Cover of Endymoin

Endymoin

by Dan Simmons
five stars
genreSci-Fi, Space Opera
seriesHyperion Cantos
reviewedjul 06 2009

I think book three is my favorite of the series. They pay-off is well worth it as you travel down the river through all the worlds, bouncing from story to story and discovering how they're all intertwined.

publisher’s summary
The multiple-award-winning science-fiction master returns to the universe that is his greatest triumph - the world of Hyperion and The Fall ofHyperion - with a novel even more magnificent than its predecessors.

Here, Simmons returns to this richly imagined world of technological achievement, excitement, wonder and fear. Endymion is a story about love and memory, triumph and terror - an instant candidate for the field's highest honors.

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