false 3977 23 It is 274 years after the Fall and the universe is in chaos. Raul Endymion, onetime shepherd and convicted murderer, is chosen as a pawn in a cosmic game whose outcome will determine the fate of humanity. Selected as a bodyguard to the next messiah, Endymion will cross time, space, and the very fabric of reality as her protector, lover, and finally disciple. At the same time, the enigmatic Shrike - part monster, part killing machine, part avenging angel - has also followed the girl into the 32nd century. Yet it is Endymion who has been chosen to rescue Aenea, against all odds. How will her message change the universe - if she is willing to speak it...and if humankind is prepared to hear it? 1882574 1994 Endymion (Hyperion, #3) total:2066|5:29|4:32|3:32|2:2|1:0| 2066 8306 2632 75 1 4 false false Mon Mar 03 07:24:29 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 07:29:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:14:16 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:31:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 16:55:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 17:09:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Sep 05 06:17:21 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 06:19:30 -0700 2008
...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 26 07:26:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 12:51:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 06 16:10:48 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 16:14:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 09:01:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 10:34:38 -0700 2009 dull after the depth, complexity, and scope of the first two books. Reads like 563 pages of largely uneventful prelude to the final installment. By the time Nemes enters the picture (a tantalizing yet ultimately under-used and anti-climatic inclusion), the book is ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 01:28:08 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 01:49:12 -0800 2009
STOP!

You've read Hyperion, right? Fall of Hyperion? You've noticed how breathtakingly brilliant they are and you want more?

Don't read these books yet. They're not a continuation. They use the same names in ostensibly the same world, but the underlying struc...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 11:15:45 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 19:49:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 09 16:09:17 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 16:24:50 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 06:37:17 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 19:38:26 -0700 2009 Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion so much that it seemed like a weird spin-off to continue the story 200+ years later. Somehow Endymion builds on the first pair of books in a way that seems inevitable, and therefor...more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 05:48:46 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 06:47:40 -0700 2008
So one thing that kind of surprised me about the Washington Post's list of ultimate beach reads was that it left out any hard-core genre ghetto books. (OK, admittedly this didn't surprise me too terribly much.) Of the half of the list I c...more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 12:38:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 15:20:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 11:12:40 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 11:21:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 12:51:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:53:39 -0700 2009
However. THE ENDING REALLY UPSET ME. Tragedy was the goal, and an emotional response was there. But knowing what I know abo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jan 01 17:35:43 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 17:54:42 -0800 2008 The Rise of Endymion, are remarkably similar to Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series. If you liked Pullman's work, you'll probably like this as well. Endymion is a much more adult look at many of the same themes explored by Pullman. (For reference, Simmon's books ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Mar 12 12:16:59 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:16:59 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 14 17:32:11 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 05 01:43:34 -0700 2009
i absolutely loved the first two Hyperion books. i think they were probably the best scifi i've ever read. this third book is good but i dont think its as great as the first two. to me, this was a little too long for its own good. he probably couldve cut 75 pages out, i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 12:28:34 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 12:34:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 24 11:22:08 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:23:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3977