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Redeem Simmons for you from what? Jacob Send a noteboard - 03/02/2010 03:45:48 PM
From your experience reading Hyperion? Or, have you read and disliked other Simmons novels?

Personally, I absolutely love Hyperion. I find the second novel to be good, but of slightly less quality than the first. The framework for that novel was excellent, but I felt the novel dragged at times. Still, overall I give it a rather good rating.

My favorite Simmons novel is Ilium, then Hyperion, followed by The Terror. I'm of the opinion that Simmons doesn't finish as well as he starts.
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The Fall of Hyperion (no spoilers beyond what Amazon has in their book description) - 03/02/2010 06:28:47 AM 664 Views
Keats was the best part of that book. - 03/02/2010 06:39:54 AM 521 Views
Well like I said, I didn't mind the AIs! - 03/02/2010 06:49:42 AM 486 Views
Well, it's not exactly out of character for Keats. - 03/02/2010 08:43:50 AM 416 Views
Redeem Simmons for you from what? - 03/02/2010 03:45:48 PM 493 Views
Yeah, I meant from the first book, which I didn't particularly care for. - 03/02/2010 04:20:51 PM 538 Views
Oh don't worry there... - 03/02/2010 04:46:34 PM 436 Views
But that's the problem: by sheer word volume, it WAS the primary story. - 03/02/2010 05:30:06 PM 477 Views
Oh, I agree. That's what I meant by 'dragging'. - 03/02/2010 08:46:02 PM 445 Views
Wow, I'm reading this right now. Little more than halfway. - 03/02/2010 05:58:48 PM 521 Views
Yeah, definitely! - 03/02/2010 06:28:16 PM 504 Views
Alright, just finished it. - 05/02/2010 08:08:17 PM 568 Views
Maybe that was part of the problem. - 06/02/2010 12:31:41 AM 650 Views
Yeah, audiobooks introduce a whole 'nother twist... - 06/02/2010 06:37:54 PM 616 Views
Heh. A lot can change in three centuries. - 06/02/2010 06:24:58 AM 567 Views
Yeah, I just read the blurb. - 06/02/2010 06:39:52 PM 527 Views
The Endymion books are... different. It's less of an ensemble. - 04/02/2010 07:15:41 AM 529 Views
Hmm. Thanks. - 04/02/2010 06:34:45 PM 550 Views

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