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  • By: Dan Simmons
  • Narrated by: Victor Bevine
  • Length: 21 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (402 ratings)

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The Fall of Hyperion

By: Dan Simmons
Narrated by: Victor Bevine
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Publisher's Summary

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.

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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Great follow-up to the first book.

I won't go into the story or anything like that, but I will review the Audio book instead.

This is an immediate continuation of the story from the first book, which ended on a cliff-hanger.

The reader did a great job. The first thing I noticed was that he pronounced some words slightly different to the readers in the first book. Most notably, Lusus. I think the pronunciation in the second book was correct.

The other thing I noticed was the stark difference in the way Silenus talked. Not in a bad way, but I never got used to it. I think I preferred the reader from the first book for Martin.

The shifting narrative from first-person to 3rd person worked well.

The only weird thing I found is that occasionally throughout the book all of the sudden music would just start playing in the background for no apparent reason. Weird.

Anyway, I don't need to recommend this book, if you read the first, then you'll probably read the second. If you enjoyed Hyperion, then you'll enjoy The Fall of Hyperion.

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  • Tom
  • 11-03-2018

Great sequel!

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.

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Boring and irritating. Avoid.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Fundamental changes to everything. Nothing that I liked from the first book is here. Previously we had a tightly structured work set with interesting characters, and an intriguing supernatural force. Now we have a pathetically non-structured bore, with characters the literary equivalents of limp rags, and a nonsensical sci-fi-based "plot". There needs to be some semblance of plot, a few characters we can identify with, and a few relevant themes we can think about. How this turd of a novel won any awards is beyond me, and quite frankly, makes me think sci-fi is a bit of a joke (even though I love it!)

What could Dan Simmons have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

For a start, quit the fetish-like jabbering about Dan Keats. I don't give a flying tiddlesquatch about him, his work, or anything that happened to him, and writing the book in a way that assumes we've read his works (or know him) is irritating to the extreme. Next, give your characters some bloody, well, character. Having the leader of humanity respond to questions like a one-word robot is not compelling. It doesn't make them seem smart; it makes them seem boring. Thirdly, decide if you're writing a fantasy novel or a sci-fi novel. Currently, the sci-fi elements comprise of Simmons randomly inserting 3 science-y-sounding words in a row together when a future technology is called for. Ugh. I have complaints about basically everything else - the depressing tone that comes off a boring, the badly-written characters, the non-existent plot, the complete and utter lack of action... do I need to go on..?

What three words best describe Victor Bevine’s voice?

Not great. Does an alriiight job, but varies to much in dynamic range so you have to adjust the volume lots. Also doesn't do characters voices very well, and they come off quite "breathy". He can't do accents either.

What character would you cut from The Fall of Hyperion?

Every. Single. One. (Except maybe for that Poet guy who gets drunk and swears at people - at least created a little drama; pity he was mostly killed off...)

Any additional comments?

Avoid. I cannot think of a single part of this book I enjoyed. After happily listening to about 10 other audiobooks it was an absolute struggle to get to the end of this bore. This is the textbook example of a wildly ambitious novel that has completely and utterly fallen apart at the seams.

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

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.

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Doesn’t get much better

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

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Captivating

Highly original and a wonderfully woven.
It never ceases to amaze me how clever authors are and the power of the imagination

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Brilliant story

I don’t understand why it has four stars.
Found it gripping me and at one time scared. Wonderful imagery and characters and although. It’s use of Keats so original

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Great followup on the first book

I really loved the story but also felt it would trail on at times. Because the audiobooks length maybe the voice actor should of had a few other people

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Hyperion was great, sequel is a bit silly

Hyperion had an interesting structure and was genuinely affecting at times, sequel is a bit silly and leans way too hard into cyberpunk stuff

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  • JB
  • 18-09-2022

Gripping throughout

Fantastic follow up to the first book, expands on the story wonderfully and follows through on the various previous threads that were woven.
Great narration very well read. Only real negative is the voice actor of Silenus was so perfect from the first book, but is chnaged in the second for some reason.

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