Thoughts on Dan Simmons?

Hyperion is the best science fiction novel of all time. Dune is overrated, but this is a true masterpiece. Read the first two, skip the two after that.

He's got that academic "lemme stuff my novel with 1000000 historical and literary references" writing style that makes me feel dumb because how dare I don't know Charles Dickens' close friend's biography. I enjoyed Terror, Hyperion Cantos, Ilium, Drood, and Flashback. Black Hills and Carrion Comfort were a slog getting through.

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>>9363361
No.

>>9363376
You make a convincing argument. This is actually coming up for me, so I spoke without all the information. I'm hoping it overtakes Hyperion as the best I've ever read, because nothing else has come close.

I´ve recently read The Fifth Heart and it wasn´t bad.

>>9363361
What didn't you like about the other two books?