The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, Book #2)

Simmons, Dan

ISBN 10: 0385249500 / ISBN 13: 9780385249508

Published by Doubleday, 1990

About this Item

The book has light foxing to the top of the page block. The book is missing page 305 and page 306 is printed twice. This book does not include the errata slip. The dust jacket is unclipped ($19.95). First Edition Stated. Signed by the author on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 005061

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, Book #2)
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385249500
• ISBN 13: 9780385249508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gary Ruddell, cover art.
• Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Dan Simmons

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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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