What book are you reading at the moment ?

[OrbitalDawn]

Might be of interest to some folks in here:

Lin-Manuel Miranda to produce film and TV adaptations of The Kingkiller Chronicle

Lionsgate has announced that Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will be the creative producer for a series of screen adaptations of Patrick Rothfuss’ best-selling Kingkiller Chronicle novels, according to The Wrap. Lionsgate is planning a feature-film adaptation of the first book, along with a tie-in TV series that will further explore Rothfuss’ setting.

 

[faniebraai]

Dan Simmons - Endymion

yay!

 

[C4Cat]

Might be of interest to some folks in here:

Lin-Manuel Miranda to produce film and TV adaptations of The Kingkiller Chronicle

I'm going to have to reread these books, I honestly don't remember being that impressed with them but so many other people rave about them like they are the best fantasy books ever written

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I'm going to have to reread these books, I honestly don't remember being that impressed with them but so many other people rave about them like they are the best fantasy books ever written

Yeah, I've also heard that. And then others are just like 'meh'. Weirdly divisive...

Anyway, it's not even done yet. Hate starting a series when it isn't finished yet. Even though I don't generally read whole series' at a time, so it shouldn't actually bother me too much.

 

[Necropolis]

Going overseas soon and looking for something to keep me occupied on the plane - and good SciFi suggestions from the MyBB book fiends.

 

[faniebraai]

Going overseas soon and looking for something to keep me occupied on the plane - and good SciFi suggestions from the MyBB book fiends.

Dark Matter is short but interesting read

 

[Agent_Smith]

Just started this. Fascinating read...

 

[Readsalot]

Going overseas soon and looking for something to keep me occupied on the plane - and good SciFi suggestions from the MyBB book fiends.

 

[Chevron]

Just finished:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17167572-the-long-war?from_search=true

Definitely more going on than in the first book. I'm now more looking forward to book 3, than I was looking forward to book 2 after book 1.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Going overseas soon and looking for something to keep me occupied on the plane - and good SciFi suggestions from the MyBB book fiends.

Hyperion...

Ubik by Philip K. Dick.

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.

 

[theratman]

Just started this. Fascinating read...

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Thanks I need to look out for it.
Try Dead Wake, it's about the Lusitania and a real eye opener.

 

[C4Cat]

Hyperion...

Ubik by Philip K. Dick.

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.

I read Hyperion many years ago but I'm currently listening to the audiobook and I must say it's a fantastic story. Probably one of the best sci-fi ever written, IMO

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I read Hyperion many years ago but I'm currently listening to the audiobook and I must say it's a fantastic story. Probably one of the best sci-fi ever written, IMO

That it is. Quite excellent.

 

[faniebraai]

That it is. Quite excellent.

I enjoyed the Endymion story more.

 

[R13...]

I enjoyed the Endymion story more.

If I had to rate the cantos it'd be,
1. Hyperion
2. Endymion 1
3. Fall of
4. Endymion 2

 

[faniebraai]

If I had to rate the cantos it'd be,
1. Hyperion
2. Endymion 1
3. Fall of
4. Endymion 2

For me it would be:
1.Hyperion
2.Endymion
3.Rise of Endymion
4.Fall of Hyperion

Overall Endymion was better for me, the second Hyperion was a bit of an anti-climax after the first. That's how i remember it in any case. I enjoyed the stories of each person soo much, that I probably expected the same in the second.

But I guess that's the beauty of the whole series, it just comes together beautifully. Endymion would obviously not be anything without the Hyperion duo.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

For me it would be:
1.Hyperion
2.Endymion
3.Rise of Endymion
4.Fall of Hyperion

Overall Endymion was better for me, the second Hyperion was a bit of an anti-climax after the first. That's how i remember it in any case. I enjoyed the stories of each person soo much, that I probably expected the same in the second.

But I guess that's the beauty of the whole series, it just comes together beautifully. Endymion would obviously not be anything without the Hyperion duo.

I loved Fall, actually. I knew going in that it wasn't going to follow the same Canterbury Tales-like structure, and I really loved how the story unfolded.

Spoiler

Especially with the Consul's meeting with the Ousters, and John Keats meeting Ummon. Some great writing there. The Cantos in general stands out as one of the series' where I looked forward the most to those sections that unravel the mysteries and questions that have been building up over the course of the series.

 

[R13...]

So what other Sci fi series can you guys recommend that comes close to hyperion?

 

[faniebraai]

So what other Sci fi series can you guys recommend that comes close to hyperion?

I love the Expanse series, but that's nothing like Hyperion.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

So what other Sci fi series can you guys recommend that comes close to hyperion?

Close in what way? Quality or similarity?

Either way, check out some of these and take a shot at whatever tickles your fancy:

The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks
The Xeelee Sequence by Stephen Baxter
The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold