Soon I will be INVINCIBLE

[dryfter]

I've been reading the Hyperion Cantos books by Dan Simmons recently. Well, the first two so far. I thoroughly recommend reading Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. It's sci-fi, set far in the future, but it doesn't concentrate on the "science" aspect of sci-fi too much. If anything, the author has an obsession with John Keats' poetry, although other poets' work gets a look-in too.
Stylistically, it's a sort of gothic-horror-sci-fi combination.. it reminds me a little of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy, only with a tighter story, wider scope, and more spirituality and poetry, and a hint of cyberpunk. Check it out!

I went into Borders to buy the second pair of books, but changed my mind when I discovered that the Endymon Omnibus was HUGE and was definitely not going to fit in my cargo pants' pocket. It's a large pocket, and if a book won't fit, it's something of a deal-breaker. I'll see if I can pick up the individual books in secondhand in paperback..

Anyway, so instead I bought Soon I will be INVINCIBLE, which looks to be quite fun. It's a light-hearted book about comic-book-style superheroes and supervillains. Rah. (And it's painful to note how much more expensive it was at Borders than Amazon.com, especially since the Aussie Peso is now about 1:1 with the USD.. Wow. It doesn't seem all that long ago that we were 2:1 to the USD, and 3:1 to the pound! How times change.)

Tonight is the last night in this posh hotel, then it's crashing at friend's place for a couple of nights, then moving into my own place, finally. I can't wait!

Comments

Second hand Sci Fi.

[short-mort.livejournal.com]

http://www.sybersbooks.com.au/

If you go and you get Penny or David, tell them Catherine 'Henry' Currie sent you.

[pir.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the Hyperion and Endymion books, not had much luck with others of his work I've tried...

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really love them too. His recent book Ilium was quite good but I'm struggling to get into its sequel Olympos.

[pir.livejournal.com]

I couldn't get into Ilium :/

[jackrivet.livejournal.com]

I'm still reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Fuck me blind that book is dense.

(Although, as a freethinking motorcycle enthusiast you might dig it)

[pir.livejournal.com]

I need to get another copy of that, my dad bought it for me years ago for my birthday and I managed to lose it. At least I read it first :)

[insomnius.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed those books (the Hyperion Cantos)! At least, I enjoyed the first two. I think I lost focus after that, so the second two might be good as well.