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bc569a80a344f9c 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died

I adore Canticle. It is one of my favorite books.

I had recommended Hyperion to a friend, and they loved it. I recommended Canticle as a follow-up and they hated it. I never figured out how that can be.

twoodfin 7 months ago [–]

To be fair, Canticle is soul-crushingly bleak in a way that Hyperion only dances around.

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