Comment Re:Hyperion, anyone? (Score 1) 1190
I had read some Sci-Fi before Hyperion, but that really gave me the love for SF. The way Simmons creates new plot lines over the old ones is great.
Also I like the sometimes really dark storylines and the idea of Shrike is great. Thanks to Hyperion, I bought Iain M. Banks's Consider Phlebas, which I found in a second-hand bookshop. It has a little of the same touch as Hyperion and I'm really pissed off now, because living somewhere as remote as Finland, I just cant get a hold on more of his books.
The things I think makes good SF is a nice mix of Science and Fiction. A book based entirely on Science is really rather boring and a book with no Science is just fantasy. Then, there are always the ones like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but thats more like comedy built on SF. I've also tried to read some classics, like the Dune series, but most of them turned out to be a little too heavy for me.
Also I like the sometimes really dark storylines and the idea of Shrike is great. Thanks to Hyperion, I bought Iain M. Banks's Consider Phlebas, which I found in a second-hand bookshop. It has a little of the same touch as Hyperion and I'm really pissed off now, because living somewhere as remote as Finland, I just cant get a hold on more of his books.
The things I think makes good SF is a nice mix of Science and Fiction. A book based entirely on Science is really rather boring and a book with no Science is just fantasy. Then, there are always the ones like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but thats more like comedy built on SF. I've also tried to read some classics, like the Dune series, but most of them turned out to be a little too heavy for me.
