On Friday, the 13th of February, 2004, reader Roman Bredl
from Bavaria submitted photos of these... unusual works
of
art... with the following comments --
"I
have read your amazing books in spring last year for
the first time and the story had such a deep emotional
impact on me that I decided to have a portrait of my
favourite character Aenea tattooed onto my arm. The
artwork for this I have found on the lovely website
of Maria J. Williams : http://www.mariawilliam.net/aenea.html
"As you can see, I´ve added a quotation
in Latin from the book as well: Aenea´s last words
shortly before she dies."
When shown the photos, Dan Simmons commented -- "It's
not often that a reader goes through more pain and effort
than the novelist in bringing a fictional character
into existence, but it certainly appears that Mr. Bredl
did."
While musing in my favorite graphics
program, I suddenly found myself creating this image
of a 'Krak'd Erth' as I like to call it. Only afterwards
did I realize that my recent reading of the complete
Hyperion saga has had a profound, if subliminal,
impact on my latest works of art. This should be considered
my rendition of 'The Big Mistake' from the Hyperion
novels.
"I
have read your amazing books in spring last year for
the first time and the story had such a deep emotional
impact on me that I decided to have a portrait of my
favourite character Aenea tattooed onto my arm. The
artwork for this I have found on the lovely website
of Maria J. Williams : 
