May '05 Book 1: 'Hyperion'

Please post your thoughts and questions regarding Hyperion here.



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We've all been duped into reading 2 books this month. It's a conspiracy I tell you!!

i'm gonna skip this month, alright?

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Originally Posted by papayahed

We've all been duped into reading 2 books this month. It's a conspiracy I tell you!!

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My library does not have them so I ordered... And they delivered the The Fall, not the Hyperion. So I can't start reading yet... :rolleyes:

Sleepy, join us again whenever you feel like :) I really enjoyed reading your comments about BNW!

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

My library does not have them so I ordered... And they delivered the The Fall, not the Hyperion. So I can't start reading yet... :rolleyes:

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Sure you can, we already know what happens to Hyperion - It falls. :lol:

LMAO!!! Papaya! SHUSH, lol, now all the librarians are glaring at me! :D

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Originally Posted by Jay

LMAO!!! Papaya! SHUSH, lol, now all the librarians are glaring at me! :D

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Sorry Jay!

I started reading, anybody else? So far I'm liking the characters, although I'm wondering how to pronounce "Shrike" Is it like "Hike"? I'm not liking that word in the book.

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Originally Posted by Papaya

Sorry Jay!

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You're so not :D

I would guess it pronounces like 'hike', I would read it like that.

I got the book this afternoon and started reading.
So far Ive got part way through The priests story. Ill probably read till chapter 3 tonight.
Theres alot of referances to Keats in this book isnt there?
Also does anyone think that reading the cantebrey tales might help in a wierd sort of way?

I got to the part when they start telling their stories as well and thought exactly the same thing... That it might turn into a Sci-Fi Canterbury Tales or Tales of Decameron...

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I started reading, anybody else? So far I'm liking the characters, although I'm wondering how to pronounce "Shrike" Is it like "Hike"? I'm not liking that word in the book.

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Yes, it pronounces like that. We checked it in the dictionary.

Shrike is IRL a small bird that has got a lovely habit of empaling its prey (bugs, little rodents) to sharp things such as sharp branches or barbed wire thorns when eating.


And yes, Hyperion is actually very commonly compared to "Canterbury tales".

That is also the reason why just reading Hyperion and not reading TFoH is well, doen't seem complete. Hyperion practically consists of the "tales", which's common denominator is relation to Hyperion. In TFoH there is the "plot"

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Originally Posted by Taliesin

That is also the reason why just reading Hyperion and not reading TFoH is well, doen't seem complete. Hyperion practically consists of the "tales", which's common denominator is relation to Hyperion. In TFoH there is the "plot"

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You have just given me a reason to keep reading, Tal! :p