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Summary: Excellent, the best book by Simmons yet.
Review: This book is awesome, every sci-fi reader should read it!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Fast read....but left wanting.....
Review: too many pages on embellishment and not enough on the story line.....down the same road as Robert Jordan..... :(
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Summary: A waste of my time
Review: Unlike "Hyperion", my pick as the best novel ever written, and "The Fall of Hyperion", the best sequel ever written, "Endymion" fails utterly. In my view it is pop trash. I think Simmons publisher must have forced this from him, because the plot is trite and formulaic...the characters flat and boring. If you've read the series, "Endymion" is equivalent to "Dying Earth 2". Don't bother (somehow, I think the author probably feels the same way).
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Summary: well-paced adventure yarn
Review: More of a simple adventure story than the previous two books (Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion). It doesn't have the eeriness nor mystery of it's predecessors. Still, a very engrossing and quick read. Probably a "Star Wars"-like introduction in this volume and hopefully later ones will include "Empire Strikes Back" levels of revelations and depth. Sorry for the mass-market comparisons. There's one major flaw though. SPOILER: Shouldn't "it" have been able to go into quick time at the appropriate moment? The Hyperion series is on top of my list for 1990's hard SF.
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Summary: A book with scope and vision!
Review: Simmons has once again proven himself to be a master af the complex story. His ability to keep the reader interested and on the edge of the seat while delivering the detail required in the creation of this far future tale is what makes him a favorite of mine. This continuation of the Hyperion saga takes familiar character and concepts from the previous works while creating a story that easily stands on its own. Luckily, the next installment is available, so I don't have to wait to continue the adventure.
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Summary: Engrossing and entertaining yarn
Review: Dan Simmons does one hell of a job with this continuation of the Hyperion saga. He creates characters that any reader would care about by giving contemporary motivations that believably span the centuries. As with any good tale, this one centers on the state of the human condition and the never ending struggle of existence. The action scenes are heartstopping. I was actually sorry to finish this volume, especially after what Aenea wrote to Raul on the last page. Lucklily, the next installment is out, so I don't have to wait years for my fix.
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Summary: Action etc.
Review: Much more action driven then that first two novels. Not much is explained till the end where the author gives you the whole plot in about two pages. The action keeps you turning pages. I lost sleep reading this when I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The two most interesting aspects of Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion- the time tombs and the Shrike are hardly mentioned. Simmons instead seems to be hung up on a commentary on the Catholic church. There is none is the insight of the previous books. I thought every character was flat, except possibly de Soya. Read only if you like the first two (who DIDN'T?) and want two read the last one.
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Summary: This is a very cool book to anyone who wants to read it!
Review: This book has a lot of true feelings in it whenever something bad happens. The characters are always coming up with ideas to eveade the enemy. I think that the Dan Simmons did an awesome job on making up a whole new world for readers to fall into. It is one of the best books that I have ever read before. If I am bored or something, then I will just get out Endymion and start to read it.
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Summary: Follows the lead set by Hyperion
Review: Damn good read. It follows on the heels of a book (I consider Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion to be one book in two parts) that is truly phenomenal so to be just average Endymion would have to be exceptionally great, using this new yardstick. Hyperion uses the same 1 book in 2 parts trick which I don't have a problem with, it's still worth the money and you don't have to lug around an L.Ron Hubbard sized tome, but I haven't read the next Endymion yet so there are no ties to any loose ends which is a bit frustrating. I am glad that Dan didn't feel such a strong need to make the cast so pointedly multicultural, although those elements were still there. Not as strong as his first offering but a solid follow up. Maybe in the sequel we will get to see if Endymion actually has any physical limitations.
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