Dan Simmons interview at Norwescon 31

End of Convention interview with Gust of Honor Dan Simmons.
www.norwescon.org

[@jaybird321]

This guy writes kick ass epics about science fiction and horror. One of the great ones I think.

[@vanishing_girl]

most underrated novelist of all time

[@Zedul]

He's run afoul of the Pax, er, I mean, the PC police, so he'll stay underrated...

[@burnsloads]

@@Zedul he is the best in a generation.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

Did you mean ost overrated? Or maybe the most Lapis Lazuli?

[@metalman4393]

Is he underrated? I thought he was famous and much appreciated.

[@vanishing_girl]

@@metalman4393 I've since softened on this stance but yeah more underappreciated than he should be imo. He's far better than basically every pop fiction writer and he's still treated as just some cheap sf writer by the literary critics for the most part.

[@dylangous]

One of the most underrated writers ever.

[@miljenkogambiraza6613]

Hyperion is an absolute masterpiece, and there isn't one interview with Simmons about it!

[@Knjaz_Zlogrd]

I've just read Hyperion books, and I'm looking for his interviews about it and I'm really shocked there are basically no interviews of his at all. Such a shame, he really deserves infinitely more attention than he receives... He's an amazing writer.

[@user-cv7ny3ew9i]

The way he talks is the way he writes it's so trippy to hear.

[@zepto5945]

Dan Simmons is a fantastic author. I'm halfway through Hyperion and that book is Chef's kiss. He's already my favorite author. Looking forward to try reading everything he ever wrote.

[@savitar29]

My favorite writer! Great thank for Hyperion and Endymion.

[@goldenhentai]

he kinda looks like what id see silenus as

[@luciusmichael]

Read the 'Hyperion Cantos' and just finishing 'Olympos' (sequel to the masterpiece, 'Ilium'). This guy can write. Literary stylist, big imaginative ideas, able to fuse 'canonical' literature (Canterbury Tales, Iliad, etc.) with science fiction. Truly sui generis.

[@Vectornyi]

This man is fuckin' epic. There was time when i was just sick with hyperion cantos. Read and re-read it countless times. Currently reading "Terror"

[@pabloraindogarcia8107]

same man, its been 15 years, read it 11 times, the 4 of them

[@DH-xh3pg]

Reading “Carrion Comfort”. Great book so far.

[@HarosOfStyx]

I want all of his books in hardcover. Will work for free :D

[@CAVEDATA]

The man

[@juanjo5534]

I always thought that Dan Simmons would have green skin, antennas in his head and communicate telepathically... Surprise me that he's actually human.

[@alexdupuy7233]

when will we ever get to watch a movie about Hyperion ?

[@HarosOfStyx]

the interviewer is completely clueless. He's like "uh yeah ok". He completely missed Simmons' joke. >.>

[@wadeeckert]

My favorite author!

[@jamesclements9448]

After reading the first two Hyperion novels, I get the impression he'd rather have been a poet but realized there's little money in it. One could make a case that his character, Martin Silenus, may be a self portrait in some respects.

[@genericutubechannel]

Hyperion is becoming a film

[@SMJSmoK]

Yes? When? :)

[@gaelpache6776]

Hello dan I never know how much of the Utube comments channel’s owner are reading, but since I am to be winning the lottery soon I am looking forward to meet you in the flesh to discuss the adaptation right of carrion comfort. Best of regards, Winnie

[@nirghall2458]

Это крутейший мужик,завидую тем,кому еще предстоитпрочитать его книги!

[@overthinker7984]

ахахахa, спасибо! Начал читать его книгу "Песнь Кали"

[@eupatorusgracilicornis4527]

Я сейчас читаю Гиперион. Завидуйте мне😅

[@nirghall2458]

@@eupatorusgracilicornis4527 белейшей завистью, друг мой) "Террор" по совету товарищей читал лютой зимой и добился такого эффекта 4D, что потом пил коньяк с горла,сидя в овечьем тулупе и не мог согреться. "Лето ночи" читал летом на даче и я, еще в детстве наспор гулявший в полночь на городском кладбище глаз не мог сомкнуть сжимая топор..А Гиперион..Белейшей завистью) Приятного чтения!

[@HarosOfStyx]

omg!! I have Drood in hard cover!! :P

[@Vectornyi]

there would be a problem with Moneta/Rachel stuff to display on screen

[@thevillageyid]

I want a Carrion Comfort mini series.

[@BarstoolBlues33]

+the village yid That would be awesome.

[@vkorchnoifan]

Why can't Dan Simmon's novel become movies ? Even computer adventure games would be welcome in the world of science fiction and/or horror. Fallout 3 is a perfect example of sci fi adventure game. Mr. Simmons' and the developer would make millions.

[@user-sx5kx3pq2i]

because the book is so long, complex and would require intense CGI. It just isn't possible in a single movie. Maybe like netflix shows with an episode per pilgrim tale

[@saulgoodman7858]

@@user-sx5kx3pq2i In the hands of the right screenwriter his books could rival the matrix, LotR or Harry Potter movies interms of granduer and success. I mean The Terror adaptation was absolutely beautiful.

[@Katzenkaiser]

for Gernisavien

[@KNEZTRPIMIR]

are they ever gonna make a movie hyperion, fuck it, they are making such stupid stories into movies...i would sooo love to see hyperion filmed

[@34Floaty]

Why so they can ruin it and try to jam the first two books into one shitty movie? No thanks.

[@Robert-fc9xz]

They could and should make it into a mini series, maybe 7 to 8 episodes. That would be awesome.

[@Ravengaurd6]

@LucasSumtimes look here child. the diversity is there. of the main characters and side characters there are multiple ethnic groups, genetic variations and and even androids(well cybrids)...it's all in the story. If you're letting racial insecurity detract from your reading experience than you're a bad reader. open your mind and grasp the themes.

[@ForestBeans]

Lee why are you so triggered man?

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

Reading hyperion, I do feel like the guy uses the thesaurus a little too often lol. Also weirdly everyone kept raving on about the priest's tale.but it was actually the one I enjoyed least together with the Poet which is a cool character esp the satyr stuff but I hate poerty so much.. Also can't imagine hyperion anything other than as a pretty ugly planet. I know it's tiny but I really hated that he mentions green in the colour of Hyperions sky. It literally colored the rest of my imagination with a dark blue / greenish sky. He says the sky is LAPIS? ...... that's a very saturated but rather dark blue. Dark blue with a tinge of green as the daytime sky? I swear it messes with my mind. Again I know it's small but it really really really bothered me.

[@Imsuper656]

It took me years to finish all the 'Hyperion' novels, i can't say they're the best science fiction that I've ever read, they get boring fairly quickly and needed a good hard editing before publication.

[@smashthestateX]

dune is boring too imo.

[@arklowrockz]

Well, to quote the great Mr. Simmons himself: That could've been more enlightening..... useless interviewer.... BTW Drood ain't a patch on The Terror...

[@ForestBeans]

I was sad to hear his extreme mocking comments of Greta Thunberg. Though it seems Vandermeer put him in his place!