The Fall of Hyperion (Uncorrected Proof)

Simmons, Dan

ISBN 10: 0385249500 / ISBN 13: 9780385249508

Published by Doubleday Foundation, 1990

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Fall of Hyperion (1990) by Dan Simmons. Published by Doubleday Foundation. Uncorrected proof. Book is in Near Fine condition with very slight fading to spine and minor bump to lower back corner. Together with Bruce Sterling, Iain M. Banks and David Zindell, Simmons belongs to the generation of critically acclaimed sf writers who from the mid-1980s onwards brought space opera back on the map. The sequel to Hyperion (1989), The Fall of Hyperion represents a high point in postmodern space opera.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fall of Hyperion (Uncorrected Proof)
• Publisher: Doubleday Foundation
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385249500
• ISBN 13: 9780385249508
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Space Opera
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Synopsis

Seven pilgrims continue their fateful mission to Hyperion, a planet that may be humankind's only hope in a galaxy threatened by an all-encompassing war

Reviews

This densely plotted book concludes the futuristic tale begun in Hyperion . Earth has long since been destroyed, and humans now occupy more than 150 worlds linked by the Web, an instantaneous travel system created and operated by artificial intelligences (AIs--self-aware, highly advanced computers). These worlds are about to war with the Ousters, a branch of humanity that has disdained dependency on the AIs. At risk are the planet Hyperion, its mysterious Tombs that travel backward in time, and the Shrike, its god/avatar of pain or retribution. The narrative focuses on the government of the Web and its leader, Meina Gladstone, as observed by Joseph Severn, a cybernetic re-creation of the poet John Keats, and seven Shrike pilgrims, who may affect the war's outcome. Simmons pits good against evil, with the religions of man and those of the machines battling for supremacy. Despite his grand scale, however, he fashions intensely human individuals whom the reader will take to heart.
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While the worlds of the Hegemony fight a deperate war in space against the Ouster rebels who threaten galactic unity, a group of seven pilgrims on the planet Hyperion wage their own war within the Tombs of Time, a mysterious artifact which conceals a hideous creature whose freedom means death for humanity. In this sequel to Hyperion , Simmons weaves together many strands of a complex plot with lucidity and poetic imagination. Recommended.
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