[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]I'd also recommend Hyperion, by Dan Simmons, which I recently read... It's five short stories, tied by an overarcing plot. It's the first of a series - I'm still waiting to get my hands on the rest.
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It starts off as a takeoff of Canturbury Tales - there's even a Priest's Tale. It does get beyond that, and kinda weird. I kinda liked it, although I found the villains of the piece to be somewhat derivative of the Terminator.[/colorost_uid0]