Sometimes I think Simmons is out to impress his readers with his vocabulary. But, that said, he is an educated man and taught for some years, his students were exceptional ones, meaning the brainy type. I enjoy his novels, even if sometimes he goes abit beyond my intellectual threshold. I remember the second time I met him, as I handed a book to him for signing, he looked up at me and asked me a question about something and I had no idea what he was talking about. Talk about being embarrassed! Sometimes his words don't quite 'flow', but the tale is always good. On another note, now that Leonardo DiCaprio has scored an Oscar, maybe the filming of Hyperion will begin. Dan told us years ago that the star of a movie about a ship hitting an iceberg and the director of said movie were interested in filming Hyperion. He couldn't name them as the contract hadn't been signed as of yet.....
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