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| Author | Dan Simmons |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gary Ruddell |
| Language | English |
| Series | Hyperion Cantos |
| Genre | Soft science fiction/Space opera |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 482 (mass paperback edition) |
| Awards | Hugo Award for Best Novel Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1990) |
| ISBN | 0-385-24949-7 (1st ed. hardcover) |
| OCLC | 18816973 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.I47292 H97 1989 |
| Followed by | The Fall of Hyperion |
Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel.[1]
The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and is told from the point of view of many characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Frame story: The story is told through a series of interlocking tales from a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Hyperion's Time Tombs.
- Pilgrims: The pilgrims are sent by the Hegemony, the All Thing, and the Church of the Final Atonement to make a request of the Shrike, a metallic creature that is said to grant one wish to each pilgrim.
- Tales: As the pilgrims progress on their journey, each tells his own tale
The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in 1990.[2][3][4]
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