· The structure of Hyperion is an homage to the Caterbury Tales. A very mixed group of travellers from all over Simmons's far-future universe meet in a pilgrimage to the world of Hyperion, home to the mysterious Time Tombs and the killing machine called the Shrike. · by. Dan Simmons, Gary Ruddell (Illustrator) · Rating details · , ratings · 9, reviews. On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the 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/5(K). The subgenres of SF are ill-defined, but you're the first person I've heard describe Hyperion as "hard science". The novel is a remarkable mix of storytelling types, but IMO they are literary, fantasy, and romantic in various combinations (and in no particular order).
HYPERION. by Simmons, Dan. Seller Waverley Books Published Condition Fine with no dust jacket Edition First Edition; First Printing Item Price $ BOOK REVIEW | Hyperion by Dan Simmons. by Matthew Bruce Alexander. on J @ pm. in Novels, Reviews, Science Fiction. I found Hyperion to be the kind of book I hope every book will be when I first crack it open. The structure of Hyperion is an homage to the Caterbury Tales. A very mixed group of travellers from all over Simmons's far-future universe meet in a pilgrimage to the world of Hyperion, home to the mysterious Time Tombs and the killing machine called the Shrike.
The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The title was originally used for the collection of the first pair of books in the series, Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, and later came to refer to the overall storyline, including Endymion, The Rise of Endymion, and a number of short stories. More narrowly, inside the fictional storyline, after the first volume, the Hyperion Cantos is an epic poem written by the character Martin Silenus covering in verse form the eve. Hyperion is a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos, it won the Hugo Award for best novel. The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in Praise for Dan Simmons and Hyperion. “Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 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.
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