Books like this are why I love science fiction.: narfna's review of Hyperion...
So before I get into the nitty gritty nerdery that I’m about to spew all over this review space, bottom line is that this book was comprehensively awesome and you should read it. You don’t need to have...
View ArticleThe fever dreams of John Keats.: narfna's review of The Fall of Hyperion...
I’m a visual person. With me, things have to be neat, aesthetically pleasing, and in some sort of discernible order (even if that order is nothing but visually appealing chaos), otherwise I get cranky....
View ArticleAnd the story picks up 300 years later . . .: narfna's review of Endymion...
If I hadn’t already read (and been blown away by) the first two books in this series earlier this year, I would have been very impressed with this book. But as it is, even though it is very good and...
View ArticleA flawed but still wonderful series ender.: narfna's review of The Rise of...
So this shit right here is exactly why I read science fiction. It’s got EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT. Well, these last two books have been lacking the humor of the first two, mostly because the...
View ArticleThis is only the beginning: Fabius Maximus reviews Hyperion
This is another classic science-fiction novel, and the one with which I started my ‘quest’ for an expanded horizon in literature. Because I recently acquired The Fall of Hyperion, I felt that I had to...
View ArticleAnd the ending resembles a fart: Fabius Maximus reviews The Fall of Hyperion
Hyperion is a very, very good book. The sequel might have been equally good if Dan Simmons would have not whiffed the ending. It so lacks in imagination that it made me angry. But let start at the top....
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