Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died

Posted by throw0101a 9 hours ago

Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died(www.dignitymemorial.com)

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ChicagoDave 6 hours ago|

Hyperion was the first science fiction book that made me cry.

I love all four books in the series.

I never really engaged in any of his other writing. I have a signed copy of Ilium but never read it.

mark_l_watson 6 hours ago||

I enjoyed his sci-fi so much. Rest in peace brother.

ChipopLeMoral 8 hours ago||

Hyperion Cantos might be my favorite sci-fi series ever. What a great writer.

globular-toast 7 hours ago||

A girl I was infatuated with told me to read Hyperion when I was in my early 20s. Never read a book to try to win someone's affections. It won't work, but what's worse is you won't even enjoy the book.

I read a lot of SF and just last year I thought it was about time I gave it another go. I couldn't put it down. Almost couldn't believe what I was reading, it was so good. Continued to read the other three and it was just a good all the way through. Was quite sad when I finished and it was all over.

It now has a permanent place in my library. I expect I'll enjoy it even more on my next reading. I can only dream of giving people as much joy as an author like Simmons.

matthewsinclair 8 hours ago||

Vale Dan Simmons. You brought the world a _lot_ of joy.

LaurensBER 9 hours ago||

I'm sorry to read this, I was just thinking about rereading the entire saga the other day. His words and ideas will forever life in my mind.

aerhardt 8 hours ago||

I read Hyperion last year. It's an ode to the English letters and a phenomenal exercise in world-building. RIP.

DonHopkins 8 hours ago||

I had a copy of Hyperion but didn't read it for years because the scary knife robot on the cover seemed intimidating. I finally read it, and all the sequels, and they were great books, and hell YEAH that was an intimidating knife robot! Sometimes you CAN tell a book by its cover.

rurp 4 hours ago||

I didn't know there was a type of bird called a shrike until long after I read Hyperion. The birds look and sound like cute little songbirds, kind of like a smaller mockingbird. But the way they hunt is hardcore. They capture small prey (lizards, grasshoppers, etc) and impale them on a spike from cactus or a broken branch. Then they return to eat them at their leisure.

It's rare to see their caches but a few times I've been out hiking in the desert and seen the remains of a little critter on a cactus thorn.

samus 5 hours ago|||

I find it awesome that the true nature and mission of the Shrike remains a secret.

hinkley 8 hours ago||

The scary knife robot is way, way more intimidating in person.

Eddy_Viscosity2 8 hours ago||

I still remember the first time I met a scary knife robot. Working fast food night shift was crazy times.

eatonphil 5 hours ago||

I really liked Children of the Night.

Trasmatta 8 hours ago|

I recommend everyone read Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. The messages about AI and human stagnation are highly relevant to our current world.

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