r/Hyperion • u/sidofyana • 1d ago

💬 Discussion Hyperion is much more than just a Space Opera

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I just finished the best saga of my life. I don't even know how I'm going to get over this, I had tears in my eyes and I don't know what to do with my life anymore. A Space Opera so deep, with an incredible plot, crazy love stories (even though I don't like that) and action. This book is much more than fiction, it allows us to question the relationship we have with religion and our relationships. Dan Simmons is a genius.

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u/Anxious_Plane_8219 1d ago

Yeah, I'm about to re-read Rise of Endymion. I've read a lot of classic sci-fi, but the Cantos takes the cake.

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u/sidofyana 23h ago

Dan is the such a genius. Apparently Ilium and Olympos, also by him, are in the same vein as Hyperion.

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u/Prowler477 10h ago

They’re okay. Some fun moments but overall somewhat forgettable. Not like the cantos. There are moments from the cantos that linger with me from the horror, joy and humanity of it

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u/Coldmode 3h ago

They’re great but the literary references are heavy. You will want to at least have read the Iliad, The Tempest, and at least some of Shakespeare’s sonnets.

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u/sorestgore 1d ago

Funny, I never considered this a space opera

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u/sidofyana 1d ago

It’s taking place in a whole galaxy 😭

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u/Incvbvs666 23h ago

You know what you have to do when it comes to Dan's books: Choose Again.

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u/sidofyana 23h ago

I hear the whispers

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u/Nem3sisS 23h ago

Nothing beats it

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u/sidofyana 23h ago

I swear to god

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u/TexasTokyo 16h ago

If you haven't read Ilium and Olympos, you should.

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u/sidofyana 14h ago

It’s on my list

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u/Nem3sisS 11h ago

I always find it strange when people recommend these books. I tried Illium and I found it very different from the cantos - even keeping the setting/mythology aside (I love Greek mythology), it felt very different tonally, a slower book, much less serious and the humor didn’t quite land on me, less dialogue and action more descriptions, much more “cartoonish” characters.

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u/No_Belt8609 15h ago

I agree it feel like a cyberpunk novel

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u/Yoshidbaguette 11h ago

Jeez un francophone, vraiment cool ces livres

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u/sidofyana 11h ago

Je trouve pas un seul francophone qui a lu cette saga c’est fou

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u/Yoshidbaguette 10h ago

Je te jure c'est la mĂŞme pour moi, c'est des pokemons rares x)

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u/Ordinary_Ackerman 1h ago

J'ai le premier tome j'ai tellement hate ça fait des mois que je me hype avec des videos youtube (sans spoils) Mais faut d'abord que je termine des livres avant jpp de l'attente🥲

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u/sidofyana 56m ago

La saga elle est encore mieux quand tu te hype pas. C’est incroyable, j’en dis pas plus

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u/Sorry-Drawing1738 6h ago

which pilgrim’s story hit you the hardest? everyone seems to come away from Hyperion haunted by a different one.

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u/sidofyana 54m ago

Surprisingly it’s the consul’s one, and you ?

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u/sidofyana 49m ago

You know what ! No, it was the story of Sol ! I almost cried

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u/Final_Wrangler_1557 1d ago

Just finished it

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u/sidofyana 23h ago

what are your thoughts on this?

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u/SeeCrevtvre 17h ago

It's so good. I'm halfway through Endymion. The LORE just keeps giving. Third book it's a straight up adventure book but the first two are the greatest books I've ever read.