I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it. I was never the same.
  • wolfrasin@lemmy.today
    41·
    6 days ago

    Barf. On my 2nd reading of Hyperion books as an adult this time and I really didn’t pick up on the pedophehelia and grooming shit with Raul & Aenea the first time. Super gross and ruines it for me

  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip
    11·
    7 days ago

    Most of the comments on social media about his passing are about his horrible politics rather than his writing. People are calling him a racist, a misogynist, and even a fascist.

    Song of Kali confused me. It felt so hateful and so deeply racist that I assumed I missed something about it, like maybe it was satirical. Or maybe it was just about a character who hated India, which doesn’t necessarily mean the author shares those views.

    I loved Hyperion even with its misogynistic parts, I just sort of figured “boomers are gonna boom” and I was able to overlook it. Summer of Night was phenomenal, even if it did have the same “only one female character and she’s a lot” problem that all his novels seem to have.

    I don’t see myself reading his other novels after reading about how racist he was. Quite a shame.

    • Abundance114@lemmy.world
      35·
      7 days ago

      I loved Hyperion even with its misogynistic parts,

      Isn’t it strange that you can write a book about destroying an entire planet full of people and no one bats an eye; but if you include a political hot topic suddenly half of the population is protesting your book.

      I would understand if he’s actively promoting an idea but I don’t think most books do that…

  • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nl
    8·
    7 days ago

    I loved especially Hyperion, but I said my final goodbye the day I opened Flashback… what an awful piece of rear end production that was.

    The Hyperion series was awesome, original, well-thought out, spiced with a background of Enoch the Prophet, flying space trees … and I’ll cherish it forever.

    Flashback not so much, what a hateful piece of right wing trash that was. And I’m not necessarily against a solid story that makes me think or even just learn to appreciate other’s viewpoints, but this was more like something Ben Shapiro would write. “leftie bad hur durr”, you probably know what I mean. On top of that, it was shattered, incoherent and relied insanely on Deus Ex Machina constructions throughout.

    I never understood and I never ever will I. Sad.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
    4·
    7 days ago

    This dude really did write multiple genres pretty well, even mashed together.

    Absolutely fantastic world-building in Hyperion Cantos.

    I also enjoyed Terror, the world descriptions are just situationally (like in a 3D space) pleasing for me, adjusted historical & mythological facts work really well, and even the story was rounded into a satisfactory end.

    Rip.

  • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    Love that the author of the article jabbed Rothfus and Martin directly.

    Hyperion is my favorite sci-fi next to Dune. It’s inspired a lot of the features in my D&D homebrew world, including the Shrike, the river, a few deities, and other textures and layers to my realm.

    Farewell, friend. You were one of the good ones. I wish you hadn’t gone the wrong direction.

  • tedd_deireadh@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    The Terror is my favorite book! I picked it up based on the cover art and texture and it turned out to be a fantastic horror novel. I love how he integrated it with actual historical events. RIP.