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Hyperion
Series: Hyperion Cantos
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Hyperion
A pilgrimage to the realm of the Shrike, a part-god/part-killing machine, provides the travellers the forum to tell their incredible stories.
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A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the first volume in a remarkable epic by the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man.
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.
On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope-and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.
Praise for Dan Simmons and Hyperion
"Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish."-The Washington Post Book World
"An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed."-The New York Times Book Review
"Simmons's own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry."-The Denver Post
"An essential part of any science fiction collection."-Booklist
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Dan Simmons's Hyperion is praised for its imaginative and complex depiction of a distant future, drawing comparisons to the works of Isaac Asimov. The narrative is celebrated for being inventively rich and stylistically assured, with one review highlighting its transformation of space opera into a form of poetry. It's considered a must-have for any science fiction collection.
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ISBN: 9780553283686
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 1990
Country: United States
Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 105.0mm
Height: 175.0mm
Weight: 238g
Pages: 496
About the Author
Dan Simmons, a full-time public school teacher until 1987, is one of the few writers who consistently work across genres, producing novels described as science fiction, horror, fantasy, and mainstream fiction, while winning major awards in all these fields. His first novel, Song of Kali, won the World Fantasy Award; his first science fiction novel, Hyperion, won the Hugo Award. His other novels and short fiction have been honored with numerous awards, including nine Locus Awards, four Bram Stoker Awards, the French Prix Cosmos 2000, the British SF Association Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. In 1995, Wabash College presented Simmons with an honorary doctorate in humane letters for his work in fiction and education. He lives in Colorado along the Front Range of the Rockies.
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