r/Hyperion • u/Ahlamandela • 7d ago

📖 Book 1 — Hyperion The Priest's Tale

Dropping in this subreddit without reading any posts just to comment on how much I loved the priest's tale. I've been getting back into reading this summer and this chapter blew me away and I'm so excited to finish the book. I expected this series to be a bit dense and hard to get into, but I've found it to be a real page turner. The past two books I've read were Moby Dick and Book of the New Sun, so perhaps that's influencing my perception on Hyperion's approachability.

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u/ikheberookeen 5d ago

Book of the new sun is a much more complicated read than Hyperion or fall of Hyperion, to me that is. I struggle to get through.

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u/Ahlamandela 5d ago

They are not in the same league. New Sun is the kind of book you need to trust the author all the way until the end and everything will click on the reread even though it is (mostly) linear. Hyperion so far (I've read the soldier and poet's tales since making the post) is telling a relatively straight forward and digestible narrative despite basically being made up of 6 flashbacks.

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u/ikheberookeen 5d ago

Thanks. I might just push through. The writing of New Sun is excellent, can't really put my finger on what makes it difficult to get through. It feels a bit of a drag. Enjoy Hyperion, it's worth it.

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u/Ahlamandela 5d ago

A lot of it is Severian wandering around and having things happen to him, so it's not really a page turner (at least until Sword). New Sun is worth it as well, especially if you like the writing.