![]() In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish.” - The Washington Post Book World “Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. “For vastness of scope, clarity of detail and seriousness of purpose, Simmons’s epic narrative is on a par with Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, Frank Herbert’s Dune books, Gene Wolfe’s multipart Book of the New Sun and Brian Aldiss’s Helliconia trilogy.” - The New York Times Book Review And one may hold the fate of humanity in his or her hands. ![]() As the Shrike anticipates their mission, each traveler nurtures a desperate hope-and harbors a terrible secret. On the eve of Armageddon, with the known universe at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of existence. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. ![]() On the planet Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. ![]() Now, for the first time, this entire masterpiece of the imagination is available in one extraordinary eBook Through four riveting novels, Dan Simmons masterfully weaves such influences as classical mythology, romantic poetry, and far-future philosophy into an ambitiously conceived and unfailingly entertaining epic. Hailed as “one of the finest achievements of modern science fiction” by The New York Times Book Review, The Hyperion Cantos is a triumphant odyssey into the heart of space and time. ![]()
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