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UltraSaneyesterday at 8:28 PM3 repliesview on HN

Hyperion is the better novel but Carrion Comfort is just really exciting and creepy. And the way the mind controllers treated regular humans like toys hits far too close to home now.


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tsumniayesterday at 9:05 PM

Oh absolutely, I don't want to spoil anything but (to sound like a nutcase for a second) if there is an Illuminati then I think they were avid readers of Carrion.

Apropos given your username XD

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washadjeffmadyesterday at 9:32 PM

I still think about it relatively often. It took me almost a year to finish it between breaks to recover.

rwmjyesterday at 9:03 PM

Yeah, one of the bad guys even had a private island where he invited all his rich psychopathic friends.