Science Fiction · EpicSeven pilgrims travel to the Time Tombs on Hyperion, each telling a tale, as an invasion approaches
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
Pilgrims tell their stories on the road to the Time Tombs
Doubleday published the novel in 1989, and it is the first book of the Hyperion Cantos. It is set in the 29th century, in the Hegemony of Man, which connects hundreds of planets through farcaster portals. Seven pilgrims travel to the Time Tombs on Hyperion, an outback planet without farcasters, on the eve of an Ouster invasion. The structure follows Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, with each pilgrim telling a tale. The sequel, The Fall of Hyperion, appeared in 1990.
More about this book
Who
The Consul, Lenar Hoyt, Fedmahn Kassad, Martin Silenus, Sol Weintraub, Brawne Lamia and Het Masteen.
World
The Hegemony of Man in the 29th century, and the planet Hyperion with its Time Tombs and the Shrike.
What makes it different
Its structure follows Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It grew out of the short story "The Death of a Centaur", and it won the Hugo and the Locus Award.
Feel
Layered and grand.
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Further reading
- HyperionWikipedia