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Title: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0-553-28820-2 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (85 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The ending of the two-book series was excellent.
Comment: Dan Simmon's 'The Fall of Hyperion' is not a sequel, but rather the second half of the unfinished story, 'Hyperion'. While 'Hyperion' was unique in its six wonderful tales as told by six people on a pilgrimage, 'The Fall of Hyperion' is more conventional, but is a real page-turner.
'The Fall of Hyperion' explains what happens to our travelers and delves into the purpose of the Shrike. It also expands greatly on the fairly thin plot exposed in 'Hyperion'. Most readers should enjoy this well-conceived and engrossing end to the story. Together, 'Hyperion' and 'The Fall of Hyperion' rank up there with the best science fiction has to offer and I give it 9 out of 10, or a five star ranking. However, because the reader is required (unknowingly) to purchase both books, I give each book 8 out of 10 and a four star rating.
Those who have forsaken 'The Fall of Hyperion' because it requires another purchase, are missing a rewarding experience. Those who have not yet read the Hyperion series are in for a treat. It is worth every penny of the two-book purchase price.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mind-bending science fiction
Comment: First, don't even think about reading this book if you haven't read the first part in the series, the Hugo winning Hyperion, since it will make little sense. This incredible sequel answers many of the questions left unanswered in the first novel, though a few riddles still remain. The novel is quite complex and can be hard to follow at times, the poetic references in particular went way over my head, and when the story shifts to the conflict between the various factions of Artificial Intelligences it all becomes quite complex. But this is still a great epic story about the fate of humanity and it's relation with the machines it creates, as well as God's relation with humans. There's time travel, space battles and plenty of adventure, but it never degenerates into the "space opera" type of sci fi. Dan Simmons tells a hell of a tale.
Rating: 5
Summary: Intrigue at a grand scale!
Comment: After reading this book I understood that the stories of the pilgrims of the first part, "Hyperion", work as a clever device to reveal to the reader the magnificent and intriguing universe that Simmons has created for this series. If you finished
the first book with a feeling of disconnection between the stories, like I did, this is the part where all is blended together. The different patches are stitched together and the whole plot is laid before your eyes in all its complexity.
The scope of the story suddenly expands and it deals now with nothing less than the surviving of the human race. Difficult decisions affecting the destinies of entire worlds have to be made by leaders on the basis of insufficient and unreliable information. War rages. What is the role of the planet Hyperion and the shrike on this grand scale drama? Who can you trust?
The story offers some very interesting and not so obvious twists at the end. It has a sense of closure, but not all the issues are resolved. Actually, I think that the main issue is merely postponed to a time deep in the future of which we are offered only glimpses.
At times the story is difficult to follow because the pilgrims are split. Then we follow one of them for a while, and when
something extremely important seems to be about to happen... we shift to another pilgrim or subplot and start accumulating tension again. This format has the advantage, though, that it adds some suspense, and I liked it.
I assume that if you are considering reading this book is because you have read the first one. Go ahead! It will answer some of the many questions you must have. In case you have not read the first part, I do not think this second part is a stand-alone book; you need the background of "Hyperion".
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Title: Endymion by DAN SIMMONS ISBN: 0553572946 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Rise of Endymion by DAN SIMMONS ISBN: 0553572989 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Ilium by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0380978938 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Worlds Enough & Time : Five Tales of Speculative Fiction by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0060506040 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan ISBN: 0345457684 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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