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I know there are many of these posts, but I just finished the Dan Simmons sci-fi series, Hyperion and felt the need to write this. Wow. Utterly stunned is my best description of how I feel. In awe, really, that someone could craft such a thoughtful, thought-provoking, and magnificent tale. Over 30 years ago no less!

The characters, the scope, the detail, the emotion, the ideas, OH! the ideas! How does someone come up with so many futuristic ideas, realities, visions, prophecies?

Dan Simmons, if you are out there, I'd love to interview you. I'm overwhelmed with the genius you possess, but it struck me, at the end of Rise of Endymion, that you're describing the place where you tapped into to create this beauty - The Void Which Binds. Bravo.

Thank you for writing this series. My worldview is forever changed.

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[–] AnEriksenWife@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is third on my list of to-read books (first is this scifi anthology, then it's Canticle for Leibowitz), I keep hearing about it, somehow wasn't exposed to it before this year, I am excited!!

[–] OneTreePhil@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is "this scifi anthology"?

[–] AnEriksenWife@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Shaper of Worlds vol IV

Kinda a fun idea. A guy had a podcast where he interviews authors. At the end of the year, he collects a short story from each of them, puts it in a book. He has done this 4 times :)