Hyperion

Hyperion by Dan Simmons, excellent SF with a feel of the Canterbury Tales about it

on HN, 2023

Hyperion by Dan Simmons. It starts off with separate storylines touching on all the great sci-fi clichés - time travel, FTL travel, computer nets, out-of-control AIs, lost civilisations, humanity scindered into two estranged parts, mysterious monsters, strange maladies, it has everything. Except, at first, this pastiche just feels disjointed. But then, near the end, all of this wierd stuff, that you never really understand, gets pulled together into one, cohesive whole.

on HN, 2008

Hyperion is basically just a brilliant story, very enjoyable to read.

on HN, 2008

The finale in the last book really touched my heart and let me think about love and how much to value the time you have with each other.

on HN, 2020

That said and totally apart from it, the whole thing is a masterpiece. You have to read all books of the canon, even if the first book with the unique stories seems strange - I could not put it down though. Apart from that it also has great storytelling, wonderful language, crazy ideas (a house with rooms on different... no spoiler :) and more.

on HN, 2020

Hyperion and sequels (Simmons): Probably one of my favourite science fiction series now, and I’ve already felt the need to go back and re-read passages from it. Also really enjoy how each part of the series (Hyperion, then Fall of Hyperion, then the Endymion books) re-invent the style and the story.

on HN, 2023

Also, for sci-fi I'd recommend Hyperion by Dan Simmons. This is the first in a trilogy but can be read and be satisfied with not reading the other two (although the second one, The Fall of Hyperion, is very good).

on HN, 2018

Do you know of any epics close to Hyperion? I have been searching for a long time and have not found anything on par with it.

on HN, 2020