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ISBN-10: 0553283685
ISBN-13: 9780553283686
Publisher: Spectra Books
Publish Date: 02/01/1990
Dimensions: 7.08" L, 4.44" W, 1.09" H

Hyperion

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Overview

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, therewaits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. Thereare those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. Inthe Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backwardthrough time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, withthe entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage toHyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Eachcarries a desperate hope–and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate ofhumanity in his hands.

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Praise for Dan Simmons and Hyperion

"Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish."The Washington Post Book World

"An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed."The New York Times Book Review

"Simmons's own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry."The Denver Post

"An essential part of any science fiction collection."Booklist

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Details

ISBN-10: 0553283685
ISBN-13: 9780553283686
Publisher: Spectra Books
Publish Date: 02/01/1990
Dimensions: 7.08" L, 4.44" W, 1.09" H
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