sdelling@lemmy.worldtoScience Fiction@lemmy.world•Just finished Hyperion, curious to hear the community’s thoughts
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5 months agoIt helps to think of it very much as Canterbury Tales: a frame story in which a group of pilgrims traveling together have spare time and share their life stories. In this case there’s enough overarching story to make you want to know what happens when they arrive at their destination, but that’s not this novel. It is very much the following ones.
Worth touring for the architecture and great view from the back lawn, though some of the rooms are really gaudy, clearly meant to show off wealth more than decorative taste.