Great flow to this one pal,, lovely ;) never heard of Dan Simmons before but his work sounds very interesting,, will check him out,, cool ancient looking tree pic too ;)
Hyperion is a bit old fashion but a huge interplanitary adventure. He wrote the book The Terror as well. The series was one of my highlights of the last years. Don't know more about him to be honest. Recommendation of Mr Seahorse.
The treepic is from a dogstour through a rainy forest but the small white mushroom was on my focus that day. Thanks mate, alwaysenjoy reading from you