Endymion

Overview:

• Title: Endymion
• Author: Dan Simmons
• Year: 1996
• Type: Novel
• Series: Hyperion Cantos
• Number in series: 3

Synopsis:

Picks up the series 274 years after TFoH. Follows the exploits of Raul Endymion, who becomes the protector of Aenea, daughter of Brawne Lamia (one of the 7 pilgrims in Hyperion) and the Keats AI. Upon emerging from the Time Tombs, Aenea and Raul embark on a tour of old Hegemony planets, while the Vatican directs Father Captain de Soya to pursue them in an advanced Archangel-class vessel, which uses a particularly ingenious method of achieving high speeds. The episodic nature of the novel, coupled with the fact that many of the adventures occur while on a raft accompanied by A. Bettik, an android designed for servitude, evokes the imagery of Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Awards:

• 1997. Endymion Hugo, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
• 1997. Endymion Locus Poll, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
• 1997. Endymion British Fantasy, August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) (Nomination below cutoff)

Editions/Publications:

• 1996. Endymion (January 1996, Dan Simmons Bantam Spectra, ISBN-10: 0553100203, $22.95, 468 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1996. Endymion (February 1996, Dan Simmons Headline, ISBN-10: 0747205256, L15.99, 441 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1996. Endymion (February 1996, Dan Simmons SFBC, Catalog ID: #11060, $10.98, 503 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1996. Endymion (October 1996, Dan Simmons Headline, ISBN-10: 074723826X, L6.99, 600 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1996. Endymion (December 1996, Dan Simmons Bantam Spectra, ISBN-10: 0553572946, $5.99, 563 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 2001. Endymion. Pforten der Zeit. (February 01, 2001, Dan Simmons Goldmann, ISBN-10: 3442353920, Trade, Novel)
• 2006. Endymion (November 09, 2006, Dan Simmons Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575076399, 624 pages, Trade, Novel)

Genres/Themes:

• Nanotechnology (1 book)
• Space Opera (1 book)

Resources:

• Wikipedia article on Endymion