Mitchel Pigsley: I read and loved Dan Simmons's Hyperion well over a decade ago. I decided to give it another read recently, and.. Oh boy, has it delivered—the Ouster invasion of Hyperion as a backdrop to the final pilgrimage as the characters tell their stories. Father Hoyt and Sol Weintraub's are my favorites.

I read and loved Dan Simmons's Hyperion well over a decade ago. I decided to give it another read recently, and.. Oh boy, has it delivered—the Ouster invasion of Hyperion as a backdrop to the final pilgrimage as the characters tell their stories. Father Hoyt and Sol Weintraub's are my favorites.