![]() ![]() ![]() On the world of Hyperion, the legendary Time Tombs have been sought after and investigated by many different individuals. The galaxy is at war and factions are fighting for resources in the farthest corners. This is one of the best Sci-fi books I have ever read and worthy of both the Hugo award and as a staple of the genre. Dan Simmons also does something very unique in the way the story is told and I will go into more detail in my review. Dan Simmons wrote Hyperion with such beauty and imagination that you can’t help but be swept away. Hyperion is a classic Sci-fi novel set hundreds of years in the future. It wasn’t until a close friend told me about the amazing experience he had reading Hyperion and how it would be just the read I was looking for did I decide to do a deep dive. I was told to start with the classics of Dune, Foundation, and the Book of the New Sun. I consider myself a beginner when it comes to the massive expanse that is the Sci-fi genre. 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. ![]()
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