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The Fall of Hyperion

By: Dan Simmons
Narrated by: Victor Bevine
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 In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention.

On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing - nothing anywhere in the universe - will ever be the same.

©1990 Dan Simmons (P)2008 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Mythology Thought-Provoking Greek Mythology

Critic Reviews

"Dan Simmons was a star from the outset. It was the Hyperion books that made him a superstar. The man, quite simply, is what we in the trade call a writer's writer." (Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author)
"State of the art science fiction...A landmark novel." (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)
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The problem is that I feel like you need to have read John Keets's work to truly enjoy this book. The story from the first book is so well done, and this one glosses over a bit too much of what I would have actually like to have seen. Some things from the book are abandoned or left abstract like why the pilgrims went on the journey in the first place. Still, there are so many threads that nicely got tied together and I did enjoy it.

Probably my biggest complaint is that I wanted the book to hurry up and tie up loose ends and I wasn't actually enjoying it. Still love dan Simmons though.

Also disappointed that there's only one narrator, but it makes sense and he did a fine enough job.

Well done, but I enjoyed the first a bit more.

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The best science fiction writing I have ever read, bar none! The interweaving of past and future was both seamless and added a dimension that I have yet to experience.

The best

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I enjoyed part II of this series just a little more because I did not have to listen to the unfortunate tones of the female vocalist from the first.

Outstanding world, tech, and culture building.

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I really enjoy the Hyperion series. This was the first time I had listened to/read this sequel and I thought it was really great. I love the author's description of the world and there is a huge revelation of the plot in this chapter of the Hyperion saga. Once again the voice narration was great, however in contrast to the narration of the original audiobook of Hyperion, this sequel does not feature multiple voice actors but only one voice actor. However the voice actor does a great job at narrating different character voices and I could feel that he was really getting into the saga himself. Overall I just really enjoyed this audiobook and I would definitely recommend it for any sci-fi fiction fan.

Great sequel!

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Words, tones, paintings in the mind. A truly tactile and wonderful experience. Sumptuous. Brilliant.

Hard to explain how great this book is...

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Read this series way back in the day, still astounding series. So good to have it read back to me this time

Doesn’t get much better

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dislike different narrator from first book I liked all the narrated voices from the first one, made it alot easier to stay involved and keep up

1 narrator

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if you've got this far you will have read book one of the cantos, first of all this one is not a dramatic reading, which at first is a little jarring but soon makes sense given the different style of the work. I wouldn't say it was as good as book one but that's only because it has resolutions where as the first is mostly horror, resolutions are always a mixed bag but they are needed. I very much enjoyed both the reader and the story and look forward to the next in the Hyperion cantos

really worth continuing the series

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Read the kindle version a couple of years ago and just going the whole series again as audiobooks. Could not recommend more!

Amazing

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I did love this book and initially was going to give it 5 stars. The creativity is fantastic, the tipping on of every stand superlative, but ...

For my tastes, there was a little too much literary argumentation, philosophical mish mash, which felt a bit like self-indulgence; spouting off to a captive audience. I get that some of it was necessary to give the right mood and flavour, but for me, it was overdone.

And still, I would recommend this to anyone who loves space opera and I fully intend to go on to the third in the trilogy.

Great story, so why only 4 stars?

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