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I would say, be patient. A first of Hyperion will be expensive, but not that expensive! Keep an eye out on eBay and ABEbooks.

I look at it a bit differently. I actually rate the Joe Kurtz novels quite high within Simmons’ body of work, but that’s because I’m only comparing it to the other books that Simmons has written....

I unabashedly love Drood. I realize it's bloated and self-indulgent, but it just kind of clicked for me. It's my favourite of his non-genre novels - although a few others take a close second. A...

The Parker novels I was referring to were those by Richard Stark.

I like the Joe Kurtz novels okay, but I much prefer the Parker novels (of which they are obvious homages to), so I cant put them near the top of my list.

Oof, that’s tough given how many genres he writes in. But I would say my personal favourites are Hyperion, Drood, and The Terror. But that leaves out many fine books like Ilium, Crook Factory, Summer...

I'm glad Fifth Heart got there safely. Enjoy.

And that Ilium/Olympos matching set is *very* nice. Better condition than mine. You did well. Congrats!

HBJ

I don’t think Simmons qualifications vs. Thunberg’s is as important as whether Simmons knowledge about climate science is good enough to support his stated opinions about it.

In my opinion, it is...

I’m not a climate scientist by any means, but I keep abreast of developments reported in the media, and fact check the more alarmist sounding articles.

From reading Simmons’ posts and replies...

I'm actually relieved by this response. I'm glad the delays are due to Simmons still working on it, rather than a perceived lack of public interest by the publisher.