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A pilgrimage to the realm of the Shrike, a part-god/part-killing machine, provides the travellers the forum to tell their incredible stories
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Hyperion is the first of a much-heralded two-part work -- including the The Fall of Hyperion--about the last days of a vibrant yet self-destructive galactic civilization of humans called the Hegemony. The Hegemony is doomed because in exchange for the knowledge needed to conquer the stars, the human species sold its soul to a hive of machine-based intelligence known as Technocore. Six people embark on a pilgrimage to Hyperion, their only hope for redemption, to seek the help of the Shrike, a half- mechanical, half-organic creature that inspires both terror and devotion in its subjects. The book won the 1990 Hugo Award for Science Fiction.
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Praise for Dan Simmons and Hyperion
"Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish."--The Washington Post Book World "An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed."--The New York Times Book Review "Simmons's own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry."--The Denver Post "An essential part of any science fiction collection."--Booklist"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0385249497
- ISBN 13 9780385249492
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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The Fall of Hyperion
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Gary Ruddell (illustrator). New York: Bantam, 1990. First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Near Fine in Fine dust jacket, 517 pp. Cover artwork by: Gary Ruddell Signed by the author on the title page. head and fore-edge lightly dust stained/soiled. First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Near Fine in Fine dust jacket, Seller Inventory # 2909
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Hardcover. First editions (& 1st printings). Two novels. HYPERION won the 1990 Hugo Award for best novel and the 1990 Locus Award opr best novel. FALL OF HYPERION includes the errata sheet. Fine copies in fine dustjackets (as new). Seller Inventory # 01704
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hyperion (1989) by Dan Simmons. Published by Doubleday Foundation. First edition. First print. Book is in Fine condition with faint touch of ageing. Together with Bruce Sterling, Iain M. Banks and David Zindell, Simmons belongs to the generation of critically acclaimed sf writers who from the mid-1980s onwards brought space opera back on the map. Hyperion represents a high point in postmodern space opera with its playful, self-conscious style and appropriation past genres. Themes of posthumanism, sentient machine intelligence and spacetime manipulation naturally raise a number of fundamental questions about what it means to be human. Seller Inventory # ABE-1673094758927
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardbound issue limited to 2000 copies. Winner of the 1990 Hugo award for best novel. Sharp corners, tight, and unread. A beautiful copy. Seller Inventory # 014597
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hyperion (1989) by Dan Simmons. Published by Doubleday Foundation. First edition. First print. Book is in Very Fine condition. Together with Bruce Sterling, Iain M. Banks and David Zindell, Simmons belongs to the generation of critically acclaimed sf writers who from the mid-1980s onwards brought space opera back on the map. Hyperion represents a high point in postmodern space opera with its playful, self-conscious style and appropriation past genres. Themes of posthumanism, sentient machine intelligence and spacetime manipulation naturally raise a number of fundamental questions about what it means to be human. Seller Inventory # ABE-1673098587401
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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 482 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated spine with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$18.95." Mild general shelf wear, primarily to bottom edges of boards. Inscribed by Simmons on title page: "For Elizabeth / Dan Simmons." PO Consignment. Shelved Case 8. The first book in the Hyperion Cantos series. Winner of the Hugo Award for best novel. 1389300. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1389300
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HYPERION
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Signed by Simmons on the title page. Hugo Award winner, 1990. Referenced in Barron: Anatomy of Wonder 1995, 4-419. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 055944
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Inscribed by Simmons on the title page; "To Doug & Tomi- Remember- even the longest voyage begins with a single light year. Dan Simmons." Doug and Tomi Lewis were the owners of the Little Bookshop of Horrors and publishers of Road-Kill Press in Arvada, Colorado. Hugo Award winner, 1990. Referenced in Barron: Anatomy of Wonder 1995, 4-419. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with three tiny dimples to the front panel, barely noticeable. An as new copy. Inscribed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 055798
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gary Ruddell, cover art. (illustrator). 1st Edition 1st Printing. The book has light foxing to the top of the page block.The dust jacket is unclipped ($18.95). First Edition Stated. Signed by the author on the title page. Seller Inventory # 005063
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