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RIP to a real one. Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] untorquer@quokk.au 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Read Hyperion while backpacking in 2018. The action was pretty good but god damn did it treat woman as more disposable and subject to men's ambitions than a roll of toilet paper. Even Vonnegut was better and that's not praise for him either.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's because Dan Simmons was a hyper conservative driven insane by Obama.

https://www.npr.org/2011/07/28/137621172/one-rant-too-many-politics-mar-simmons-dystopia

[–] untorquer@quokk.au 2 points 13 hours ago

Didn't really need more evidence but it tracks