# Dan Simmons apparently has no use for Islam... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-simmons-apparently-has-no-use-for-islam/352333 "2006-04-12T05:29:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-simmons-apparently-has-no-use-for-islam/352333/21 "2019-09-26T02:50:54Z")
I’ve only read Hyperion, Carrion Comfort, Drood and Terror, so perhaps I lucked out? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-simmons-apparently-has-no-use-for-islam/352333/22 "2019-09-26T03:01:45Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I didn’t know who this guy was so I googled him He’s a piece of shit–and a major name in written science fiction. Kinda of weird for a fan of SF (which I know you to be) to have missed all of his books. _The Hyperion Cantos_ remains among my all-time favorite books ([and](https://www.tor.com/2009/05/27/better-to-travel-hopefully-dan-simmons-hyperion/) [that](https://discoverscifi.com/the-top-10-space-opera-books-or-series-of-all-time/) [is](https://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books) [far](https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-science-fiction-novels-of-all-time) [from](https://prowritingaid.com/art/565/The-Best-Sci-Fi-Books-of-All-Time.aspx) [an](https://bestsciencefictionbooks.com/lists/list/Crowd/Best-Science-Fiction-Books-) [isolated](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/best-sci-fi-books) [point](https://bookriot.com/2019/02/01/best-sci-fi-book-series/) [of](https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-sci-fi-books) [view](https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/07/31/the-best-science-fiction-books-of-all-time/#702bb3406896)[.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Masterworks)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-simmons-apparently-has-no-use-for-islam/352333.md?page=1)