Hyperion/YMMV


 * Abusing the Kardashev Scale For Fun And Profit:
 * Badass Decay:

"Dolphin:"
 * Complete Monster: Rhadamanth Nemes, in all senses of the phrase. Albedo might be even worse.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Colonel Kassad lives and breathes this.
 * Oh, but don't forget the one Raul Endymion gets in the fourth book.  And Raul didn't even have nifty future armor.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: Martin Silenus' story.
 * Really, anytime the story focuses on him.
 * Even Better Sequel: The three other books in the Hyperion quadtrilogy - Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion are regarded by some readers as even better than the original novel.
 * On the other hand, some consider the second pair to be substantially inferior to the first two.
 * Genius Bonus: The series is littered with literary references, from overt to subtle.
 * High Octane Nightmare Fuel:
 * The Shrike itself
 * The Archangel ships
 * The tale of Father Hoyt/Father Duré
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: Since Moneta is revealed to be
 * Jerkass: Silenus is definitely seen as one throughout much of the first two books, with some of his fellow pilgrams assaulting and threatening to kill him due to his behavior.
 * Tear Jerker: Sol Weintraub's story, definitely.
 * Merin's conversation with the dolphins
 * Merin's conversation with the dolphins


 * The last fifty pages of The Rise of Endymion count too, but then the tears are mainly tears of happiness.
 * Sci Fi Ghetto: The whole series is based on poems by John Keats. It's still genre fiction, though.