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Dan Deboer

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finished reading Hyperion by Dan Simmons (The Hyperion Cantos, #1)

Dan Simmons: Hyperion (Hardcover, 1989, Doubleday)

On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth …

Very good. Ends abruptly, seems I'm going to need to read the sequel as well.

Susanna Clarke: Piranesi (2020, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building; its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls …

I've intended to read this for a while, finally managed to snag a copy from the Ottawa PL.

Madeline Miller: Circe (AudiobookFormat, 2018)

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a …

Really quite a great book

I haven't read anything else by Miller (yet), but this came highly recommended by a variety of folks I trust.

I don't think this is a book you love for the plot, it's mostly just stuff happening linearly. The real magic here is the writing, and the writing is good.