Hyperion
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Hyperion (1989)

Dan Simmons

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore, a civilisation of AIs. Modified humans known as Ousters live in space stations between stars and are engaged in conflict with the Hegemony. Numerous "Outback" planets have no farcasters and cannot be accessed without incurring significant time dilation. One of these planets is Hyperion, home to structures known as the Time Tombs, which are moving backwards in time and guarded by a legendary creature known as the Shrike. On the eve of an Ouster invasion of Hyperion, a final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs has been organized. The pilgrims decide that they will each tell their tale of how they were chosen for the pilgrimage.

ISBN:
9780399178610
Length:
481 pages

Genres: fantasy, science fiction

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Talking Story
Loved it

Each one of these stories hit me in a different way, and the structure of it all of how it's put together and how each story builds one off of the other to give you a deeper picture of this entire reality that he's building. The world building is off the chart on this because how each story it doesn't actually lead into each other, but just gives you just of a deeper bit of a peek behind the curtain of the entirety or the whole of the reality of what Dan Simmons is building.

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