false 77566 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg 77566 29 1383900 book 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion, #1) total:4666|5:2232|4:1560|3:641|2:169|1:64| 4666 19725 6443 467 2687 3.95 23534 2521 13502352 329383 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4537 1989 4 11 true Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 07:53:05 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 06:49:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5229909 316799 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 4 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 10:40:44 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:26:40 -0800 2009
It follows roughly the same format as Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales": several separate stories all related to each other.

On the planet of Hyperion there exists a being called "The Shrike". It is a being made out of shiny metal covered...more...]]> 41472566 1658921 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 5 false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 00:33:20 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 28 02:00:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 31716056 899665 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 3 6 false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 01 07:10:21 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:55:45 -0800 2008 1
This is a re-imagining or a re-working of the literary frame ...more...]]> 30929468 1448616 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 3 5 false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 14:51:37 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 06:13:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 424616 36307 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 1 4 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Mar 25 14:55:54 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:05:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40734955 295313 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 4 2 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 22:38:41 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 22:51:30 -0800 2008
There were a lot of parts i really enjoyed. And some of the
background development of the universe is as good as anyone has done. And obviously I e...more...]]> 44477825 1950765 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 0 2 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jan 26 21:13:44 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 20:41:41 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 26304897 1063521 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 2 false Fri Jul 04 11:54:16 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 12:02:14 -0700 2008
What I liked best about this story is that in addition to being a great story and...more...]]> 492772 7479 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 2 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Mar 30 00:02:50 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:17:39 -0800 2009
Simmons is a prolific writer, and Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion are the best two books he's ever produced. Song of Kali comes close, but these two books are at the pinnacle of science fiction. They're really a single book, probably split to hit publishing deadlines.
...more...]]> 4214440 260990 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 2 false Tue Aug 07 11:24:47 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 11:34:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22805304 935500 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 2 false Fri May 23 07:12:40 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 07:17:09 -0700 2008 26793788 1299188 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 2 false Wed Jul 09 16:08:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 16:20:03 -0700 2008 53841021 2253648 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 4 1 false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 24 12:23:01 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 03:55:57 -0800 2009
On this reading I'm particularly impressed with how unique was each voice, each storyteller. So, each tale read as if told by a different person. I felt moved by the ...more...]]> 20443311 156533 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 3 1 false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 05:20:20 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 19:31:07 -0700 2008
SHORT VERSION: a scifi redux of the Canterbury Tales; six densely packed, interlocked, interwoven tales that create a whole that is epic in scope. Gripping and creative with all the right literary nods. And yet oddly anti-climactic and maybe even a little unsatis...more...]]> 40008877 1799852 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 2 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 13 07:54:49 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 07:56:02 -0800 2008 11014833 711580 912720 0747234825 9780747234821 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225828832m/912720.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225828832s/912720.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/912720.Hyperion 3.86 14 A stunning tour de force, this Hugo Award-winning novel is the first volume in a remarkable new science fiction epic by the author of The Hollow Man.

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I find myself smiling w...more...]]> 48174416 2093501 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 03 19:40:24 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:42:00 -0800 2009 A beautifully written book, a must read]]> 66486859 2603635 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 0 0 false Thu Aug 06 18:40:08 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 18:40:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79137630 1755096 77566 0553283685 9780553283686 453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945m/77566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion 4.23 4666 1989 5 0 false Fri Nov 27 13:35:07 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 13:40:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77566