Thursday 30 November 2017

Saturday 5 August 2017

Dan Simmons - Endymion / Rise of Endymion - Rhadamanth Nemes and Shrike


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Technocore cyborg Rhadamanth Nemes beginning to phase shift.










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radamanth nemes, endymion, dan simmons


Rhadamanth is so essential to the story as a bogey woman, as the Shrike allegiance becomes ambiguous Rhadamanth becomes the character to fear.

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radamanth nemes, endymion, dan simmons

Phase shift violence.


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Nemes blasted from orbit.




shrike


Monday 17 July 2017

Dan Simmons - Hyperion - Brawne Lamia, Johnny and the Shrike




Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons




Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons




Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons




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Brawne and Johnny, the Keats cybrid. 




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The Shrike timeshifting.


Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons




Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons

Tired, carrying water to the other pilgrims.



Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons

A few versions of Brawne shooting at the Shrike.


Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons




Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons



Brawne Lamia, Hyperion, The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons

Sunday 7 May 2017

Dan Simmons - Hyperion / The Fall of Hyperion

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dan simmons, the fall of hyperion, cloudpine451



I recently finished reading the last in the series, The Rise of Endymion, and it is as a whole the most ambitious story I have experienced in any genre.

It has taken a long time to get through the four tomes, and I needed to repeat Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion before beginning the two Endymion books, set three hundred years or so after the Hyperion books.

I won't attempt analysis of the story, as this is better found elsewhere, but this is the most amazing tale, with an array of really nifty ideas and philosophy. It chases the cosmos much more than the vast majority of the big science fiction authors I have read.

http://hyperioncantos.wikia.com




Friday 28 April 2017

Les Thugs - Suspended Time (For SB)

From the album - Still Hungry, Still Angry

For me, the greatest French band. Absolutely love them!

I heard this once on vinyl in 1990 at a friends and was reacquainted only very recently. All that time this tune would occasionally pop in my head!




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cloudpine 451, music, les thugs




cloudpine 451, music, les thugs