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Title: A brilliant prologue to Fall
Review: While I read this book I kept asking myself, when does the story start? Hyperion is the story of a group of pilgrims adventuring to the mystical Time Tombs. Every night another of them would tell the story of why they were there. This is a great premise, but not as a whole book. I found myself completely uninterested in the few smatterings of story between their tales. I found myself sometimes even skipping to the next persons story due to sheer boredom.While this book suffers as a standalone, it really shines as a 500 page proloque to Fall of Hyperion. Under normal situations I would have stopped with this series but a family member said that I should read Fall, even if just to understand. When read in succession, these two books have an amazing synergy that never ceases to amaze me. So if you plan to read this book, you'll want the other, so that you can dive into it ASAP.
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