![]() ![]() Yes, this last book feels a little self-indulgent, and definitely needed better editing. ![]() No, Simmons doesn’t totally stick the landing – almost nobody ever does. All that said, there’s reasons to finish the series. Seriously, my version of the novel is 700 pages long and that’s probably 400 too many pages. There’s too much retconning of previous plot points, there’s too much padding in what should be a leaner story. ![]() There are too may tangents, too much pseudo-Buddhist rambling, too many random characters introduced way too late in the game, and these characters have terrible names with too many consonants. It can be difficult to parse sometimes, because there are some places in this novel where it feels like the wheels are coming off. This time, at least, there seems to be more hope for humanity going forward. Anyway, welcome to the weird final book of this series, in which Dan Simmons blows up his entire universe for the second time. I know there are people out there who just pick up random novels in a series, but those people are monsters and I can’t comprehend how they think. Presumably you’ve read the first three novels in this series, or at the very least the previous novel Endymion. ![]() This is it, this book right here, this is the end of the Hyperion Cantos. Novel * Dan Simmons * All You Need Is Love, Apparently * 1997 Synopsis ![]()
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