Laurel’s Reviews > Hyperion > Status Update

Well after a long hiatus, finally picked it back up. And...What!!... enjoying it, wondering where it's going to go..

Ugh, stuttering in written format... While Sad King Billy has been mentioned previously, this is the first occurrence of him speaking, and it's with the m-m-m-m-most annoying st-st-st-st-stutter. (That isn't meant harshly against people with speech impediments. It's just... it's irritating as frick to READ things written l-l-l-l-like th-th-th-this.)

Now the poet is telling HIS story, and.. while I appreciate the author's ability to write in all these different styles (because each one so far has been distinguishable from the next, as it's a story being told by "someone else"), I really hate this poet. Arrogant & pretentious. Again, super impressed that the writing style varies so much, it does show talent in the author of the book, but.. the poet is still awful.

The book starts with these 7 people (meeting for the first time) telling their stories, kind of a "why are you here." And I haven't even finished ONE person's tale, because it itself is a whole complete story. A fully thought out 'what the heck', and I am impressed! Mind you, so far the only female character is your typical "angry, beautiful Woman In SciFi", but who knows, that could just be first impressions.

Here's what I've got so far: A tree spaceship, with 7 passengers on board (a soldier, a poet, a priest, a detective, a consul & a scholar, which sounds like the beginning of a fantastic joke), heading to a planet about to be attacked, in hopes of uncovering grand truths of the universe. So far, so good!