![]() ![]() ![]() Reunited with Aenea just in time for the Pax to catch up to them, Raul’s role in the story is split between confused narrator and occasional action hero. Aenea sends Raul on a quest to retrieve the Consul’s ship, although it is also kind of a spiritual journey that separates him from her long enough (thanks to relativity time shenanigans) for her to get closer to him in age, so the sexual relationship stuff isn’t so squicky, and for some other shenanigans that I won’t spoil. The Rise of Endymion gets something right from the start: the cover depicts the Shrike with four arms!Īnyway, it picks up pretty much where Endymion leaves off, give or take a little bit of time passing. Nevertheless, I decided last week that enough was enough. But Dan Simmons’ science fiction is just so damn dense I knew it was going to take days to get through it, and I was not looking forward to making that commitment. I kept putting off reading The Rise of Endymion it has been sitting in my to-read pile since I bought the last three books from the used book store. I’d be lying if I said I remembered much about the first three books at this point (that’s why I write reviews). Over seven years and four books later, I have finished the Hyperion Cantos. ![]()
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