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"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the f**king word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes "

1989's Hyperion by Dan Simmons seems rather pertinent to 2026...
Also, love a Vonnegut nod.

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#books #livres #AmReading #Hyperion #bookstodon #ScienceFiction #DanSimmons

Having finished the fascinating history book on Ralegh and El Dorado, time to start on this month's #Edinburgh SF Book Group pick, the Canterbury Tales- influenced classic Hyperion, by Dan Simmons, with intro by Adam Roberts.

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I've long thought that "Endymion" and "The Rise of Endymion" by Dan Simmons were very much influenced by "The Door Into Summer" by Robert Heinlein. I am re-reading "Fairyland" by Paul McAuley - I wonder if Dan Simmons had read that too - other than one man's quest to find a girl, it also mentions the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.

I hadn't realised that Dan Simmons died this year.

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?170

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The fun when you think you picked up a science fiction novel, but it’s really a mid schooler’s style exercise. Not. #DanSimmons #Hyperion

God, gammel vin på friske flasker

Hvis man lige ser bort fra alt, har vi det faktisk meget godt – som danske fantastik-læsere. Der er flere forlag, der har kastet sig over genudgivelser af gamle titler, der kan være svære at finde på dansk – f.eks. A Mock Book, der har en del science fiction blandt deres udgivelser og som faktisk er fortsat ud af samme bane og har fået Stig W. Jørgensen til oversætte de bind i serien, som vi ikke tidligere har haft adgang til på dansk (“Kapitelhuset: Dune” står til at udkomme til oktober).

Men et par andre udgivelser, som det er værd at kigge på eller se frem til, strøget forbi min opmærksomhed på det sidste og fortjener at blive bragt videre.

Lindhardt og Ringhof har fået Jakob Levinsen til at nyoversætte “Dracula”, som udkommer i juni. Jeg genlæste for nylig starten i Benny Andersens oversættelse, og den er fin, men måske også lidt underspillet. Det bliver interessant at se resultatet.

Forlaget Feberdrøm har på det sidste oversat flere Ursula K. Le Guin-bøger, men til juni er der en lidt overraskende udgivelse på taget: en nyoversættelse af Dan Simmons’ Hyperion. Der er ingen omtale på deres hjemmeside endnu (for den slags gør vi åbenbart ikke mere i 2026), så her 8ydrk) et link til releasefesten på Facebook.

Sidst men ikke mindst: forlaget Koloni har hovedsageligt udgivet afrikansk litteratur. Men deres navn dukkede for nylig op på en frisk udgave af Fahrenheit 451.

Ciao Mondo.
Son passati c.a. 30 anni da che affrontai il viaggio - i viaggi - e di nuovo vorrei fosse più lungo.
È incredibile come la memoria abbia confuso certi eventi ma come questi si siano comunque conservati a livello emotivo.
Bello
Bello
Bello!

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Dan Simmons Is Dead So It’s Time To Read ‘Hyperion’

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/dan-simmons-is-dead-so-its-time-to-read-hyperion

"Dan Simmons, In Memorian": https://www.ccyberdark.net/11082/dan-simmons-in-memorian/
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I know he had some problematic opinions, but Dan Simmons' Hyperion is a stunning piece of work. I hope to read The Terror and Drood some time. They are very big.

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Dan Simmons n'est plus.

De la science-fiction, du fantastique et des polémiques...

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Aktualności:
»Odszedł Dan Simmons«

W piątek cały fantastyczny świat (i nie tylko) obiegła smutna informacja - 21 lutego 2026 roku w wieku 77 lat zmarł pisarz Dan Simmons.

https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/aktualnosci/odszedl-dan-simmons/

#Fahrenheit_zin #DanSimmons #Ilion #UpadekHyperiona #Endymion #TriumfEndymiona #Hyperion #Olimp #PieśńboginiKali #SongofKali #ZagładaHyperiona #Trupiaotucha #Fazygrawitacji #IlionOlimp

Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/

#CarrionComfort #DanSimmons #literature

Aw, sad to hear about Dan Simmons passing away. Hyperion was my gateway to science fiction.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/

#DanSimmons #hyperion #scifi #RIP #author #sff

I felt exactly the same the author of this article described he felt after reading Hyperion. RIP Dan Simmons.

Dan Simmons, the author of more than three dozen books, including the famed Hyperion Cantos, has died from a stroke. He was 77.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/

#DanSimmons #hyperion #books #scienceFiction #RIP

Pues ha muerto Dan Simmons, escritor entre otros de #hyperion
https://bookwyrm.social/book/151613/s/hyperion-hyperion-cantos

El primer libro son varios relatos en los que peregrinos venidos desde otros mundos hacen un viaje para encontrarse con el #alcaudon una entidad entre divina y demoniaca que reside en el planeta Hyperion.

Lo lei hace más de 10 años y no recuerdo muchos detalles así que no me extenderé, pero decir que es una colección de relatos de #terror y #cienciaficcion que confluyen en una trama común.
En los siguientes libros se ahoanda en esa trama y se desarrolla.

Si lo que buscas es #solarpunk esto es un poco lo opuesto. Aunque recuerdo que tenía ciertas notas de optimismo.
#dansimmons

And the way my wife and I commemorated the passing of Dan Simmons is to remember a dearly departed friend of ours. He gifted me the paperback version of Hyperion for my birthday. Not a new copy, but secondhand (which is fine - we were all struggling students at the time). However, our friend had stolen this copy from a secondhand bookshop, read it, hated it, and so gifted it to me.

He had stolen another book and gifted it to my wife for her birthday.

Our friend: he loved books and thought they should be free.

I hated Hyperion too.

#DanSimmons #RIP #Books #Reading #Writing

RIP #DanSimmons! Thank you for making life that much richer with your stories!

Only you could make me fall in love with the classics, with poetry, with hard sci-fi, with horror and with hard-boiled detective fiction. Sometimes all at once

Thank you for giving me your love of Keats. And history

You were a wonderful teacher!

I’m grateful

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/

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#DanSimmons (1948–2026)

He wrote vividly cinematic prose with a mastery of setting: his Calcutta or Romania are not atmospheric, they’re miasmatic with fear. Hyperion straddles SF/F/horror, remakes the genres, and transcends them. The brutal space-opera theomachy of Ilium is counterpointed by the lovely literary bromance of machine minds bantering over the Bard vs Proust. Pity about the politics, the blog-rant banality that bled through bits of the otherwise smart and stirring storytelling.

Dan Simmons ist am 21. Februar 2026 im Alter von 77 Jahren gestorben. 😢#sfcd #dansimmons #hyperion #sciencefiction #literatur

📚 Dan Simmons has left the building, but not before leaving us with impossibly convoluted URLs to nowhere. 🤦‍♂️ Apparently, respecting a robot policy is the new mourning etiquette. 🤖💔
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Simmons #DanSimmons #LeavingURLs #RobotPolicy #MourningEtiquette #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, Song of Kali, dead at 77

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Simmons

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