huh? Didn't think of that, but now that you mention it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I finished the first book yesterday also. And I read the last couple pages of the second book, so I know what happens!!!!!!
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huh? Didn't think of that, but now that you mention it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I finished the first book yesterday also. And I read the last couple pages of the second book, so I know what happens!!!!!!
Haven't started reading TFoH yet. After finishing Hyperion, I read The PowerBook and started reading a detective book as well as a breather between the two. I will start TFoH on the 20th...
There is a separate thread for TFoH here for those who have already started reading it: http://www.online-literature.com/for...ead.php?t=4532
I keep forgetting to look this up: is there a significance to the name of the treeship? Yaggdrisl (sp?) I know I've heard the name before but I can't remember where?
Yggdrasil.
It comes from Scandiavian mythology, where the World tree was called so.
I see Im not the only one who reads last pages first! :cool: I didnt think of the romeo&j connection but it wouldnt be suprising everything seems to link to some kind of literature. And shakespear was important to the real keats so maybe it is relavant.
Ps the forum dissapeared for two days where did it go??
Space Opera at its very best.
The Extracts from the journal of Father Paul Duri were probably my favorite parts of the story. I am a sucker for great description and Simmon's prose here bordered on sublime.
There are books about which you can write a lot, discuss them in detail, expound upon their structure, nettle out the metaphors imbued in their text and generally rip the story into tattered pieces. Hyperion isn't one of them. It is something fare rarer - a truly great story. It is considered 'soft science fiction', but what it does is that it presents the best science fiction has to offer without all the boring techincal details that bog the text down. 'All The Pretty Horses' by Cormac McCarthy's another example of a similar book on a completely different level. So is 'The Lord Of The Rings,' 'Wuthering Heights' or 'Mission of Gravity.'
Anyway, It was so engaging that I read the whole book in one sitting. :p