Yeah, I meant from the first book, which I didn't particularly care for.
Aemon Send a noteboard - 03/02/2010 04:20:51 PM
Hyperion seemed like a collection of good short stories held together by a plot that didn't really matter or make sense. I like short stories, but the poor attempt at a central theme turned me off quite a bit.
Fall of Hyperion took the tangential plot of the first book, expanded it, and made it great. I really enjoyed the war and the Ousters and all the stuff I mentioned in my main thread. However, it also brought the Pilgrims out of their reverie, and into real-time. And (in my opinion) failed MISERABLY at it. The pilgrims went from being unique individuals with interesting backgrounds, to a bunch of squatters sitting in front of the time tombs, waiting for something to happen. Even on the rare occasion that something happened, it didn't make any sense. I couldn't even tell most of the time whether the thing was actually happening, or was some sort of dream or future vision, or. . .*shakes head* I don't know, really.
I guess I can't explain it very well. Suffice to say that I don't consider myself a stupid person (perhaps I should ) yet I don't think I understood anything that happened on the planet Hyperion. Not a single thing. A bunch of confusing metaphysical crap coupled with heaping piles of florid prose does not make for good reading.
Fall of Hyperion took the tangential plot of the first book, expanded it, and made it great. I really enjoyed the war and the Ousters and all the stuff I mentioned in my main thread. However, it also brought the Pilgrims out of their reverie, and into real-time. And (in my opinion) failed MISERABLY at it. The pilgrims went from being unique individuals with interesting backgrounds, to a bunch of squatters sitting in front of the time tombs, waiting for something to happen. Even on the rare occasion that something happened, it didn't make any sense. I couldn't even tell most of the time whether the thing was actually happening, or was some sort of dream or future vision, or. . .*shakes head* I don't know, really.
I guess I can't explain it very well. Suffice to say that I don't consider myself a stupid person (perhaps I should ) yet I don't think I understood anything that happened on the planet Hyperion. Not a single thing. A bunch of confusing metaphysical crap coupled with heaping piles of florid prose does not make for good reading.
The Fall of Hyperion (no spoilers beyond what Amazon has in their book description)
03/02/2010 06:28:47 AM
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Keats was the best part of that book.
03/02/2010 06:39:54 AM
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Redeem Simmons for you from what?
03/02/2010 03:45:48 PM
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Yeah, I meant from the first book, which I didn't particularly care for.
03/02/2010 04:20:51 PM
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Oh don't worry there...
03/02/2010 04:46:34 PM
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But that's the problem: by sheer word volume, it WAS the primary story.
03/02/2010 05:30:06 PM
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Wow, I'm reading this right now. Little more than halfway.
03/02/2010 05:58:48 PM
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Yeah, definitely!
03/02/2010 06:28:16 PM
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Alright, just finished it.
05/02/2010 08:08:17 PM
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