Hyperion

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• Hyperion

  XXVIII secolo. Guerre e catastrofi ecologiche hanno distrutto la Vecchia Terra, e la Rete dei mondi colonizzati dall'uomo è governata dall'Egemonia, con sede a Tau Ceti Centro. Centinaia di mondi abitati da animali e vegetali strabilianti, raramente ... (read full critics)

  mangialibri published on Fri, 17 Feb 2012

• The Hyperion Omnibus

  In 1989, people had certainly heard of Dan Simmons. He had been publishing short fiction in major markets (then, as now, excelling at novella length) since 1982. His one novel to that time, 1995's Song of Kali (recently reprinted by Gollancz as a Fan ... (read full critics)

  infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

6 Reviews

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  This book does the flashback plot element to tell some great stories, all the while weaving them all around the current adventure. Very well done. Some science fiction can be a little to political, but this book is very much an adventure.

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  flanderb said on Oct 7, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A match for Foundation and Dune?

  Definitely looking forward to reading this one. The praise on the back says that it matches and maybe even surpasses (!) the Foundation and Dune series.

  Update: this is turning out to be a truly excellent book. I highly recommend it to anyone searching for new exciting SF. Why hadn't I heard o ... (continue)

  Definitely looking forward to reading this one. The praise on the back says that it matches and maybe even surpasses (!) the Foundation and Dune series.

  Update: this is turning out to be a truly excellent book. I highly recommend it to anyone searching for new exciting SF. Why hadn't I heard of Dan Simmons before?

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  Martin Laine said on Jun 20, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  This is a great novel that introduces us to 7 main characters and their stories. There are six stories told by the characters inside the book, and they're all very different in style but they all paint different aspects of this new sci-fi universe. Because of this, some stories are better than other ... (continue)

  This is a great novel that introduces us to 7 main characters and their stories. There are six stories told by the characters inside the book, and they're all very different in style but they all paint different aspects of this new sci-fi universe. Because of this, some stories are better than others, depending on the reader's preferences.

  1) The priest's story is a horror story that starts like Apocalypse Now and ends with a fantasy/horror tone. I really enjoyed the tension towards the end, which definitely made up for my initial confusion and disorientation.

  2) The soldier's story is a fast paced action story interspersed with some surprising erotic and mysterious scenes. The end was very superhero-like and deepened the mystery of the Shrike (the big bad). I generally don't like action in prose, unless it's the peak of the story and I'm already invested in its outcome. This was not the case. But I did enjoy the mystery of the Shrike and the past history of this universe.

  3) The poet's tale is my least favorite, it's the most literary, which is really not my interest. Also the poet himself is a hateful character which I just don't enjoy.

  4) The scholar's tale is probably my favorite one. It's a very dramatic story that uses a tried sci-fi concept (backwards aging) in a very effective and emotional way.

  5) The detective's tale is a typical noir/detective story that ends in a cyberpunk way. I like noir stories, and I also like the whole AI background told in this tale.

  6) The consul's tale was middling, it tried to recapture the emotions of the 4th tale but it didn't really succeed emotionally. It was also supposed to give some big revelations but the way they were delivered felt anti-climactic. I do like that the end of this story kind of reversed the good guys/bad guys roles (the Outsters seem like the ones in the right).

  This is a very long book so I felt there was some fill-in that could have been trimmed, but overall I liked it as a world building book. The problem is that that's all it is, and there's no resolution whatsoever by the end. That's because this was conceived as part 1 of a two parts story, that the publisher decided to divide into 2 books. I will definitely read book 2 (Fall of Hyperion), to find out resolution to the many intriguing mysteries posed in this book.

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  John Tai said on May 27, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  must read for SF fans

  Very complex, really seven (six) books in one. Space Opera at its finest. intelligent and thought provoking

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  Casolino Marco said on Jan 18, 2012 | Add your feedback

• Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990)

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  Reinhard said on Oct 4, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  JackVenom said on May 29, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 480 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0575076372
• ISBN-13: 9780575076372
• Publisher: GOLLANCZ (ORIO)
• Pub date: Dec 08, 2005
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken, Česká kniha

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