Hyperion
Dan Simmons
A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the first volume in a remarkable epic by the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man.On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. T...
Publish Date
2017-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
2017-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 1989
Goodreads rating
4.23
ISBN
9780385249492
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Recommendations
7
Recommendations
2021-01-03T03:00:26.000Z
OMW directly influenced by: Starship Troopers, book AND film; Half-Life; Dan Simmons' Hyperion series; and rather quite a few films with snappy dialogue and a three-act structure BUT SPECIFICALLY Nora Ephron's bits in Sleepless in Seattle where Sam talks about missing his wife. – source2020-07-18T16:15:55.000Z
@yrechtman sci fi is the only genre
some essentials:
dan simmons - Hyperion
@GreatDismal Neuromancer, second book is my favorite
The Quantum Thief / Le Flambeur trilogy - the whole trilogy is delightful
and obvi three body problem is epic
full list: – source2020-08-06T10:45:36.000Z
The flying tree ship, Yggdrasill, from the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons <- Give it a read, one of the best sci-fi books of our times. – source2018-11-29T19:02:34.000Z
@alwayssendingit Hyperion, Dune, Forever War, Shadow and Claw, Count of Monte Cristo, Ian Banks' Culture series – source