| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780553572988 | | Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 30356380 | | Item#: RFCFJ6 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 6.75H x 4.25L x 1.25T |
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| | | The magnificent conclusion to one of the greatest science fiction sagas of our time
The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples.
But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike--monster, angel, killing machine--who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered--an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.
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The concluding volume in Simmon's Nebula Award-winning Hyperion saga continues the story of Aenea and Raul Endymion. As Raul ascends the political ladder, and Aenea realizes her destiny as the messiah, the two travel to Hyperion, where their destiny awaits them in the abandoned city of Endymion. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1997.
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"...Simmons's scope is truly staggering, his inventiveness continues to impress, and the narrative offers something for everyone...." 06/15/1997New York Times Book Review
"In reviewing the first two books in this series, 'Hyperion' and its sequel, 'The Fall of Hyperion,' I noted that they actually constituted a single thousand-page novel that should be read from the beginning. The current book and its forerunner, 'Endymion,' follow the earlier volumes so closely in plot that I am not sure how comprehensible they would be to readers unfamiliar with the rest of the series. But taken together, these four volumes represent one of the finest achievements of modern science fiction, a convincing demonstration of how liberating, in the hands of a masterly practitioner, genre conventions can be." - Gerald Jonas 08/31/1997 Bloomsbury Review
"If you are an admirer of good science fiction, this series of books by Dan Simmons is a terrific example to hold up high when someone tries to vilify the genre. And if you are just introducing yourself to science fiction, the Hyperion/Endymion novels are the perfect place to start. Like Baedeckers to a magical world, these novels will guide the uninitiated to a universe of endless wonders. No matter what genre Dan Simmons chooses to write in, he brings to each book a level of craft and style unparalleled by any novelist writing today. Time will prove him to be one of the most important writers to emerge during the late 20th century." - Dorman T. Shindler September 1997 |
| Author Bio| Dan Simmons | | Following his graduation from Washington University in St. Louis in 1971, Dan Simmons moved to Colorado and taught elementary school for many years, while trying and failing to get his fiction published. In 1981 he attended a course for beginning writers taught by the writer and critic Harlan Ellison. At Ellison's urging, Simmons submitted a story to an unpublished writers competition. The story, "The River Styx Runs Upstream", won the contest and, on the same day it was published in Twilight Zone magazine--February 15, 1982--his first child was born. In 1985, his debut novel, SONG OF KALI, a grim horror novel set in the backstreets of Calcutta, won the prestigious World Fantasy Award. Since then, Simmons has racked up an impressive collection of other awards, including the Hugo Award, Locus Reader's Poll Awards, the British Fantasy & Science Fiction Award, and four Bram Stoker Awards. His masterpiece, THE HYPERION CANTOS, a massive work inspired by the works of John Keats and structurally based on Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES, is credited in many quarters with single-handedly rescuing the sf sub-genre of "space opera" from the disrepute into which it had fallen. THE HYPERION CANTOS is a classic work of science fiction that many fans speak of in favorable comparison to works like Frank Herbert's DUNE series, and, along with its sequel ENDYMION, it is one of the most important works of science fiction written since 1970. Splitting his writing between epic science fiction and spectacularly dense, complex horror novels, Simmons is a genre-straddling author who will undoubtedly remain a powerful force in both fields, even when his work comes to be accepted outside of the constraints of genre fiction. |
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