Aerith Netzer

Hyperion is very clearly Simmons flexing his talents across a variety of range voices, moods, and genres. At one point neo-noir space thriller, at another lovecraftian horror, yet another in intimate family drama. This book is engaging and kept me going even through flawed pacing.

I think that the point of this book is to be somewhat incomprehensible. As it is a work of "Theory-Fiction" the reader is -- at the same time -- invited and forced to analyze the text by their own method. To me, this is a text concerned with capitalism gone AWOL, about conspiracy theories that induce insanity, about dark secrets within university halls. It is certainly a compelling read and one that was, for the time of the writings, darkly prescient.

This book has changed the way I view ethics and philosophy in general. It is an at times startling attack on speciesism and the current mode of animal production. This book is what has made me a staunch vegetarian.