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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Really cool sci-fi that plays about a bit as an anthology, slowly revealing each character's motivation for venturing to the planet Hyperion. Envisions a very far future where humans have gone well beyond earth, and sometimes some of the headier world building stuff gets lost on me, but the character stories are excellent and mysterious page turners. I haven't finished it quite yet but am excited to see how it all comes together.
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I love Hyperion and the sequels. Highly recommend reading all 4 books in the series. I actually think Hyperion is the weakest of the four books, even though it is really awesome.
I reread them last year for the third or fourth time, and they stand up great even though they're 25+ years old now.