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Well, I can't remember who told me to read this... I finished it this weekend and nearly crashed my car getting to the bookstore for Fall of Hyperion lest I have a stroke from the massive cliff hanger. Halfway through that one now.
Bloody amazing, thought it was a bit cheezy at first, and parts are, but bloody amazing. I'm not a "scared of the dark" type (heights are a diff matter) but I was pretty much on edge every night I went to sleep right after a scene with the shrike.

Fear the Shrike!

A Thing of Eternity wrote:Well, I can't remember who told me to read this... I finished it this weekend and nearly crashed my car getting to the bookstore for Fall of Hyperion lest I have a stroke from the massive cliff hanger. Halfway through that one now.
Bloody amazing, thought it was a bit cheezy at first, and parts are, but bloody amazing. I'm not a "scared of the dark" type (heights are a diff matter) but I was pretty much on edge every night I went to sleep right after a scene with the shrike.

You'll be blown away by Fall of Hyperion, too. Great books.

Both books are my favourites next to the Dune chronicles.

They don't look very impressive, and the summary on the back cover reads like a cheezy knockoff sf movie description. Don't let it fool you. Good good good. Good.

I tried reading the first a few times in the past, but couldn't get much into it, even though I tried skipping between parts to see if there was something more interesting later on.

The Shrike is awsome though.

What the hell is a Shrike?

Its supposed to be a mythical hawk, but you don't seem to be talking about a bird of prey.

Behold the Shrike!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shrike

Never seen the drawing before ... it is awesome!

SandChigger wrote:Behold the Shrike!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shrike

Mr. SandChigger, Where did you get a photograph of my Mother in Law.

One should be thankful, at least you got her good side.

Serkanner wrote:Never seen the drawing before ... it is awesome!

Google images shows it as 5th result(assuming it starts from left to right?) for both "shrike" and "the shrike".

I love google images.

This would be way better if it was a full body though.

Mother of God!

orald wrote:

Yo man! How's he go da batroom wit all dat stuff on?

Almost done the second book now, I was going to make a post about all the Dune references in the Books, I remember there being at least three but have forgotten what two of them are. Anyways, the androids have "blue in blue" eyes.

bryanvdk wrote:it's like a really sharp wookie

Funny, I was having the same SW impression, but didn't know why.

The 3D head one is total pwnage though.

orald wrote:This would be way better if it was a full body though.

Unless the person who did it has a very fast computer, it would take a loooooong time to render.

It's OK, I have time.

Pfft. Just leave it on at night when you go to bed.

Well, I meant the guy making it can take his time, I can wait for the end result.

I can't even stick two pictures together on the computer myself.

Then why'd you make the offer?



Funny, silly Orald.

Because the set up was too good to refuse.

Eh?

That comment belonged to the DN thread.

Sure it did.

I always had a crazy version of this Epstein sculpture in my mind for the Shrike... but with more knives...



Anyone read the Endymion books? are they any good? - I've heard mixed...