themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoHyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12cross-posted to: quarks@startrek.websitebooks@lemmy.mlbooks@sh.itjust.workssciencefiction@lemmy.world
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkHyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77arstechnica.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: quarks@startrek.websitebooks@lemmy.mlbooks@sh.itjust.workssciencefiction@lemmy.world
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days agoHyperion Cantos was a great highlinght for me and my kids… we still have a lot of inside jokes based off those books Thank you Dan, may you freecast peacefuly into the next life
minus-squarePhobosAnomaly@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoSpeaking of kids, the defining scene of General Morpugo had me in tears. It’s not often a book breaks me down like that, but there we are. Usually it’s Weintraub’s story that does it for folk, but not for me.
Hyperion Cantos was a great highlinght for me and my kids… we still have a lot of inside jokes based off those books
Thank you Dan, may you freecast peacefuly into the next life
Speaking of kids, the defining scene of General Morpugo had me in tears. It’s not often a book breaks me down like that, but there we are.
Usually it’s Weintraub’s story that does it for folk, but not for me.