I’m reminded of Pandora’s Star, which has a similar space operatic setting including AIs and wormhole travel. I don’t think anyone who makes it into book four is going to be surprised by the seemingly-boundlessness of Simmons’ imagination.
The Pax and its unholy alliance with the TechnoCore gets fleshed out (pun intended) in more depth here. I spent large parts of the story trying to ignore how obtuse Raul is and how boring it makes things.įortunately, I had other plots to keep me occupied. 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). Hero and villain romances challenge viewers with their moral dichotomy and enthrall them with their often intense romances.Over seven years and four books later, I have finished the Hyperion Cantos. Although some of these romances are one-sided, they are nevertheless entertaining. However, not-often-seen pairings between heroes and villains are always intriguing. 2023: Romance can spring forth from many places – particularly in anime. Update by Alexandra Locke on February 24. These romances highlight anime's surprisingly compelling nuance, moral complexities, and interpretations of love. These rare romances are especially beautiful when considering the adversity they must overcome and the different worlds they are part of. RELATED: The 10 Strongest One Piece Characters (Who Can't Use Haki) However, there have been many instances of forbidden love where characters from both sides will become smitten with one another. Both sides clash in climatic battles, with the former usually claiming victory over the latter sooner or later.
In most anime, the lines between heroes and villains are easily drawn and rarely blurred.
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