Lamia died when Aenea was still young, and Silenus raised her. Brawne Lamia, pregnant by the first John Keats cybrid, gave birth to a daughter called Aenea. This resulted in the collapse of civilization on most planets. Plot Background Ģ74 years ago, Hegemony CEO Meina Gladstone ordered the destruction of all farcaster portals to stop the TechnoCore from eliminating humankind. The novel was shortlisted for the 1997 Locus Award. Within a year of its release, the paperback edition had gone through five reprints.
Part of his Hyperion Cantos fictional universe, it centers on the new characters Aenea and Raul Endymion, and was well received, like its predecessors Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. "Simmons masterfully employs SF's potential.Endymion is the third science fiction novel by American writer Dan Simmons, first published in 1996.
"A magnificently original blend of themes and styles." "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" "Endymion" is astory about love and memory, triumph and terror-an instant candidate for thefield's highest honors.
Now, six years later, Simmons returns to this richly imagined world oftechnological achievement, excitement, wonder and fear.
This staggering multifaceted tale of the far futureheralded the conquest of the science fiction field by a man who had already wonthe World Fantasy Award for his first novel ( "Song of Kali" ) and had alsopublished one of the most well-received horror novels in the field, "CarrionComfort." "Hyperion" went on to win the Hugo Award as Best Novel, andit and its companion volume, "The Fall of Hyperion," took their rightfulplaces in the science fiction pantheon of new classics. The multiple-award-winning science fiction master returns to the universethat is his greatest triumph-the world of "Hyperion" and "The Fall ofHyperion" -with a novel even more magnificent than its predecessors.ĭan Simmons's "Hyperion" was an immediate sensation on its firstpublication in 1989.
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