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Title: Endymion by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0-553-57294-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (90 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: So you thought you knew Hyperion?
Comment: With the conclusion of the Hyperion books, one might be tempted to think there is nothing further to say. Space faring civilization was built on a parasitic lie, but now everything is fixed, right? I'm not sure how much Dan Simmons originally intended to change from the Hyperion books when he started them, but we find in Endymion that much is not what it seemed.
The basic plot is that Raul Endymion must protect the daughter of Brawne Lamia and John Keats from, well, everyone. Aenea, the girl we learned would become the one who teaches, has stepped out of the Sphinx and into a whirlwind of plotting and danger. The Pax, the interstellar government built on the ashes of the Hegemony is waiting, and is up to no good at all. The TechnoCore is still alive and thrashing, and they have an interest too. The parasitic cruciforms are back, and most humans wear one now. And in the background (and sometimes the foreground) are the Ousters and the Shrike, and other new players. And almost all of them are chasing Raul and Aenea (and A. Bettick, their android friend) across the galaxy.
The writing style in Endymion has changed somewhat. Less epic in scope, we get to know the characters better here. Aside from Sol Weintraub's tale, the Hyperion books are somewhat more distant from a human perspective. This has its advantages and disadvantages.
The only further comment I have is that Simmons has made Aenea too much into a ghost in the machine. I realize Simmons knows clearly what he plans to eventually reveal about Aenea, and it's all very consistent, but too often she comes up with lines like "just wait", "you'll see", "just trust me" and so forth, giving the reader no conception of why she's doing the things she's doing. I could live with this if the other characters were to maybe notice this and react to it. Actually, they do, but not as much as real people would. Otherwise a magnificent tale.
Rating: 5
Summary: The BEST
Comment: The best Sci-Fi ever, the whole series (Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion). The characters, the plot and the intensity make it a must read not just for Sci-Fi buffs but for any Fiction reader. Dan Simmons has as big of a surprise in the end as did Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. This series touches on all aspects of humanity in seven characters lifetimes through a plethora of worlds.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very different book from Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion
Comment: I can see how some might be disappointed by this book and it's sequel when relating them to the first two books.
Endymion takes place several hundred years after events in "The Fall of Hyperion." As such it does little to resolve the fates of the characters in those books. Instead Endymion focuses on the journey of Raul Endymion a native of Hyperion and the child Aenea who is the daughter of the John Keats cybrid and Brawne Lamia.
Hyperion and it's sequel wrapped many layers of mystery around the Shrike, The Time Tombs and especially the Core. Endymion starts the process of unraveling those mysteries.
Aenea and Raul's journey takes them across the galaxy as they are pursued by forces of the Pax and the Core. Along the way their relationship develops a meaningful quality to it that gives the book its character.
While this is a wholly different book from the first two in this series I enjoyed it just as much. This book is more focused than the first two and also more reflective as it divides its time between fewer characters. Raul and Aenea are more fully developed than most of the characters in the first two books and therefore able to carry the book on their own for the most part.
While I can see how some might be disappointed by this book and it's sequel because of the different tone I can't really agree with them. I found this book to be a different, but very worthwhile followup to the first two books.
The fourth book "The Rise of Endymion" is required reading after this one.
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Title: Hyperion by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0553283685 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge ISBN: 0812515285 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0446359203 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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