themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down12cross-posted to: sciencefiction@lemmy.worldbooks@sh.itjust.worksquarks@startrek.websitebooks@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkHyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77arstechnica.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: sciencefiction@lemmy.worldbooks@sh.itjust.worksquarks@startrek.websitebooks@lemmy.ml
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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.