For my buddy’s bachelor party, we ended up at a dive bar in the early afternoon. He was having a legendary bout of gas this weekend, and he loosed one in this dive bar. It was so bad one of the bartenders came out from behind the bar and opened both doors while complaining about the smell. Seeing daylight inside a dive bar is truly a unique experience.

It’s a race then! I’m in the middle of The Raven Strategem so I’ll very generously give you a head start 😜

I also recently read Hyperion and haven’t continued the series and I agree with everything you said! Neat world, but kinda underwhelming overall. Having seen some of the comments here, i def think i should give book 2 a try.