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Can someone sell me on the book?
I'll say this - it is a fairly dense book. Simmons is almost more of a literaturist than a typical science fiction writer, and it is very much a character driven story. The SF elements obviously are still there, but it isn't a quick read and makes you think about issues like war, the meaning of faith, death, etc.. There are also a couple of really strange mysteries that are at the center of the story's journey, centered around these Tombs - the characters' destination - that are moving "backwards through time." Plenty of "holy fuck" moments. And it all happen in less than 500 pages.
The reason I mentioned all that is because you can kind of tell that it isn't everyone's cup of tea - it's dense. But, it still sold very well, and won two of the three major science fiction awards in the year it was published. The Hugo Award winners in particular are well worth reading, and Hyperion especially so.