>1080177
Especially threads for Hyperion.

>> No.1080195

I loved it, definatly worth the read imo. I did read Ilium and Olympos before it though so I knew what I was getting into if that makes any sense.
I'd recommend these two first if your reading Dan Simmons for the first time.

>> No.1080198

> Am I not "getting it"?
Yes.

>> No.1080202

>>1080195
Is there a reason why you enjoyed it so much? I thought the part about the priest was awesome, but that's where the awesome ends.

>> No.1080207

I found Hyperion enjoyable. Won't consider it a classic, but it was a good book.

Did anyone read the sequel? It sounded like it was set quite a bit in the future; so I put it off, since I don't like reading the timeskip sequels right after finished the first.

>> No.1080208

it was OK, but really it was just Star Trek: the original series with some hardcore porn. Nothing deep or really worth reading...

>> No.1080276

>>1080202
I'm a bit weird in that I love books that have a complicated backstory, and this series has that in spades. This first book is in a Canterbury tales style and he has alot of different literary themes througout his books. Everything will be explained in the second book and it's not what you'd expect.

>> No.1080284

I'd give the Hyperion Cantos a good solid B-. I didn't love it, but I enjoyed it. It's not GREAT, but it's better than a lot of other sci-fi. I'll be reading the Endymion books this month.

I will say it has me very interested to read more Keats.

>> No.1080454

What I like about Simmons is that I think in another life he could have been an academic instead of a popular novelist. He's obviously very interested in a wide variety of subjects. And some sections of his novels read like lost chapters from some doctoral thesis, that he's woven into his stories. And he's gotten better with age.

>> No.1080462

>>1080454

He was an academic. He used to be a teacher for the gifted, intelligent.

>> No.1080467

>>1080462

Yeah, no, I don't mean high school teachers. Even for gifted students.

I mean English professors. People who publish. Literary criticism. That kind of thing.

>> No.1080482

>>1080467

Oh you mean a waste of time and talent.

>> No.1080484

>>1080482

Because high school teachers are so much better than college professors.

>> No.1080485

>>1080484

Yes they are.

>> No.1080489

>>1080484

Typically they are better teachers, yes. Not necessarily better 'academics', whatever that means.

>> No.1080493

>>1080137
>Heard it was amazing, read it, found that it wasn't that great. Am I not "getting it"?

Judging from the book cover, I assume that you have to be a virgin to like it.

Congratulations on getting some, bromethius.

>> No.1080658

>>1080493
I'm a nonvirgin weeaboo scifi loving part-time student full time personal trainer.
Wrap your head around that one.

>> No.1080684

>>1080658
Yeah I get it, you're gay.