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I had a copy of Hyperion but didn't read it for years because the scary knife robot on the cover seemed intimidating. I finally read it, and all the sequels, an
by DonHopkins 8mo ago
I had a copy of Hyperion but didn't read it for years because the scary knife robot on the cover seemed intimidating. I finally read it, and all the sequels, and they were great books, and hell YEAH that was an intimidating knife robot! Sometimes you CAN tell a book by its cover.
- hinkley 8mo agoThe scary knife robot is way, way more intimidating in person.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 8mo agoI still remember the first time I met a scary knife robot. Working fast food night shift was crazy times.
- samus 8mo agoI find it awesome that the true nature and mission of the Shrike remains a secret.
- rurp 8mo agoI didn't know there was a type of bird called a shrike until long after I read Hyperion. The birds look and sound like cute little songbirds, kind of like a smaller mockingbird. But the way they hunt is hardcore. They capture small prey (lizards, grasshoppers, etc) and impale them on a spike from cactus or a broken branch. Then they return to eat them at their leisure. It's rare to see their caches but a few times I've been out hiking in the desert and seen the remains of a little critter on a cactus thorn.