Unputdownable. I'm hooked enough to go on to Endymion. Well written, not easy to guess the outcome, and NOT 800 pages. Yay.
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Incredible journey but will not continue. I was more interested in Dan Simmons creative and writing pros/variety rather than the narrative. More nuanced in horror and mystery rather than sci-fi. In some aspects expecting this to be a sci-fi that actively involves the world in its characters was a notion I should've been less strict about. Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion is a horror book with incredible sci-fi elements that can be quite aimless at times. Some strong characters and a lot of mediocre ones. Predictable climax, the ones that weren't an ass pull that leads to Endymion lol, but nonetheless an enjoyable read.

*Without this followup Hyperion would've been 5/10. ( )

Quite an interesting book, but I think it would have been better if it had been a little less involved. ( )

Continuation of this mind boggling epic. There's a lot to keep in mind in these books and I found some aspects of the denoument rather unconvincing. ( )

Uneven, but a tour de force. I have a million questions, but mostly one: does it stand up to scrutiny now that the mysteries are revealed? ( )