Bryan Reynolds’s Reviews > Hyperion > Status Update

Literary fiction disguised as sci-fi. This is a takeoff on the Decameron or the Canterbury Tales, diverse travelers' tales told on breaks during a journey. Brilliant framing device if not original.

The first story was so good I was ready to recommend this book far and wide on the basis of the first 100 pages alone. The second, third, and fourth stories are—to my pleasant surprise—very, very good, and inventive.