![]() I think it made sense to switch from multiple narrators in Hyperion to a single narrator in the Fall of Hyperion (seems to me to fit with the change of narrative structure Simmons intended). Bevine does a great job narrating the second book. For me the Hyperion novels are on the same level as Lord of the Rings, Dune, the Foundation trilogy, the Book Of The New Sun, etc. Just for THAT this novel deserves five stars. Simmons not only kept these threads alive, but wove them beautifully and tied them all off. However, not many novelests have the skill to allude to epic poetry while dealing with issues like pain, death, time, God, gods, poetry, empathy. Please, Simmons, please find another way to describe the sky/heavens that doesn't involve Lapis lazuli. It isn't that I don't have critical issues with the novel. This second novel in Simmons' Hyperion Cantos dances between magic and good old fashioned Hard SF. Am I to leave this haven of my rest, This cradle of my glory, this soft clime, This calm luxuriance of blissful light, These crystalline pavilions, and pure fanes, Of all my lucent empire? It is hard to restrain myself and not be overly poetic in my response to this SF masterpiece. ![]()
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