Hyperion is the better novel but Carrion Comfort is just really exciting and creepy. And the way the mind controllers treated regular humans like toys hits far too close to home now.
I still think about it relatively often. It took me almost a year to finish it between breaks to recover.
Yeah, one of the bad guys even had a private island where he invited all his rich psychopathic friends.
Oh absolutely, I don't want to spoil anything but (to sound like a nutcase for a second) if there is an Illuminati then I think they were avid readers of Carrion.
Apropos given your username XD