The Fall of Hyperion Book Review

by The Wanderer

Author: Dan Simmons
Publisher: DoubleDay
Genre: Space Opera
Series: Hyperion Cantos Book Two
Pages: 528

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(Spoilers for Hyperion are below).

A must read if you’ve just finished Hyperion, and were like “wait, that’s the ending?” The Fall of Hyperion provides the conclusion to that narrative, but in a completely new format.  Gone is the Chaucer inspired structure from the last book, and instead a more traditional approach to storytelling is used.

Hyperion Book Review

by The Wanderer

Author: Dan Simmons
Publisher: DoubleDay
Genre: Space Opera
Series: Hyperion Cantos Book One
Pages: 492

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Hyperion is a modern sci-fi classic that kicks off author Dan Simmons’s Hyperion Cantos a four book saga that focuses on a mysterious planet called Hyperion.  The saga is broken into two distinct sections, so when you do read Hyperion you should also get The Fall of Hyperion because that is the same part of one continuous story.  The last two books form a continuous story of their own, but are set nearly 300 years in the future.