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Hyperion + The Fall of Hyperion +
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The fight against TechnoCore (AI) set in the world with limited time travel
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support. The "civilzed" world is formed by planets connected with farcaster
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into the continuous WorldWeb. There are 4 main groups Hegemony (civilized
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people), Technocore ("cooperating" with Hegemony and providing most of
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technologies including farcasters), ousters, Cult of Shrike.
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The book is reading well and cotains intersting ideas about organization of
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the world, etc. However, the ending is somehow cramped. The presentation of
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time travel sounds alien to the text and the overall ideas is quite fuzzy if