![]() “An essential part of any science fiction collection. “An essential part of any science fiction collection.” - Booklist “Simmons’s own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry.” - The Denver Post generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed.” - The New York Times Book Review In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish.” - The Washington Post Book World The original dune series by frank Herbert, hyperion saga, and the olympos saga by Simmons are the only sci-fi books I recommend to people. “Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. Another book that really affected me like Hyperion Cantos was 'The 5 People You meet in Heaven' by Mitch Albom. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands. ![]() Each carries a desperate hope-and a terrible secret. 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. ![]() In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. ![]() On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. 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. ![]()
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