I have never really cared for classical poetry but I didn't find this essential to understand the book since Simmons explains the connections for us. Simmons must be a very intelligent and well read man to be able to weave this futuristic novel around a classic poet.
I found this book a little more difficult to read because the twin of the Keats personae introduced in the first book is now the protagonist.
Between the events at the Time Tombs and the Hegemony's war politics over the Ouster invasion, there's a lot of tension and anticipation. The real adventure doesn't start until The Fall of Hyperion. This is when they each meet the horrible Shrike creature. I warn you now - pick up this book when you get your copy of Hyperion. At the end of Hyperion the pilgrims are just approaching the Time Tombs. The physical business of moving is not very convenient. We are getting ready to move back to a warmer climate, and I suspect that has something to do with his thinking of farcasting. Take the web and make it physical where one can step through a door and be on another world, another part of town or even another room in your own home and this is the web world of the Hegemony. Carl wanted to share with me just how cool a Farcaster Portal network could be. I received Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion for my birthday. Every morning that she wakes up she is one day younger. The most heart wrenching of them comes from Sol Weintraub and the story of his daughter Rachel who at the age of 26, as a field archeologist is caught in an entropic wave in the Time Tombs and is diagnosed with a new disease. For example, Braun Lamia is a private investigator and her tale reads like a hard-boil detective novel, albeit it's pure sci-fi. Simmons talent for telling each pilgrim's story is beyond mere imagination, for he is successful in capturing the dialect and thematic style of each of the travelers.
From the start they realize that each has been chosen because of some special knowledge and past experience with Hyperion. And so they reluctantly and painfully agree to tell their stories as they make their interesting journey. Each story is absolutely captivating. Structured much like the Canterbury Tales,we learn the stories of each of the travelers. To complicate matters, the Ousters are on their way to stage a war to take over the planet and the interstellar Hegemony is making plans to both evacuate and protect Hyperion. Typically, those who make this trip do not return. And this time it is believed that the Time Tombs are about to open freeing the Shrike. Seven people are chosen by the Church of Shrike and confirmed by the All Thing for the final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs on the outback world of Hyperion.
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