Hyperion

The world of Hyperion is about to be invaded, and the consul for the Human Hegemony is tasked take a ship to evacuate their inhabitants. During the trip, he is accompanied by other ten travelers, all going in a pilgrimage to meet the Shriek. This mysterious creature is said to grant a wish from one member of the group that seeks him, and kill the others.

From these passengers, one of them is believed to be working with the invading force, and the consul is tasked to find out the traitor.

The crew decide that to improve their chances of survival, they should each share their stories about why they are going to seek the Shriek. After all, unlike other pilgrimage groups, they were chosen by the Church of the Shriek.

This is the introduction of the book. The rest of it is the stories of each of the eleven passengers.

The first story is about a Christian priest, who has previously been to this world with an exiled fellow, and it is because of him that he is on a pilgrimage. His is a story about man trying to save his religion from extinction.

The second story is from a war veteran general, and his story starts in his youth at a training computer that simulates a medieval setting. His is a story about the first women he loved.

I stopped reading here. Both these themes does not interest me. Lost love and lost faith. But mainly I did not like the sub-stories in themselves. Not much going on but the perceived emotions of the characters in them.