"Olympos" war ein ReRead. Ich habe es im Laufe der Jahre bereits einmal gelesen und mindestens 7x als #Hörbuch Dieser Teil der #Dilogie gefällt mir nicht ganz so gut wie der erste, "Ilium", der zu meinen allerliebsten Büchern überhaupt zählt. Natürlich ist "Olympos" trotzdem sehr gut!
Weil ich das Buch nicht immer mit mir herumschleppen wollte, kaufte ich mir ausnahmsweise das #eBook.
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Nyt oli viimeisen päälle kirpparilöydöt. Varsinkin tuota Endymionia on ollut lähes mahdotonta löytää mihinkään hintaan ja tuo Endymionin nousukin on kovissa hinnoissa divareissa. Kirpparilla molemmat yhteishintaan 18€!!! Nyt on koko Hyperion-saaga kasassa😃 #dansimmons #hyperion #endymion #kirjat #kirjafedi #BooksofMastodon #scifi
#ScribesAndMakers 10.22 — What’s your favorite horror novel?
Don't make me choose! I love horror.
It's a toss-up between these two beauties. Read Drood, seriously.
I'll leave you with this: "Drood" is a novel that delves into the last five years of Charles Dickens' life, focusing on his obsession with a figure named Drood. The novel is narrated by Wilkie Collins, Dickens' friend and fellow author, and it intertwines Dickens' personal and literary struggles with his obsession. The narrative is complex, blending fiction with biographical facts and exploring themes of obsession, jealousy, and the darker aspects of human nature. The book has been praised for its imaginative storytelling and Simmons' ability to weave historical details into a compelling narrative.
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I've been putting together paperbacks of the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons, mostly buying second hand as I spot them. At this point I will be disappointed if the edition I find of the final one, The Rise of Endymion, matches any of the other covers. 📚
If you can't get them all matching, the next best thing is to make sure none of them match.
Hat lange gedauert aber vier Jahre nach der Anschaffung habe ich dann doch mal Hyperion aus dem Regal genommen und gelesen. Und wünschte mir, dass ich es schon vor 3.5 Jahren gemacht hätte.
Hat mir echt gut gefallen!
https://www.flore.nz/blog/hyperion-dan-simmons/
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Book review: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️ hardly a summery beach read but here we are
Dan Simmons, auteur atypique.
Chères lectrices, chers lecteurs, j’ai choisi de vous parler dans ce numéro de Mag’zine d’un auteur que j’ai découvert voilà quelques années déjà et que j’apprécie énormément, même s’il n’est pas français : Dan Simmons, un auteur atypique...
Vous allez dire, encore un ! Oui, c’est
https://tsubakimono.camelia-studio.org/dan-simmons-auteur-atypique/
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Today's Chorlton charity shop book haul
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Happy Birthday!
Dan Simmons, born on April 4, 1948, is a celebrated American author known for blending science fiction, horror, and historical fiction. His most famous novel, Hyperion (1989), won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1990 and the Locus Award the same year. Hyperion cemented Simmons as a master of speculative fiction.
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I really hated ILIUM, but I've read the first 200 pages of OLYMPOS and this is slightly better. There is SOME coherence to the storytelling. But ultimately Dan Simmons has written a literary pastiche that means nothing. My working theory is that Dan Simmons lost his mind not long after the Endymion books. Because his talent was almost completely absent after that. Though we shall see where he's at when I eventually get to THE TERROR.
There are many embarrassing qualities about Dan Simmons's work after THE RISE OF ENDYMION. This is really a reading journey I cannot recommend. Lots of awful books. It's extremely soul-crushing, given how brilliant many of those early volumes were. But these feeble efforts at PENTHOUSE LETERS-style passages are especially sad and egregious.
Capsule Review Archive – The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz by Dan Simmons
https://write.as/robinmarx/capsule-review-archive-the-guiding-nose-of-ulfant-banderoz-by-dan-simmons
As of this morning, I've read the six books that Dan Simmons published after THE FALL OF ENDYMION (a truly great novel) . And, with the exception of A WINTER HAUNTING, the dude was just gone, his creative talents atrophied. You read this shit and he's almost a completely different person. A total hack in some cases. The Joe Kurtz trilogy is a pale imitation of Richard Stark. The less said about THE CROOK FACTORY and DARWIN'S BLADE, the better. Ugh. What happened here?
I read Carrion Comfort (Aasgieren) by Dan Simmons.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6a08aa37-f41d-4d9c-81e8-ca1d649885e2
While I haven't yet read ILIUM or OLYMPOS (and I will), by my reckoning, the decline of Dan Simmons as a sui generis talent seemed to happen after he finished THE RISE OF ENDYMION. The three novels that followed were awful or just okay. Simmons's introductions to WORLDS ENOUGH & TIME are wildly arrogant and condescending. Perhaps he was bitter because his well had run dry. It truly is sad what happened to him. He wrote too many books too fast. And his work suffered.
I haven't yet read FLASHBACK (and I'm not looking forward to it), but DARWIN'S BLADE is surely right down there as Dan Simmons at his worst. Wretched dialogue, hopelessly thin characters. And this after THE CROOK FACTORY, which dropped off significantly after the first 100 pages and is also largely tedious. I honestly think that the two brilliant Endymion books took his entire brain and he had nothing left for a few years. Writers, be careful with your creative energies!
Yes, I think you should. If you like his style, you can read “Children of the Night” afterwards. The latter is partly based on “Summer of Night” and also features vampires. If “Children of the Night” doesn't suit your taste either, maybe the whole vampire theme really isn't for you. But that would be okay too.
Listened to this as I read the end of Part 1 of The Rise of Endymion. Definitely a good listen for science fiction, especially if uneasy, meditative or horror oriented.
https://m.soundcloud.com/user-643553014/luis-alvarado-venezuela
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Hi Fediverse! In terms of age, I'm hovering around the midlife crisis. My day job is IT. In my spare time I write stories (#EverlastingRoaringThunder), listen to music and do sports. On Mastodon I'm interested in all topics related to music (#Metal, #HardRock), reading (e.g. #StephenKing, #DanSimmons, #LeeChild, #CharlaineHarris, #NicholasSparks) and writing (#shortstories, #novels). I post in German and English.
