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A review by djwudi
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
4.0
Still as engrossing as when I first read it, many years ago. Far-future space opera on a huge scale, but presented through a series of vignettes shared by members of a band of pilgrims (if this sounds rather like Chaucer’s _Canterbury Tales_, be glad you got a good education in classic literature) heading toward what seems to be an unpleasant fate for all of them…and possibly billions more. Amusingly, while I knew that this was part of a series (originally two books, then four) because I have all of them on my shelf, I’d forgotten that the next book is not so much a sequel as the second half of a single story. Good thing I can just head upstairs and grab the next book to keep going!
NOTE: Given Simmons’ descent into right-wing politics, including [Islamophobia](https://viewfromtheloft.typepad.com/view_from_the_loft/2006/04/dan_simmons_cal_1.html) and [publicly attacking Greta Thunburg](https://file770.com/dan-simmons-criticized-for-remarks-about-thunberg/), he has earned a space on my “[milkshake duck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake_Duck)” virtual bookshelf, collecting those authors whose work I discovered, enjoyed, and might still enjoy, before later realizing that they are what I consider to be rather horrible people.
NOTE: Given Simmons’ descent into right-wing politics, including [Islamophobia](https://viewfromtheloft.typepad.com/view_from_the_loft/2006/04/dan_simmons_cal_1.html) and [publicly attacking Greta Thunburg](https://file770.com/dan-simmons-criticized-for-remarks-about-thunberg/), he has earned a space on my “[milkshake duck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake_Duck)” virtual bookshelf, collecting those authors whose work I discovered, enjoyed, and might still enjoy, before later realizing that they are what I consider to be rather horrible people.