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 In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing - nothing anywhere in the universe - will ever be the same.©1997 Dan Simmons (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Mythology Greek Mythology Ancient Greece
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Good if a little 'neat' ending to the series. Felt like a bit of a Hollywood ending, which slightly jarred against the series as a whole which had always felt very mature. Still good though..

Good but..

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The book...
I thought this book ended the saga really well, with some great twists and quite a few really good revelations. It went into detail a bit too much for me on little stuff, but it didn't really take much away from it. The necessity for the tree of thorns wasn't really dealt with, unless I missed it. I liked how old characters came back throughout. Not quite Iain M Banks in style, but the content and story is top notch.

On narration...
I didn't really think much of the narrator - it sounded like English wasn't his first language maybe. He pronounced every single word - like 'to' and 'a' - fully, which - when you actually hear it done - is quite strange. He occasionally made little errors in pronunciation - saying the 'chasm' with a soft 'ch' sound - which is a bit weird - or maybe he just did the whole thing in one take without bothering to fix the error. He also pronounced 'Aargh' exactly as it is written, with a clear 'r' and then a hard 'g' sound on the end. No-one really says that when they scream - that's just obvious - again - weird. The thing I disliked the most though was his inability to portray anything other than a small range of emotions. Whenever he took on a woman's voice - there was one set tone - and any emotion - such as anger - was not portrayed at all - it was always just 'the soft woman tone'. The range of accents for the different characters was good - just a bit more attention to tone and emotion was needed.

Great ending!

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This series is amazing. Couldn't put these books down. Laughed and cried out loud. Performance unparalleled

Amazing

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After listening to all 4 books I am not sure what could top this or what to do, it took just under 3 months to listen to all of them, epic, awesome and fantastic, I recommend this series to any sci-fi fan, it has it all.

Wow, A 5 star masterpiece.

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I have loved every single book from this series.
each one has been completely absorbing.
Highly recommended.

epic

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