When I read the first two Hyperion books I thought I'd almost figured out what the Shrike was-and then bamm: it's jumping off world, mangling ships and following Aenea down the Tethys Quote:Technocore -- AI's (artificial intelligences) who had succeeded from human control about three hundred years before the story of hyperion begins -- no one knows where the Technocore resides My theory was that it was created in the far future by the Technocore--but damm-I'll be dammed if I know at this point. And it weighs over 3 metric tons??? OMFG!!!!
I'm trying to think of a more powerful and mysterious invention in all of literature. Now Sandworms are very cool, for instance, but the Shrike Is something else, entirely. ***** Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise. Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i></i>
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