Hyperion
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Overview:
- Title: Hyperion
- Author: Dan Simmons
- Year: 1989
- Type: Novel
- Series: Hyperion Cantos
- Number in series: 1
Synopsis:
Structured in a manner reminiscent of Chaucerâs The Canterbury Tales, Hyperion is a linked series of stories, all relating to the mysterious planet Hyperion. The stories are told by 7 hand-picked pilgrims, while in transit to the Time Tombs of Hyperion, which are opening for the first time in centuries, and are normally inaccessible due to the lethal actions of its guardian, The Shrike. The stories are told against a space opera backdrop in which humankind has formed the Hegemony, a far-flung collective of planetary systems linked by farcaster portals, threatened with attack by the Ousters (who are space-evolved humans) as the novel opens. The novel has elements of both science fiction and horror, and covers a wide range of themes such as: time-travel, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, religion, ecology, and the works of John Keats. The book does not have closure in the conventional sense, and is continued in the sequel The Fall of Hyperion.
Awards:
- 1990. Hyperion British Science Fiction, SF Novel (Nomination)
- 1990. Hyperion SF Chronicle, Novel (Nomination)
- 1992. Hyperion Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke Award (Nomination)
- 1990. Hyperion Hugo, Best Novel (Win)
- 1990. Hyperion Locus Poll, Best SF Novel (Win)
- 1998. Hyperion Locus Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 (Nomination)
Editions/Publications:
- xxxx. Hyperion (Dan Simmons Bantam Spectra, ISBN-10: 0553283685, $6.99, 482 pages, Paperback, Novel)
- 1989. Hyperion (June 1989, Dan Simmons Doubleday Foundation, ISBN-10: 0385249497, $18.95, 482 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
- 1989. Hyperion (June 1989, Dan Simmons Doubleday Foundation, ISBN-10: 0385263481, $8.95, 482 pages, Trade, Novel)
- 1990. Hyperion (1990, Dan Simmons Headline, ISBN-10: 0747279837, L7.99, 346 pages, Trade, Novel)
- 1990. Hyperion (March 1990, Dan Simmons Bantam Spectra, ISBN-10: 0553283685, $4.95, 482 pages, Paperback, Novel)
- 1990. Hyperion Cantos (May 1990, Dan Simmons SFBC/GuildAmerica Books, Catalog ID: #17088, $12.98, 929 pages, Hardcover, Omnibus)
- 1990. Hyperion (December 1990, Dan Simmons Headline Overseas, ISBN-10: 0747234825, L4.99, 502 pages, Paperback, Novel)
- 1991. Hyperion (1991, Dan Simmons Headline, ISBN-10: 0747234825, L4.99, 502 pages, Paperback, Novel)
- 1993. Hyperion (October 01, 1993, Dan Simmons Ediciones B, ISBN-10: 8440638744, $7.50, Trade, Novel)
- 1994. Hyperion (1994, Dan Simmons Easton Press, 482 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
- 1995. Hyperion (December 1995, Dan Simmons Bantam Spectra, ISBN-10: 0553283685, $5.99, 482 pages, Paperback, Novel)
- 1996. Hyperion Cantos (January 01, 1996, Dan Simmons GuildAmerica Books, ISBN-10: 1568651759, 929 pages, Hardcover, Omnibus)
- 2003. Giperion (2003, Dan Simmons AST, ISBN-10: 5170066465, Hardcover, Novel)
- 2005. Hyperion (June 01, 2005, Dan Simmons Ediciones B, ISBN-10: 8466617353, $12.95, 624 pages, Trade, Novel)
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