Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
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Hyperion is the tale of seven people who make a pilgrimmage to a terrifying creature called the Shrike in an attempt to save mankind. Stunningly written and beautifully crafted, Simmons's Hyperion resonates with technical achievement and the excitement and wonder found only in the best SF.
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American Science fiction, Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=1990, award:hugo_award=novel, Ciencia-ficcio n., Long Now Manual for Civilization, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Extraterrestrial beings, Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, Drama, Fantasy, Future life, Life on other planets, Jesuits, Space colonies, Good and evil, Fiction, science fiction, general, Imaginary places, fictionShowing 5 featured editions. View all 29 editions?
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Hyperion 2
Jun 20, 1995, Pocket/Presses Pocket
mass market paperback
in French
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Hyperion
1991, Headline Book Publishing Ltd
Paperback
in English
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"A Bantam Spectra Book."
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First Sentence
"The Consul awoke with the peculiar headache, dry throat, and sense of having forgotten a thousand dreams which only periods in cryogenic fugue could bring."
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In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore, a civilisation of AIs. Modified humans known as Ousters live in space stations between stars and are engaged in conflict with the Hegemony.
Numerous "Outback" planets have no farcasters and cannot be accessed without incurring significant time dilation. One of these planets is Hyperion, home to structures known as the Time Tombs, which are moving backwards in time and guarded by a legendary creature known as the Shrike. On the eve of an Ouster invasion of Hyperion, a final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs has been organized. The pilgrims decide that they will each tell their tale of how they were chosen for the pilgrimage.
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