Dinara Tengri

Title: The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) Author: Dan Simmons  Year of publishing: 1991 Published by: Spectra  Source: school library  You can also read my review for  Hyperion .  In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the universe--will ever be the same. The only real problem I have with the first book,  Hyperion,  is that it doesn't stand on its own, but is the first half in this two-part epic story. That's something that I didn't reflect upon when I was reading Hyperion , but it  is  something that became very obvious to me when I started reading  The Fall of Hyperion . And to be honest, I felt a little cheated. Still,  Hyperion  is a fantastic book, and it deserv...

Title: Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) Author: Dan Simmons First published in 1989 by Doubleday. I read the 1995 reissue by Bantam. Source: the school library On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. 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. Each carries a desperate hope—and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.  Well, it's finally over. I finally finished what must have been one of the longest reads in the history of books. Hyperion - the first novel in Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos series. Yup, it's ove...