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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 12:43am on 25/06/2006
I have the sequels too ;-)
One I bought myself, the other two I obtained when [livejournal.com profile] major_clanger did that thing of "With all my worldly books I thee endow..."
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posted by [identity profile] aardvark179.livejournal.com at 03:28am on 25/06/2006
(Sorry if there are typos, it's late & I'm just back from a formal dinner.

I loved Hyperion, it is fantastic, magical, a brilliant futuristic version of the Canterbury Tales, and works, and that is where the sequel (I've only read Fall) fails. He tries to provide some rational explanation for the stranger events in the first book, and those explanations never quite work. There are still moments of brilliance, but nothing that touches the first book.

I've found the same problem with Ilium and olympus, he is always much better at build up than resolution.

I'd recommend The Diamond Age in the same sort of way, Stephenson doesn't really do resolutions but there is some fantastic stuff leading up to that.
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