Immensely boring tutorial

This is being sold as a separate book, and as such I shall "review" it: this is a collection of backstories for the main characters of the second book, told in a boring way and voiced by several speakers, of which only two are actually good, most notably the Poet. On the other end of the spectrum, A. Johnson sounded like a discarded prototype of Apple's Siri. Without any emotion in any situation, despite plasmafire and detonations happening all around her character.

Buy this as a book, I believe the Audiobook to be inferior.

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Space Opera at it's best

If you like intelligent SiFi with a big plot you will be satisfied. Not only does Dan Simmons draw a big picture of the future, he also does weave cultural and religious elements into his story. A must read for SiFi Fans. Only drawback is, that you have to read all four books ;-)

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Puh.

Menschen mit Down Syndrom sind hier missgebildete Wilde. Sagt eigentlich alles. Die Sprecher sind gut.

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Hard to follow and unsure how it ended.

This was the longest audiobook I have listened to. Not in length but the time it took me to finish as I had to keep going back because I thought I must have missed something important. At the end of the book... nothing happened.

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Ein Sci-Fi Muss!

Eines der besten Bücher in dem Genre! Dan Simmons schreibt wie ein Gott!!! Einfach unglaublich!!!!!

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Interesting ideologies and concepts.

Worth a read/listen for sure. Inspires one to wonder about humanities future in the cosmos.

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One of the Best books, not only in sci-fi

Hyperion is a tale that functions more like a collection of short stories. 7 pilgrims start towards a journey to meet a legendary creature just before an intergalactic crisis threatens to destroy the balance of humanity's sketchy empire. All the moving pieces are being referenced from the beginning of the book but they become clear very organically as one reads on. The pilgrims take turns narrating their life up to this final voyage and their reason that ties them to this almost godly being that awaits them on its Homeplanet, Hyperion. Each of their stories could be a book by its own and combine different motives, conveying vastly different feelings. The sci-fi elements are strong and interesting, seeing technology clash with politics and religion is an interesting triangle. The audiobook has also brought 7 different narrators to do the pilgrims' voices which adds a lot of character to each one of them.
Overall a stellar book with an execution that lives up to its weight.

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Still worth a listen

This is a great production of a story that still feels modern and interesting. The story-structure around the protagonists is compelling and only a few of the tales show their age. Well worth listening to!

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Wow..

Incredible...utterly incredible. Pitch perfect performance of one of the best examples of scifi I've read.

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Great

I read this books many times and now listen them. I am always amazed and grateful for them

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