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Mar 15, 2011

Dan rated it:

Almost three centuries after the Fall of Hyperion, the Time Tombs open and Aenea, child of Brawne Lamia and Johnny Keats emerges. Along with a former hunting guide named Raul Endymion and android A. Bettik, Aenea goes on a journey to fulfill her destiny as the one who teaches. Only the Pax has other ideas. Can Aenea reach her goal without being captured by Father Captain de Soya of the Pax?

With all the two star reviews out there, I wasn't expecting magic from Endymion. Imagine my More...

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Jul 05, 2011

Kemper rated it:

As I’ve written in my reviews of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons is trying to melt my brain.

After weeks of medical treatment and therapy I’ve recovered enough to be rolled out to a sunny spot in my wheel chair with a nurse to wipe the drool from my chin. Despite the doctors’ warnings about continued exposure to Hyperion, I’ve gone ahead and read the third book in the series, Endymion. While there are still monumentally big sci-fi ideas in this story, I think that my More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Rowena rated it:

Endymion continues the story begun in Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion...however, it isn't a direct sequel. The "Fall" has occurred some two centuries ago and the Hegemony (a far-future conglomerate of multiple planets) is now run by the Pax, enforced by the "miraculous" resurrection symbiotes discovered by Father Lenar Hoyt in Hyperion. Farcasting (traveling instantaneously through portals) is now impossible. Raul Endymion lives on the planet of Hyperion and is hand selecte More...

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Mar 03, 2008

Leif rated it:

Stop! If you've read Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, stop there. The series does not continue. Pretend like these two books (endymion and rise of endymion) do not exist. On the other hand, if you haven't read hyperion, go read it. It's great. Really good. One of my favorite books. Amazing. But endymion takes a huge step down. After Fall of Hyperion, you're probably hungry for more, but trust me, it just has to stay that way. Some of the mysteries just have to be left as mysteries. E More...

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Feb 23, 2011

Jason (FNORDinc) rated it:

For anyone who has NOT read the first two books of the Hyperion “Cantos”, self referencing Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, STOP HERE.

It’s not that i will give spoilers here, instead that you are doing yourself an injustice by continuing. Go pick up the first book and read it. This is one of those thought changing sci-fi series.

you will start thinking about its congruence with reality: start seeing the tech it describes in modern life (albeit in nearly unrecognizable forms) More...

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May 13, 2011

Nancy rated it:

The past few years have been one improbability after another, each more marvelous and seemingly inevitable than the last.[return][return] How could anyone stay sane with entire lifetimes stored in one human mind?[return][return] Meaning no disrespect, sir, says the other man, but there s no way in the Good Lord s ******* universe that anyone can bar accidents or the unexpected. [return][return] Why am I seeking logic or sanity here? I d asked myself at the moment. There hasn More...

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Jan 05, 2011

Brian rated it:

11/26/04 - 7/10

Series: 12/8/04 - 6/10
The Hyperion Cantos started off very promising. The first book is like a sci-fi version of The Canterbury Tales, with detailed personal looks at each individual character, each with different tones. Some of the stories were better than others, but all were good - the Sol Weintraub / Rachel story in particular was very haunting. The story is a creative look at 700 years in the future with very detailed worlds and cultures, mostly touched on in passing in th More...

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Dec 29, 2008

Michael rated it:

Endymion picks up 200 years after The Fall of Hyperion, which is either a good or bad thing depending on how much you liked the characters in the first two books. If, like me, you thought the multitude of characters and frequent plot thread switches were a bother, the focus on Aenea, Endymion, and A. Bettik on their journey will come as a relief.

Dan Simmons also managed to scale back the poetic voice in this outing, scattering in only a few Keats poems. However, Catholic church str More...

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Oct 30, 2011

Христо rated it:

Изключителната сага “Хиперион” на Дан Симънс – величие без граници!
http://www.knigolandia.info/2011/03/blog...

Действието в третата част се развива близо три века след края на величественото поклонение и кървавата битка за Хиперион. 272 години, но всичко е толкова различно. Най-могъщата сила в галактиката е Католическата църква, която е успяла да използва кръстоидите, за да разпространи мощта си със сила, подобно на истинските действия на църквата през Ренесанса. Само че цената More...

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Jun 26, 2009

Tim rated it:

Finally took the plunge on Dan Simmons' third book in the series that started with "Hyperion." I was very afraid, having endured some brain freeze and head-scratching over some of the plot points in "Fall of Hyperion," but I'm glad I finally -- more than two years later -- dove into "Endymion." I was led to believe -- and some reviews here stubbornly assert this -- that the second pair of books are only vaguely related to the first two. I found that to be absolutely More...

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Nov 11, 2011

Tim rated it:

This third book of four in the Hyperion series starts out with a 274 year gap from the end of the second. Thanks to time travel among the stars, a few of the original characters remain, while new characters are added that have connections from the older ones.

New forces of humanity have taken charge, old enemies remain, and mysterious hybrids - cybrids - weave in and out behind the immediate.

Interestingly, a new version of the Catholic church has swept into the powerful g More...

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Dec 25, 2011

Kathryn rated it:

This science fiction novel is the third in the Hyperion Cantos, which starts with Hyperion and continues with The Fall of Hyperion. I had read those two books before (and the final book in the series, The Rise of Endymion), but had never read this third book. I am very glad I did so; it is a very good book, with lots of good hard science and a somewhat unwilling hero helping to guard a young girl who is a threat to the established order of the universe.

It is some 274 years after the More...

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Mar 05, 2011

Laura rated it:

Boring. Seriously, how can someone write such an incredible first book and then go so horribly wrong from there? The pace is slow and bogged down and there is a ridiculous amount of time spent talking about packing and unpacking and preparing to go on a mission and preparing a trap. I think this is Simmons painful way of attempting to build suspense. It doesn't work. I couldn't bring myself to care about any of these characters, there was virtually no development. Revelations ocurred hapha More...

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Sep 05, 2008

Jeff rated it:

Not quite as interesting as Fall of Hyperion, but this sequel to the Hyperion series launches us 250 years into the future and continues to deal with the same issues presented in the orginal series. If you liked the Hyperion series, you like Endymion, even if it is a little slower paced.

Don't want to say too much without giving away info about Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion - if you haven't read those and you like sci-fi - get to it!

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Sep 11, 2011

Rafal rated it:

Jeśli przymknąć oko na to, jak lekko poczyna sobie Simmons z konceptem wszechświata, jaki mu nadał w dwóch pierwszych tomach tego cyklu, i na to, że w zasadzie wywraca większość ukutych wcześniej teorii - dotyczy to głównie Chyżwara, Centrum i krzyżokształtów - na drugą stronę, to cieszyć się można odwołującą się do klasyki gatunku, powieścią przygodową: ot, drużyna wyrusza na quest, przeżywa masę ciekawych przygód, odwiedza egzotyczne planety, ucieka przed pogonią "tych złych" a nad w More...

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Aug 17, 2010

Tj777 rated it:

As a continuation of the Hyperion Cantos this book left me lacking. I could not connect with Raul's character & on re-reads I have always skipped the first part of the novel. I found Hyperion & The Fall Of Hyperion much more satisfying. Endymion seemed to be too focused on Raul's early life & less interested in the big picture. The first two novels were fantastic with their wide scope & brilliant character development, but Endymion overall lacks that same interest for me. I did however enjoy man More...

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May 18, 2011

Nathaniel rated it:

This book really held my attention while I was reading it. This may have been because the bulk of the time I was I was so sick that I couldn't focus on anything else, but I attribute it more to the quality of the book. The entire trilogy, Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, and Endymion, are very good reads, although they are rather filled with graphic descriptions of sex and people being maimed, or both at the same time (yes really). Much of what I enjoyed about this book was being able to just digest More...

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Jan 18, 2012

Andrey rated it:

Well, the beginning of this book describes it well. You are not reading it for the right reason. And well, i was not. I was hoping for a sequel to the Hyperion Cantos. I got something else entirely. The first two books were far deeper, focusing on story less, and deeper thoughts and messages more. The stories were still incredible, they just were not the focus.

This book on the other hand, focuses on the story and on character development far more than the first. This book is a rollick More...

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Sep 06, 2008

Mick rated it:

This is the begining of the second half of this 4 book series. The first two read as one tail and the second two do the same. Make sure you have The Rise of Endymion on hand as you will not want to stop after finishing this book. I can't tell you how glad I was that I didn't read this book when it was new. The wait for the sequel would have been painful.

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Jan 21, 2010

The W rated it:

W Rating : C+

Note This first paragraph has been edited onto this review after finishing the series
What to say? This just must be Simmons style of writing or starting a series. I cannot really understand the thinking, but I can imagine that many a reader has not read on. This is much to their disadvantage.

Endymion is the next in the Hyperion series and, very much like the original, is an Empire. This is a slow book dedicated to foundation building only it seems. I ha More...

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Aug 15, 2009

Jessica rated it:

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Apr 03, 2011

Eleanor rated it:

I loved the first 2 Hyperion books. I couldn't wait to pick up Endymion and see what it could offer me. I had no idea what to expect honestly, but figured in th tradition of Hyperion and Drood that the world building would be rich and exciting.

So far though this is my least favorite of the Hyperion books. There was a lot of world building, which is expected, but I found myself getting bored for most of the book. I'm sure that the last book 'Rise of Endymion' will be a blast and th More...

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Jan 06, 2010

Collin rated it:

This is a completely different story from either of the first two books in the "Hyperion Cantos", yet Simmons manages to tell a story that gives the readers even more insight into this future universe.

About half of the book is written in the first person, while the other half is a known account of other events by the same narrator, Raul Endymion. Despite the first person narrative, Simmons keeps the dialogue and story moving.

What Simmons has done best here is ke More...

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Jan 28, 2010

Nude-fox rated it:

If taken at face value this book seems to pale in comparison to Hyperion however Simmons is much more constricted with Endymion than he was with Hyperion. Simmons is following the general plot line of the John Keats poem Endymion while expanding on its theme of love as the binding force of the universe. Just as the Hyperion canto’s follows the Keats poems of the same name while expanding on its themes so does Endymion. The Plot and themes of Keats Endymion lets say is a lot less easy to transfer More...

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Jan 28, 2010

Greg rated it:

I was really underwhelmed with this book. After the two Hyperion books I was expecting to love Endymion. Now yes, this book is completely different from the previous two. Everyone I know warned me it was different. The book itself warns you it's different on the first page. But it was all taking place in the same wonderful universe Simmons created, and I thought at least some of the aspects that I loved about the first two would be present. And they were, but it took 80% of the book to get to it More...

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Sep 25, 2011

Tommy rated it:

As was the case with the first two novels in the Hyperion Cantos, Endymion appears to be just the first half of a much longer work (the fourth novel, The Rise of Endymion, is the last in the series). This picks up almost 300 years after The Fall of Hyperion, intertwining the stories of Raul Endymion, a Hyperionian (?) who, with the help of a dutiful blue android, must escort the daughter of a cyber-reincarnated John Keats to her destiny; and Federico DeSoya, the priest-military officer who must More...

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Oct 02, 2011

Shane rated it:

Endymion is a darn good read. If you have read Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion read this book. If you haven't read those, read them first.

Endymion is the story of a young man on a long journey. From that standpoint it is standard, even trite fictional fare. But the way that Dan Simmons tells his story is amazing. I've never read an author better at capturing the way that people and places work together to create great events. It's remarkable.

It's true that the whole b More...

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Sep 27, 2011

Robin rated it:

Another evocative and frequently exciting entry in the Hyperion saga.

The characters are about as interesting as wet cardboard, there are some slow/unnecessary patches (as usual with Simmons, this book is about 100 pages too long) and you can tell that Simmons is holding a lot in reserve for the sequel, but the writing is so damned terrific you'd be hard-pressed not to be caught up in it all.

Finally getting to see the places mentioned in the previous entries is great, and the More...

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Jan 15, 2009

WK rated it:

3.0/4.0

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 structure of the place has been changed entirely.

In other words, you're walking into a marketing trap. It looks like you're getting an extrapolation of the same concept, when in reality the En More...

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Oct 29, 2009

Kira rated it:

Definitely the weakest of the four, although it might not be strictly fair to lump the tetralogy together that way -- Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion are basically one book stretched over two, even though the writing style changes. Endymion is in some ways a sequel, if one is looking strictly for chronological continuance of the Universe these characters inhabit. It's less so when one considers how brilliant and creative the first two books were, chocked with plot and heavy on characterization, More...

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